Make a batch of this tangy pimento cheese and keep in the fridge for sandwiches, snacks, topping a burger, or stuffing into celery, small peppers, or tiny tomatoes.
Course Dip or Spread
Cuisine Southern
Author Mimi Holtz
Ingredients
8oz.block sharp cheddar cheese
2/3cupgood Mayonnaise
1/2jar sliced pimentosdrained
dash of lemon juice
Instructions
Grate the cheese yourself. (Packaged cheese won't taste the same.)
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the grated cheese, mayonnaise, pimentos, and lemon juice.
Refrigerate for several hours to let the flavors blend.
Options: use different combinations of cheeses, add your favorite seasonings, herbs, a little dijon mustard, or subsititute sour cream for the mayonnaise. Be creative!