Culinary Cannabis

Pimento Cheese Story
Hello Everyone!
Thanks for stopping by today to talk about this surprisingly divisive cheese dip or spread. Southerners
swear by it and Northerners are somewhat baffled by it. I grew up in a (just barely) northern state, but
since my dad was from Georgia, I was introduced to Pimento Cheese at an early age. In our house,
Pimento Cheese was kind of a ‘white trashy’ thing. You ate it and you liked it, but you didn’t tell anyone
you liked and ate it. It was definitely NOT the filling of choice for fancy ‘crust off’ tea sandwiches, but
something slathered on salƟne crackers at midnight.
Even though the South claims Pimento Cheese spread as one of it’s great culinary creaƟons, it was
actually a Northern state (New York specifically) that is the true birthplace of Pimento Cheese. In the
1870, manufacturers came up with a way to make a cheese similar to France’s Neufchatel cheese that
developed into cream cheese. At the same time, commercial canning was in it’s heyday and fancy
imported Spanish pimento peppers were quite the rage.
Please, please, please don’t use pre-shredded cheddar in this recipe. Pre-shredded, bagged cheese has
anƟ-caking agents that will not give you the creamy consistency you are looking for in this recipe.
You can, of course, just as I did in my mis-spent youth, spread the pimento cheese on crackers or any
variety of chips (bagel, pita, potato, tortilla), it is also great as the filling for a hearty grilled cheese, a
topping for a baked potato, sƟr some into your grits (If you’re from the South) or polenta (if you’re from
the north) or slip a liƩle into a deviled egg filling.

Pimento Cheese Spread is not divisive, it’s delicious!

Ingredients:

Pimento Cheese Spread
8 oz block of sharp cheddar, shredded
3 oz cream cheese
½ c Cannabis nfused mayonnaise
½ t salt
½ t black pepper
¼ t paprika
¼ cayenne pepper
1 clove garlic
¼ c onion
½ – 1 chopped jalapeno (based on desired heat level)
1 7 oz jar diced pimento
Place onion and garlic in bowl of food processor. Pulse unƟl you reach a paste-like consistency.
Add cheeses, mayonnaise & spices to the food processor bowl and pulse until all ingredients are
thoroughly combined. You are looking for a slightly lumpy, slightly orange mixture.
Add the jalapeno and ½ of the pimento to processor bowl. Pulse several Ɵmes, but do not completely
pulverize the jalapeno or pimento. Add remaining pimento and mix unƟl just combined. You want to
see the chunks of pimento in the spread.
Scrape the pimento cheese spread cheese spread into a small, covered bowl and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours to allow flavors to blend and meld.

Remember as with all cannabis recipes keep out of reach if children and pets and start by using low amount of infused

material until you know your tollerence.

Culinarily Yours in Cannabis ,

Mary Ann