Sicilian Olive Sauce

Name: Sicilian Olive Sauce (Aulivi Cunsati)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed; 2 oz (50 g) fresh dill, chopped; ½ red chilli pepper, de-seeded and finely chopped; 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar; salt; 8 tablespoons olive oil; 4 oz (100 g) small inner sticks celery with leaves, chopped; 14 oz (400 g) green olives, stoned and crushed; 15 leaves fresh mint

Aulivi Cunsati

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

About

You need to leave this sauce to marinate for about 3 days, so be sure you have time at your disposal It is delicious with cold meats or grilled fish.

Ingredients

14 oz (400 g) green olives, stoned and crushed
2 oz (50

Europe
Italy
Sauce
Vegan
Sicily
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Raw
Spicy

Method

Put the olives into a bowl, add the dill, garlic, mint and a pinch of salt; cover with water and leave to soak for 3 days. Drain and add the celery, olive oil and vinegar, then the chilli. Stir it all together thoroughly and use as required.