Fancy Pimento Cheese

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 0.3 cup dill pickle juice 
• 0.5 cup chives fresh minced
• 1 pinch ground pepper black
• 0.5 cup mayonnaise 
• 1 tablespoon pepper sauce hot cholula® (such as )
• 0.5 cup roasted pepper red minced
• 20 ounces sharp cheddar cheese 

Equipment

• bowl
• box grater

Directions

1. Using the smallest holes of a box grater, grate half the Cheddar cheese. Grate the remaining Cheddar cheese on the next larger size holes.
2. Stir together the Cheddar cheese, chives, roasted red pepper, cream cheese, pickle juice, mayonnaise, hot pepper sauce, and black pepper in a bowl until evenly combined.