Pimento Cheese

This homemade pimento cheese is creamy, tangy, and just a little spicy, made with freshly grated sharp cheddar, cream cheese, and sweet pimentos. The Southern spread comes together in one bowl in 10 minutes.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Southern

Keyword Pimento Cheese

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 10

Servings

Calories 316kcal

Author Jason Decker

Ingredients

8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese block
8 ounces cream cheese softened
½ cup mayonnaise
4 ounces diced pimentos drained
2 scallions thinly sliced
1 small jalapeno seeded and finely chopped
1 teaspoon hot sauce
½ teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

Grate the cheddar cheese and place it in a large bowl with the cream cheese, mayonnaise, pimentos, scallions, jalapenos, hot sauce, and garlic powder.
Mix together with an electric hand mixed until fully combined.
Serve immediately or place in the fridge until ready to use.

Notes

Nutritional value is for dip alone.
Serve with your favorite crackers, chips, or veggies as a dip. Or, spread it on a sandwich! You can also make an incredible grilled cheese with this spread.
Make sure you use a block cheese.
There are various flavors of cheese you can try, we prefer sharp cheddar, see my tips above for suggestions.
This can be eaten room temperature or cooled.
If you are not a fan of spice leave out the jalapeno and hot sauce.
We do not recommend freezing.
This can easily be doubled to serve more people.

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