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Jalapeño Pimento Cheese
A genuine Southern favorite. This can be served on bread as a simple sandwich or as part of a pimento BLT. This simple mixture can even go in as an appetizer straight up on crackers topped with some tabasco.
Do not use pre-grated cheese. The packaged grated cheese is treated to keep it from clumping. OK if you're melting but if not, the anti-caking agent prevents the flavors from properly mixing in pimento cheese.
Ingredients
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoons dried mustard
1 teaspoons hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoons finely minced onion
1 (8-oz.) jar diced pimiento drained
1 fresh jalapeño pepper finely diced (remove seeds and membranes to
make less spicy)
12 ounce block of coarsely shredded, sharp yellow Cheddar cheese. Do not use pre-grated. The packaged grated cheese is treated to keep it from clumping together. OK if melting but otherwise the anti-caking agent prevents the flavors from properly mixing.
Instructions
Stir together first 9 ingredients in a medium bowl until smooth. Stir
in onion. Fold in pimiento and cheeses. Cover and chill 8 to 12 hours.
Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes, and stir well before
serving.
December 2018 Urban Cowgill