Marinated olives

July 30, 2007 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Marinated olives recipe

Marinated olives are delicious as a snack with crusty chunks of homemade bread.

Marinated olives

Serves: 6 - 8
Cooking Time: 1 hr

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.

 

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