Zarafat’s Zeytim Hamutzim

Name: Zarafat’s Zeytim Hamutzim
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 1 lemon, juiced; 2 heaped tablespoons of salt; 1 litre cold water; 1 teaspoon citric acid; 1 cinnamon stick; 5 green chillies; 1 kg fresh green olives, washed; 1 whole lemon, cut into 8 pieces

Pickled Olives

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

1 kg fresh green olives, washed
1 litre cold water
5

Asia
Israel
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

wash the olives well & make a slit in each olive, leaving the stone intact, then wash again & drain
fill a large, clean plastic bottle with olives & add the chillies, lemon pieces & cinnamon stick
fill a jug with 1 litre of cold fresh water & pour it into the bottle to cover the olives
add the lemon juice, salt & citric ac