Homemade Pimento Cheese Recipe – Is It Very Tasty?

Pimento cheese is one of the most popular Southern spreads and is known for its creamy texture and tangy taste. Although today, pimento cheese is more common among the Southerners, this cheese was initially introduced in the North, where the cream cheese was formulated by New York farmers.

In the late part of 1870, the North region started receiving red peppers from Spain which gave way to more exploration and trying out different recipes by farmers, thereby resulting in the all-time favorite dish of pimento cheese.

When the creamy cheese was mixed with the red peppers, the resultant taste was so wonderful that made people curious about this spread and consume it in abundance,  paving the way for the popularity of pimento cheese and its mass production. 

But it was after world war 2, pimento cheese was made homemade by home cooks combining cheese, mayonnaise, and pimientos or red pepper. This spread is usually served on crackers and sandwiches. 

How to Make Pimento Cheese At Home – A Quick And Easy Recipe!

Today different varieties of pimento cheese have come into existence and people have started making pimento cheese at their homes for their evening snacks. One of the easiest ways to prepare this southern staple is getting the required quantity of cheese block and mixing the other ingredients including red pepper, mayonnaise, and so on using a standard mixer.

You can easily store this mixture in an air-tight container and it will be fresh to use for 6-7 days. To make your pimento cheese spicy and hot, increase the quantity of Jalapenos. 

You can prepare pimento cheese at your home in less than 10 minutes. Grate your cheddar cheese and take 2 cups of this grated cheese, mix it with 8 ounces of cream cheese, and let it soften at room temperature.

Add 4 ounces of pimento peppers to this mixture and two tablespoons of mayonnaise to this. Add the required quantity of black pepper to increase the taste and spiciness and complete with adding a few pinches of salt and your pimento cheese will be ready. 

You have to mix all these ingredients using a mixer such that these ingredients are evenly spread.

This classic pimento cheese mixture you have prepared can be used in crackers, as a vegetable dip, or in your sandwiches. One other popular variety of pimento cheese is the Bacon pimento cheese recipe.

You can prepare this by adding two cups of cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup of mayonnaise, 4 strips of cooked bacon, and by adding 1/4th cup of diced pimentos.

To enhance the taste of the mixture, you can also add onion powder or garlic powder to this mixture. Finish it with a touch of pepper and salt and cover the mixture and let it cool down in a refrigerator for at least 30-45 minutes and let the flavors meld.

Green onion pimento cheese can be prepared by adding two cups of cheddar cheese that has been shredded, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup of diced pimentos, and adding thinly sliced green onions to the mixture. 

In any homemade pimento recipe, the common ingredients of shredded cheese, diced pimentos, and mayonnaise remain the same.

You can experiment by adding green onions, sundried tomato, bacon, Jalapeno, roasted red pepper, and so on to the above mixture and let it cool down for 30-45 minutes for the ingredients to blend and inherit the taste of all the ingredients.

You can prepare a fresh batch of pimento cheese recipe every week and store it in an air-tight container for it to remain fresh throughout the week.