Jalapeno Cheese

[billieboy]

I love living in this small town, but I sure do miss the availability of some ingredients that I could get in The Big Smoke (AKA Toronto)

One of the things I miss is jalapeno cheddar cheese.

I was wondering if I could make it?

Melt down a lb of cheese and mix chopped peppers in it.

Pour into a mold to get the block shape back and refrigerate.

Would I ruin $8 or 9 worth of cheese?

Would the texture/taste be completely ruined?

Bill

[judiu]

I love living in this small town, but I sure do miss the availability of some ingredients that I could get in The Big Smoke (AKA Toronto)

One of the things I miss is jalapeno cheddar cheese.

I was wondering if I could make it?

Melt down a lb of cheese and mix chopped peppers in it.

Pour into a mold to get the block shape back and refrigerate.

Would I ruin $8 or 9 worth of cheese?

Would the texture/taste be completely ruined?

Bill

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Billieboy, I would not suggest that you melt the cheese. Find yourself an old Southern (US) recipe for pimento cheese (sp?) and follow that , substituting hot peppers for the pimento. Generally the recipes I've seen call for using a meat grinder. I'll try and find some links for you! HTH!

edited for spelling.

Edited January 12, 2009 by judiu (log)

[judiu]

Try these:

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/quickne...ento-cheese.htm

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/eatingo...g_p/peoples.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-d...cipe/index.html

MAYBE: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1630,147189-253198,00.html or just google pimento cheese and go from there...

[billieboy]

Try these:

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/quickne...ento-cheese.htm

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/eatingo...g_p/peoples.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-d...cipe/index.html

MAYBE: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1630,147189-253198,00.html or just google pimento cheese and go from there...

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Thank you Judiu.

The cream cheese ones do not interest me, but two of them are with cheddar (my weakness)

I wonder if the other ingredients are necessary...Evaporated milk, mayo etc.

I think I will try shredding up a pound, mix in the peppers and physically press it back into a brick.

If all else fails, use brute force

[judiu]

I think that the cream cheese is more for the spreadablity factor, since pimento cheese is supposed to be "gooshy" and spreadable, not sliceable. Good luck with the experiment!