How to Use pimento in a Sentence

pimento

noun
  • Add the pepper flakes, pimento and wine and bring to a boil for 1 minute.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • Tesar is scolded for a bad pimento and crab dish and for poor leadership in the kitchen.
    — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2017
  • The onion would also be chopped finely, but the pimentos were left much bigger.
    — Tinsley Mortimer, Town & Country, 18 May 2017
  • Once combined with the rub, the meat is cooked over a bed of charcoal, often with some pimento wood.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • Rub the pork with the salt, sugar, pimento, nutmeg, mace, and black pepper.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The pimentos are slightly brined with extra cayenne for a little extra punch.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 June 2018
  • The menu features steamed blue crabs, a whole roasted pig and all the fixings, including sweet corn and pimento mac and cheese.
    — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The recipe uses 3 cups of leftover diced turkey blended with a creamy roux and spiced up with pimentos and red pepper.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This is Jamaica’s signature cuisine of pork, chicken or fish cooked over a fire of smoky pimento wood.
    — Mark Rogers, USA TODAY, 29 July 2019
  • One captain recalled how the women helped seize 50 rolls of tobacco and nine bags of pimento from his ship.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • Jerk chicken has more of a smoke on it, because it’s cooked with pimento wood, but pan chicken is charcoal—one is charred, the other is slow-smoked.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Add pimento, onion, mustard, white pepper, cayenne and paprika.
    — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • This potato salad, made with butter and pimento, is anything but pedestrian.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022
  • The pimentos finish off the flavor profile, while lightly coloring the spread.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Add peas, pimentos, and a couple of tablespoons (additional) soy sauce.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Pimento cheese is a Southern staple made up of cheese, mayonnaise, pimento peppers and spices.
    — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
  • In a medium bowl, using a wooden spoon, blend the goat cheese with the cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, pimentos, scallions, relish, and onion powder.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 28 May 2017
  • Stir in chicken broth, condensed chicken soup, Worcestershire sauce, pimentos, pepper sauce, salt, and pepper.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The standard cheese on burgers is pimento, and a rice bowl on offer features expertly fried chicken livers dressed in dollops of rich gravy, caramelized onions, and scallions.
    — Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In the United States, the Mission olive reigns, in both green (less ripe) and black (very ripe) versions, at least as a pizza topping or stuffed with small poles of pimento.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019
  • Add 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cream, cheese, and pimento, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
    — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • Krystal's unique take on this classic Southern favorite starts with sharp cheddar cheese, red bell peppers, milk and cream cheese for a smooth creamy texture and hearty helpings of pimento, garlic and onion.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 June 2018
  • The Jamaican version is a large fish, fried with the head on, then smothered in onions and carrots and given a pepper-and-pimento sauce so liberally doused with vinegar as to seem pickled.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019
  • Zack Bruell will hold a demonstration on making the perfect pimento-cheese sandwich, a traditional treat at the Masters.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Pimento cheese is a Southern spread that typically features cheddar cheese, mayonnaise and pimento peppers.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The spread includes Meridian’s signature fried chicken, cornbread, pimento grits, broccolini and a classic dessert.
    — Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, the key ingredients of mayonnaise, cheddar cheese and pimento create layers of flavor and texture that beckon a complementary wine to bind it all together, long after first bite.
    — Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026
  • In Jamaica, jerk joints use pimento or sweetwood (laurel), but Bucher uses a secret technique to match the flavor with Wisconsin hardwood.
    — Kevin Revolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2019
  • On Saturday morning, golfers from around the country will gather in a small Georgia town to nibble on pimento-cheese sandwiches and compete for the honor of wearing a coveted green jacket.
    — Brad Reagan, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Even the scents blended into this fragrance evoke images of untamed wilderness just begging to be explored; crisp siberian pine, juniper, and calabrian bergamot mix flawlessly with notes of canadian fir, clary sage, pimento, and leather.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022

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