I’ve partnered with Price*s® to bring you this delicious snack idea, but all opinions are my own!
Bring on the (pimento) cheese, please! Pimento cheese gets two makeovers with an uber easy, yet very indulgent macaroni and cheese and a little more upscale with gougères to make your mouth water.
Pimento cheese is often heralded as a Southern staple much like pecan pie or sweet potatoes. Almost like a rite of passage of any proper Southern child, the first time biting into a pimento cheese sandwich gives you a sinfully simple taste of what can be like, if you let it…creamy, cheesy and with just the right amount of bite.
We’ll get ready for this bite…wealthy New Yorkers in the first part of the 20th century actually created pimento cheese! WHAT?!? It’s true, at least that’s the story. But thankfully, like most things in the South, we’ve given it our own spin and made it better to what the modern pimento cheese recipe we’ve all come to know and love.
No, not the one your grandma makes… or your mama makes… It’s the one found in every container of Price*s® Pimento Cheese. Like a long-time best friend, Price*s® is always there in the refrigerated section at most Walmart stores near the cream cheese ready to be there for you through thick and thin. But this holiday, this stand-by comes with extra-reinforcements with its new Southern-Style Original and Spicy Jalapeno. Two new tastes ready to assist at the unexpected ring of unexpected guests at the doorbell or when you need a new twist to your own menu.
Macaroni and cheese is a staple in our home with two kids, so while ‘macncheese’ is often on the menu, I don’t always want to create an entire batch for dinner or would love to add a little kick in it for my own sake. This is where Price*s Southern Style pimento cheese can be your new bestie. With just about 1 c. boiled elbow noodles, a few tablespoons of milk, a big spoonful (1/4 cup) of Price*s,and a sprinkle of breadcrumbs under the broiler, you have yourself a recipe for mac n cheese that will have them asking for seconds. I highly suggest using the jalapeno blend for just the right kick to take your MAC go to the next level. AND it’s only four ingredients…unless you go even bigger with a crumbled bacon. Then you can call it Merry Mac n Cheese!
One of my favorite parts of the holidays are a reason to make hors d’oeuvres a meal. Eating a little bite of everything makes me pleased as pie, especially when it’s something with cheese. Something bite sized, creamy and leaving you wanting to more is normally my joie de vivre (French for “joy in life”), so Price*s® was right at home in my recipes for gougères.
Sounds fancy, right? It is. But making it wasn’t by using Price*s®. Let’s be honest, if I called it a cheese puff (which is basically what it is), you’d envision a crunchy, orange snack in bag with a cat on the front. Gougères are so much more than that though…using the same recipe base of cream puffs, but instead use pimento cheese for a custardy like bite, with the holiday colors of the pimentos and pickles that make it festive for the holiday occasion without even trying. (Which is always ideal to do the least amount of work possible and claim it like you meant to do that.)
Pimento Cheese Gougères
Description
This easy, yet impressive recipe for pimento cheese gougères will impress your friends when you say it but even more when they eat it.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick, chopped into pieces)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 grated extra-sharp cheddar
- 1 cup pimento cheese
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Combine milk, water and butter into sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat until melted.
- Add flour and salt at once, reduce heat to medium and stir mixture with wooden spoon until it pulls away from sides of pan.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for one minute. Dough should be smooth, thick and shiny.
- Add the dough to stand mixer.
- Using paddle attachment, mix dough on low speed until dough is not seaming, but isn’t cool before adding eggs.
- One a time, add eggs, incorporating into dough before adding next egg.
- Next add cheddar and pimento cheese along with seasonings and mix until blended.
- Move dough to pastry bag or resealable plastic bag to create heaping tablespoons of dough, two-inches apart on pan.
- Bake until golden brown, approximately 15-18 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Reduce heat to 300 degrees and continue baking for another 8-10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
[One tip: To make your gougères just the right size, use a pastry bag or simply use a plastic resealable bag. Fill it up with the dough, cut off the tip and begin your new career in French cooking like a pro (with none of the cooking school cost!)]
