Backyard Pimento Cheese With Fire Roasted Red Peppers Recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. sharp yellow cheddar

¼ lb softened cream cheese

1 tsp fresh ground white pepper

3 large red bell peppers, grilled, peeled, seeded and ¼" diced (see “how to” section)

½ c homemade mayonnaise or best quality store bought (see “how to” section)

1 tsp sugar

Splash of cholula hot sauce or similar

Dash of cayenne pepper (optional)

Preparation

Grate the cheddar in a food processor with grating disk or grate on the medium holed side of a box grater. Turn grated cheddar into a bowl and add cream cheese, white pepper, bell peppers, mayonnaise, sugar, hot sauce and cayenne, if using and mix well.

Refrigerate and served chilled with crackers or a variety of raw vegetables (celery, carrots, seeded cucumbers, etc.) This dip also makes a great sandwich.