![]() ![]() Packaged in small, green plastic bags (to reflect the champion’s coveted green jacket, perhaps), they sell for $1.50 apiece.Īs funeral food, pimento cheese has a higher calling. Pimento cheese sandwiches are a mainstay on the menu at the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta. ![]() The Southern staple regularly shows up in lunchboxes, at family suppers, football games, picnics, cocktail parties, and wedding receptions. Pimento cheese can enrich and add flavor to many dishes, including grits, mashed potatoes, biscuits, soup, scrambled eggs, or breakfast casseroles. Slightly warmed, it becomes a dip or sauce for cooked vegetables, pasta, or protein. Spread it on benne wafers, biscuits, burgers, or sliced bread. Pimento cheese is a creamy, yet chunky blend with a mild, slightly tangy flavor and subtle sweetness that can be invigorated with chile heat. This is the jumping-off point for cooks to add a signature touch with their favorite seasonings and other stir-ins. The late Bill Neal, a Chapel Hill, North Carolina, chef renowned for his seminal work Southern Cooking (1985) referred to the iconic mixture as “the pâté of the South.”įar simpler to prepare than French pâté, classic pimento cheese is a blend of shredded cheese, rich mayonnaise, and roasted pimientos (the correct spelling for the sweet red cherry peppers). Morey and her small team of bakers are keeping the tradition of Southern biscuit making alive and the company’s handmade biscuits, pimento cheeses, and other artisan goods have garnered 19 sofi awards from the Specialty Foods Association.Few foods convey comfort like a bowlful of creamy pimento cheese. In 2014, she founded the Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit grab and go eateries with locations in Charleston, SC Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. ![]() Over 15 years later, Callie’s goes by a new name, Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit, and is widely recognized as a classic Southern brand with national retail exposure and a cult-like following. Her goal was to make the tender, buttery, made-by-hand biscuits of her mother accessible across the country. Follow along on instagram with the brand and the founder Carrie Morey To schedule interviews with Morey or access high resolution photography, please contact Libba Osborne - CALLIE’S HOT LITTLE BISCUIT: Carrie Morey founded her handmade biscuit business in 2005 as Callie’s Charleston Biscuits. Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit products are available in over 2,000 retailers nationwide and in Canada - from local gourmet stores to grocers like Whole Foods, Harris Teeter, Publix, Foxtrot, Market District and Fresh Market. This September, the company will celebrate 15 years of made-by-hand biscuits. The new gluten-free products join the Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit line that includes 7 varieties of frozen ready to be reheated biscuits (Buttermilk, Cheese & Chive, Country Ham, Sharp Cheddar, Blueberry, Cinnamon, Bourbon Maple), Cocoa & Cream Cookies, Traditional Pimento Cheese, Fiery Pimento Cheese and a variety of pantry items like Cheese Crisps, Buttermilk Biscuit Mix and a variety of jams and honey. Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit is excited to make them available in-store and online September 1st just in time for September - National Biscuit Month. It was key in creating a gluten-free recipe for a tender biscuit with the cake-like texture that our customers love,” says Morey. Our eatery staff was able to share the immediate feedback of customers with the bakery. The company, which makes over a million made by hand biscuits a year, began testing the new line directly with customers this past year in the Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit eateries in Charleston, SC, Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. “For years our customers have asked us to create a gluten-free version of our signature buttermilk biscuit so that they can experience a Callie’s biscuit,” shares Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit Founder Carrie Morey. Buttermilk Biscuits and Biscuit Mix Now Available in Gluten-FreeĬHARLESTON, SC (August 18, 2020) - Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit is excited to announce the launch of the company’s new gluten-free line including frozen, ready to reheat sandwich-sized Gluten-Free Buttermilk Biscuits and a Gluten-Free Buttermilk Biscuit Mix. ![]()
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