Recipe: Pimento Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 pint of small, sweet red garden peppers or 2 medium red bell peppers
• 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese, grated
• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• ¼ cup finely chopped onion
• 1 crushed garlic clove

Steps:

• Coarsely chop the red peppers and cook them lightly in a saucepan with olive oil until they are soft. Set aside to cool
• Combine grated cheese, mayonnaise, onion and garlic in a bowl
• Add cooked peppers and combine all the ingredients using an immersion blender or in a food processor
• Continue until ingredients are blended and mixture is smooth and spreadable.

For a fabulous summer lunch, spread this on a piece of toasted sourdough bread and top with fresh tomato slices. It’s DELISH!