Pimento Cheese

Name: Pimento Cheese
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300g mature cheddar, coarsely grated; 100g cream cheese, softened; 75g mayonnaise; 100g roasted red peppers in a jar, drained and chopped; 0.5 tsp smoked paprika; 0.5 tsp garlic granules; 0.25 tsp cayenne pepper; 0.5 tsp black pepper

The Southern spread of sharp cheddar, roasted red peppers and mayonnaise. Pile it on toast or celery.

Nut free

Time10 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.48 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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300 gmature cheddarcoarsely grated
100 gcream cheesesoftened
75 gmayonnaise
100 groasted red peppers in a jardrained and chopped
½ tspsmoked paprika
½ tspgarlic granules
¼ tspcayenne pepper
½ tspblack pepper

Method

1
Beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise together in a bowl until smooth.
2
Stir in the paprika, garlic granules, cayenne and black pepper.
3
Fold in the grated cheddar and chopped peppers.
4
Taste and add more pepper or cayenne if you like it hot.
5
Chill for 30 minutes to let it firm up.
30 min
6
Serve on white bread as sandwiches, on crackers, or with celery sticks.

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