Pimento Cheese
Created by ssej1078 on June 8, 2018
- Servings: 2
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 5m
- Recipe #29684
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature)
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese (extra-sharp, packed, coarsely grated)
- 1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese (coarsely grated)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (or more to taste)
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons minced pimento (sweet pickled red or cherry peppers)
- 1 teaspoon grated yellow onion
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
How to Make
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Step 1: Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
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Step 2: Add remaining ingredients and beat until well blended.
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Step 3: Add more mayonnaise as needed to make mixture hold together.
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Step 4: Add salt and pepper to taste (it should be quite peppery) and use as a sandwich spread or a filling for celery sticks.
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Step 5: Can be refrigerated up to 3 days.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (232.6 g)
- Calories 622.6
- Total Fat - 46.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 23 g
- Cholesterol - 125.1 mg
- Sodium - 1444 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 19 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 5 g
- Protein - 34 g
- Calcium - 1073.9 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg