Pimentos (alternative spelling "pimientos") are red peppers you probably associate with one of the greatest cheese spreads known to mankind, pimento cheese. Pimento cheese not only makes a great dip, but can also serve as a really solid , or as a topping for a burger . It makes a good base for an unconventional pizza too, I might add, from personal experimentation.
When you , you'll usually be using the canned or jarred kind, that's pre-diced for your convenience. But it does beg the question: Are pimentos and roasted red bell peppers the same thing? They do look as if they could be; if you roast a red bell pepper, peel off its skin, and dice it up the same way, it's hard to tell the difference. But they aren't one and the same.
In fact, pimentos are their own kind of pepper altogether, so you pimento conspiracy theorists can put down your magnifying glasses now. Pimento peppers, sometimes identified as cherry peppers, are a mild variety of heart-shaped peppers that are prized for their sweetness. They're used in other things that aren't just pimento cheese too.
Pimentos can come in a variety of dishes The first item you'll probably think of other than pimento cheese when it comes to pimentos is green olives, since many of the jarred kind come stuffed with a sliver of pimento. Or so you'd think. You're mostly correct; the little slice in the middle of a green olive is made of pimento, but isn't a pimento in its natural form.
It's actually more likely to be pimentos that have .