Ready to get cooking?
Get recipes and find your closest Walmart location for the NEW Price*s®Southern Style Original or Spicy Jalapeno Pimento Cheese here. Make your holidays a little more cheesier with the NEW Price*s®Southern Style Pimento Cheese!
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Looks so yum! I’m willing to bet those cheese gougères are devoured within 10 minutes of setting them out at a party.
I love pimento cheese! A good pimento cheese sandwich will hit the spot any day.
That looks AMAZING! I have never heard of these cheese, but we are a big cheese family so I need to make this for us!
Mmmmm! I have made gougeres before but not with pimento. Pinning this for sure.
You had me fall in love as soon as I saw that macaroni and cheese recipe. I’m a huge mac and cheese fan, but using this Pimento Cheese sounds over-the-top delish!
Oh yum! My entire family would totally gobble these up!
Wow. This looks incredible. I would love to give this a try. As soon as I saw your photos I started craving this!
I have never seen this before. Definitely sounds like a great product to have for gatherings especially this time of the year!
Pretty sure I would eat that pimento cheese by the spoonful! And I would eat all of the Gougeres too!
This product looks so versatile! Great for so many recipes, yours sound great!
Oh yum! I’d love to surprise my boyfriend with these. He would definitely love to start using that Spicy Jalapeno flavor.
I have never had pimento cheese before if you can believe that! I would love to try the pimento cheese gougères.
I’m going to have to make this mac-n-cheese recipe. I love pimento cheese, but too much of it makes me sick so I have to eat it in small amounts. I think it’s just the overall flavor of it. This might just be a recipe I can get behind.
So I have never heard of these or made them but my mouth is watering for some now. Must make these this weekend for snacking.
I have never made these before. They look so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients so i can try them.
These look so tasty. I will need to try out this recipe. I’ve never made gougeres before.
Wow… those look delicious! I was just looking for something to bring to a party we are attending this weekend, looks like I now have the perfect idea!
This looks ridiculously good! I think it’s that pimento cheese that puts it over the top!
I love cheese, especially cooking with it. All these cheesy dishes look so good, especially the Mac & Cheese. Will have to check out the recipes.
Super Yum! I know my kids will be all over this when I show them what it is I’m making tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it turns out!
I would like to try Pimento Cheese mac and cheese because I have never had pimento cheese before. It looks really delicious and you can’t go wrong with mac and cheese.
These recipes look so good!!! I love the pasta bake it looks amazing!! I have never heard of Pimento Cheese Gougères before they look good.
These look delicious! I have to make these for my husband!
Oh all that cheese, yum! I’d love to try the spicy kick of jalepeno version!
This looks pretty tasty. I’ll have to pick some up when I’m out shopping again.
I would totally eat that up! Pimento Cheese is a food group for me 🙂 Adding in the touch of jalapeno — that makes it even better! Your little puffs of pure cheesy goodness look delicious!
We are mac and cheese lovers in my house. I’ll have to try it next time with your kicked up recipe. That extra spice I imagine is amazing.
So many great recipes with pimento cheese! I don’t know where to begin! I love biscuits, mmm!
I am definitely bringing these to our family celebration, I know my dad and brother-in-law will be fighting over them!
These pimento cheese gougères are an unusal I really want to try them because i love new tastes.
And I’m officially drooling. That looks so yummy. It needs to land on the dinner menu stat!
I have a family full of mac and cheese eaters soi the recipe you shred here sounds interesting.
I’ve got to get some of that pimento mac and cheese in my life! This is the best use of pimento cheese ever devised.
These sound so good!!! I have never tried these before, they look really good!!!
Oh! This looks simply amazing. I’ll have to give it a shot. I hope i can find that cheese. I think I’ve seen that brand before at our Safeway.
This looks delicious! I like the idea of taking mac & cheese and making it more fancy with the pimento cheese, and I know my kids would love it.