Marinated olives are delicious as a snack with crusty chunks of homemade bread.
Marinated olives
Ingredients
Chilli, orange and garlic black olives
- 430g black olives
- 5ml fresh bird’s-eye chilli, seeded and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- zest and juice of 1 orange
- 50ml oil
Sweet green olives with basil, lemon and sugar
- 430g green olives, drained
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 15ml sugar
- 50ml extra virgin olive oil
- 4 basil leaves, shredded
Roasted black olives with fennel and orange
- 430g black olives, drained
- juice and zest of 1 orange
- 15ml sugar
- 5ml dried fennel seeds
- fresh bread, to serve
Instructions
1
For the chilli black olives, combine the ingredients and marinate for about 1 hour.
2
For the sweet green olives, combine the ingredients and marinate for about 1 hour.
3
For the roasted black olives, preheat the oven to 200°C. Combine the ingredients in a roasting tray and bake for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
4
Serve the marinated olives with fresh bread.
Notes
Cook's tip: Marinate the olives overnight for the best results.