Marinated Greek Olives & Bread Dipper

These olives are so-o good, but there’s another gold mine here. It’s also the oil that becomes so rich you’ll use it on everything !

These olives are so-o good, but there’s another gold mine here. It’s also the oil that becomes so rich you’ll use it on everything !

Author: Lynda

Ingredients

2 cups greek kalamata olives (pitted), mostly drained (brine is good for this recipe!!)
2 bay leaves, for decoration
3 tbsp Perth Pepper and Pestle Greek Olive Spice Blend
¼ cup canola oil
6 to 10 cloves crushed garlic or more!!!
¾ cup olive oil

Instructions

In a ziploc sealable container, combine all the ingredients.
Marinate for at least 1 week before serving.
Refrigerate up to 6 months, stirring often.
Scoop olives and some of the oil onto a long rectangular decorative platter. Arrange olives at one end allowing oil to flow to the other end. On another platter, place coarsely chopped focaccia bread to dip into the fabulously flavoured oil. Hence, 2 appetizers!!! Very Greek Olives and very garlic bread dipper !

Useful Ideas For Your Seasoned Very Greek Marinated Olive Oil:

use as a salad dressing
a drizzle for asparagus, halved cherry tomatoes, pasta
a marinade for lamb, steak, pork, roasting vegetables, even mozzarella or feta cheese
toss roasted peppers & BBQ sausage pieces
drizzle into summer gazpacho
add melted butter and roll corn on the cob
brush onto butterflied leg of lamb before grilling or roasting
brush onto BBQ burgers & layer with Swiss cheese or cheddar
marinate buffalo mozzarella OR feta cheese & serve with sliced tomatoes
heat to wilt spinach leaves & serve chopped on lamb burgers with crumbled feta, blue or Gruyere cheese
toss into halved baby grape tomatoes for a quick side vegetable & drizzle with balsamic vinegar and garnish with chopped basil leaves
simplest brush on for BBQ'd bruschetta, focaccia, garlic bread
with brush sundried tomato pesto or a squeeze of tomato paste
marinate fabulous thick steaks for the BBQ even salmon steaks
add basil pesto for easy pasta salad
dressing for potato salad, or sandwiches salads, egg, tuna, instead of mayo
toss with summer vegetables for BBQ and sprinkle of sea salt
toss with potato wedges

What you need to make this recipe

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