Pimento Cheese

Name: Pimento Cheese
Yield: Serves 12 (Makes about 3 cups)
Ingredients: 2/3 cup, mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons, cream cheese, softened; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice; 1 teaspoon, Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 pound yellow, sharp cheddar cheese; 1/3 cup, pimentos, patted dry and minced

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2015

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There are as many paths to pimento cheese as there are back roads in the South. We wanted to find the most direct route.

SERVES12 (Makes about 3 cups)

TIME25 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Equally as good at home with a sleeve of saltines or melted on a burger or a grilled cheese sandwich, pimento cheese is a flavorful spread of cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, and chopped pimentos. We use sharp cheddar for its moderately intense ...

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