Worlds Best Pimento Cheese

Ingredients

  • 4 tbls. mayonnaise
  • 1 (3-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • Handful of fresh parsley
  • Several vigorous shots of Tabasco and Pickapepper sauces
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped
  • pecans
  • 1 (4-oz.) jar diced pimentos with the juice
  • 12 ozs. extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, grated

Directions

1. Purée until smooth in food processor the mayonnaise, cream cheese, garlic, parsley and sauces. Turn into a bowl.

2. Coarsely chop pecans.

3. Add pecans and pimentos with juice to the mayonnaise mixture.

4. Add grated cheese. Stir well to combine.

5. Store in refrigerator at least 1 hour before serving. The spread is even better the next day. Serve as a spread on bread, crackers or on vegetables or as a dip.

From “The Dairy Hollow House Cookbook”

Makes about 2-1/2 cups.

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