Pimiento Spread

Pimiento Spread is a delightful filling or topping to crackers and bread. Made of just 4 ingredients, canned pimiento, yellow cheddar, white cheddar, and mayo. Mixed and chilled for just a few minutes for all the flavors to merge together and have a better texture. Then served with your choice of biscuits or baked goods.

Pimiento Spread Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 cans red pimentos
• ½ cup yellow cheddar, grated
• ½ cup white cheddar, grated
• ⅓ cup mayo
• Crackers for serving

Steps:

1. Strain the pimentos before slicing them into squares. Strain these again while crushing them with a fork.
2. Transfer these into a clean bowl. Add in yellow cheddar and white cheddar cheese, with some mayo. Mix well.
3. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour. Take out when ready to serve with a side of crackers or bread.

Pimiento Spread Origin

This Pimento cheese spread is absolutely easy and super delicious. You’ll wonder why you’ve never thought of making this before! This Southern favorite that got its start in New York where cream cheese also got popular. It was in a 1980’s Good Housekeeping recipe that the two were mixed together with a number of other seasonings that it created this delightful spread which was and is still a hit with the masses.  This also took a turn in the industry as more farmers planted, roasted, and canned the pimentos, selling at least around 10 million cans in a year. While there has been new ingredient replacements and other additions, the main factor of this interesting spread is that it has roasted/canned pimentos and cheese, with the addition of your choice of mixes.

How to make homemade cheese pimiento spread recipe?

Gather these cheese pimiento spread ingredients: 2 cans red pimentos that are then strained for a few minutes before slicing these into small squares, squeezed in a stainer again just to make sure most of the juices are out. Removing the juices helps keep the spread from being too watery later on. Add in the grated yellow cheddar and white cheddar, and a cup or so of mayo, adding more later on to make the spread thicker or easier to ‘spread’. Let this chill in the fridge for a few minutes to an hour or so to help meld all the flavors together. Serve with some crackers on the side, as a filling for bread, or as a ‘palaman’ in the Filipino favorite – the pandesal. 

Alternatives:

• Can you use different cheeses?

Yes you can! How to make pimiento spreads more interesting?

• Use cream cheese to make a creamier and lighter tasting “Creamy Cheese Pimiento recipe”.
• For a more festive flavor add ‘Queso de Bola’ which is a Christmas special cheese to make “Queso de Bola Pimiento Spread recipe”.
• To make it keto-friendly use cheeses like gouda, cheddar, blue cheese, or goat cheese to make “Keto Cheese Pimiento Spread”.
• Or use instant cheese spreads instead of different shredded cheese for an “Easy Cheese Pimiento recipe”

• Can you add other ingredients?
  • You can add scrambled or hard boiled eggs that are crushed as smooth or as chunky as you like to make “Pimiento Spread with Egg”.
  • If you want a sweeter and creamier take you can add a dash or 2 of condensed milk to make a “Cheese Pimiento Spread with Condensed Milk recipe”.

Other Yummy Sauce-y Recipes!

• Sweet Chili Sauce
• Chili Garlic Sauce
• Homemade Tomato Sauce
• Cheese Sauce
• “Fishball Sauce ala Manong’s” or this “Homemade Fishball with Fishball Sauce”
• Veggie balls with Sweet and Spicy Sauce
• Homemade Chocolate Sauce

Pimiento Spread Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 2 lata red pimentos
• ½ tasa yellow cheddar, ginadgad
• ½ tasa white cheddar, ginadgad
• ⅓ tasa mayo
• Krakers

Paano Lutuin :

1. Salain ang mga pimentos bago hiwain ng pa-parisukat. Salain muli habang dinidurog gamit ang tinidor.
2. Ilagay ang mga ito sa malinis na mangkok. Idagdag ang yellow cheddar at white cheddar na keso, kasama ng mayo. Haluin ng mabuti.
3. Palamigin sa ref ng 1 oras. Tanggalin pag handa na, i-serve kasama ng mga krakers o tinapay.