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Queen City Pimento Cheese

Queen City Pimento Cheese

Queen City Pimento Cheese

Recipe By Abbey Cochran, Savory Spice—South End/Charlotte, NC

Yields

2 cups

Recipe By Abbey Cochran, Savory Spice—South End/Charlotte, NC

One of our Charlotte, NC (a.k.a. the Queen City) spice merchants submitted this recipe for everybody's favorite southern cheese spread. She gives her version a slight twist by adding Ghost Pepper Salt. Don't be scared of the spicy salt; it adds just right kick of heat to the sharp cheese and tangy seasonings.

Serving Suggestions

Makes a great addition to loaded cheese fries, brisket sandwiches, or stuffed peppers. Warm it up to make a cheese dip, or just serve it cold as a cracker spread.

Recipe Notes

This recipe makes a smooth pimento cheese. If you want it to be a little more chunky, only use 1/2 cup mayonnaise and mash all the ingredients together with a fork instead of using a food processor.

Ingredients

Savory Spice ingredients in this recipe

  • Worcestershire Sauce

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  • Black River Creole

    A paprika-based Creole seasoning blend perfect for gumbo and jambalaya recipes. You can also use this Creole seasoning to flavor chicken, shrimp, s...

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  • Roasted Granulated Garlic

    This roasted garlic powder will enhance & add depths of garlic flavor to most of your favorite home-cooked meals. Our garlic-roasting process a...

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  • Ghost Pepper Salt

    Gourmet sea salt infused with fiery hot ghost peppers through a liquid binding process. Our ratio of ghost pepper flavor to salt tempers the intens...

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  • Regular Yellow Mustard Powder

    A medium-heat yellow mustard powder that's quite pungent in flavor. Use to make homemade prepared mustard, or mix mustard powder into BBQ sauce rec...

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  • Fine Black Malabar Pepper

    Finely ground Malabar black pepper with bold, well-rounded taste. Use fine black pepper in place of your regular jar of pepper for more gourmet, pe...

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  • Freeze Dried Chives

    A great substitute for fresh chopped chives or green onions when you may not have any on hand. These chives produce a bit of a milder flavor than f...

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Directions

Add all ingredients except chives to a food processor and blend everything until smooth. Once smooth, mix in chives with a spatula until completely incorporated. Transfer to a sealed container and let sit for at least 2 hours before serving.