Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Pimento Cheese Tea Sandwich and I'm basically in Cheese Nirvana

Love this sandwich recipe. The cheese is a great spread for the sandwich or is also really yummy as a dip for toasted baguettes or crackers.

Pimento Cheese

Ingredients:

  • 1 block cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
  • 1 green onion, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup pimento, drained
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Place all ingredients in bowl of food processor and puree until smooth.

Serve immediately or chill until ready to serve.

Pimento Cheese Tea Sandwich

Ingredients:

  • Slices of whole wheat bread, crusts removed
  • Salted butter
  • Pimento cheese
  • Deviled ham (or other meat paste)
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Thinly sliced cucumber

Directions:

Lay out bread slices side by side and butter one side of each.

Spread half of the slices with pimento cheese.

Spread 1/4 of the slices with deviled ham/meat paste.

Top remaining slices with cucumber slices and alfalfa sprouts.

Top the ham bread slices with a pimento cheese bread slice and cut into 4 small squares.

Top the vegetable bread slices with a pimento cheese bread slice and cut into 4 small squares.

Serve immediately or cover with saran wrap and chill until ready to serve.

More tips on the pimento on this blog post: https://www.plumdeluxe.com/pimento-cheese-tea-sandwich



bon appetit

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