When I worked with chef and television personality Carla Hall on her cookbook “Carla Hall’s Soul Food,” that meant African American dishes from the South — which included a version of her grandmother’s pimento cheese. An indulgent spread for slathering on crackers or sandwiching in soft bread, pimento cheese is a mix of shredded cheddar and sweet, roasted, red pimento peppers that is bound by cream cheese. Developing the recipe with Hall meant chasing her pimento cheese memories from her grandma’s home. Keeping the different textures of the ingredients intact while letting their flavors meld together is key to good pimento cheese. Carla uses the paddle attachment of a stand mixer to smash the shredded cheese into the cream cheese.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 27, 2019 13:52 UTC