Dressed-up Olives

Name: Dressed-up Olives
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: Mix the olives in a shallow bowl with 2 chopped cloves garlic & a drizzle of olive oil. Grate some orange zest over the top of the bowl & sprinkle on a few fresh thyme leaves. Serve with drinks before dinner.; Mix the olives in a shallow bowl with 2 chopped cloves garlic & a drizzle of olive oil. Grate some orange zest over the top of the bowl & sprinkle on a few fresh thyme leaves. Serve with drinks before dinner.; Mix the olives in a shallow bowl with 2 chopped cloves garlic & a drizzle of olive oil. Grate some orange zest over the top of the bowl & sprinkle on a few fresh thyme leaves. Serve with drinks before dinner.; Mix the olives in a shallow bowl with 2 chopped cloves garlic & a drizzle of olive oil. Grate some orange zest over the top of the bowl & sprinkle on a few fresh thyme leaves. Serve with drinks before dinner.; Mix the olives in a shallow bowl with 2 chopped cloves garlic & a drizzle of olive oil. Grate some orange zest over the top of the bowl & sprinkle on a few fresh thyme leaves. Serve with drinks before dinner.; Buy 1 c (225 g) of olives. I find the best ones are in the deli section of my grocery store. You can buy mixed olives or just one type, but choose ones that contain pits. I like a mix of green & purple olives in my bowl.

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Forest Feast Mediterranean

By Erin Gleeson

Published 2019

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In each country we visited, our meals often started with a bowl of olives. The olives were usually local and quite fresh. Restaurants seemed to have their own unique way of curing them, so that the taste was just slightly different in each place. During our first meal in Lisbon, we were served a bowl of olives that had fresh garlic slices mixed in, and I loved the simple, flavor-packed combination, perfect with a cocktail. Restaurants in Barcelona added citrus, peppers, or herbs. One restau

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