Best Pimento Cheese And Ham Snacks Recipes

PIMENTO CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Follow directions to roll out biscuits and then use a 2-inch biscuit cutter to make 16 biscuits. You will need to piece scrap dough back together to make them all.
• Place on a greased baking sheet and brush with buttermilk as directed. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
• While the biscuits cook, add cheese, cream cheese, mustard, garlic powder, onion powder and salt to the bottom of a food processor. Pulse 3-4 times until cream cheese is incorporated in to the cheese. Do not overmix! You still want some pieces of cheese of whole.
• Add pimentos, pulse 1-2 times until combined, again, you want them to stay in tact. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Once biscuits have cooled slightly, split in half. Spread pimento cheese on the bottom. Top with a piece of ham, then spread more cheese on the top biscuit. Sandwich together. You can eat them at room temperature, or pop them back on the baking sheet and in to a 350 degree oven for a few minutes until the cheese has melted.

COUNTRY HAM BISCUITS AND SCALLION-PIMENTO CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place a 10-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven to heat.
• For the scallion-pimento cheese: Stir together the cheese, pimentos, mayonnaise and scallions in a large bowl. Set aside, or if making ahead, place in the fridge until ready to use.
• For the country ham biscuits: Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Using a pastry blender or 2 table knives, cut the cold butter cubes into the flour until it resembles coarse meal. Use a fork to stir in the buttermilk to make a soft dough that comes together and leaves the sides of the bowl (make sure all the flour is worked in). Stir in the ham. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead 3 or 4 times until smooth and manageable.
• With your hands or a floured rolling pin, flatten the dough to a thickness of 1/2 inch. Cut the dough out with a 2-inch floured biscuit cutter.
• Remove the skillet from the oven and melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in it. Place the biscuits in the skillet. Bake until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
• To serve: Split the biscuits and serve with a generous spread of pimento cheese.

PIMENTO CHEESE AND HAM SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Do not separate rolls. Use long serrated knife to cut block of rolls horizontally in half; place bottom halves of rolls in 13x9-inch pan.
• Mix pimento spread, cheddar and pimentos until blended; spread evenly onto cut sides of rolls.
• Place ham on bottom halves of rolls; cover with tops of rolls.
• Mix remaining ingredients until blended; drizzle over sandwiches. Cover with foil. Let stand 20 min.
• Bake sandwiches (covered) 20 min. or until heated through.