Crowd pleasing yummy olive appetizer
August 18, 2011
At our latest Birdie party olive appetizers were a HUGE success. And justly so:) Each ingredient: olives, garlic cloves, lemon peels,tasted wonderfully zesty, spicy and unique. Here is the recipe. You can use olives with pits, I opted for pitted fruit to make it easier for my quests.
Pick a glass jar (about a pint)
enough pitted kalamata olives to fill 3/4 of a jar
1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar
6 garlic cloves (skinned)
zest of 1 lemon – strips
several sprigs of whatever fresh herbs grow in your garden
1/2 tea spoon of dry Italian herb mixture
1/2 cup vegetable oil – not olive oil, olive oil jellies in the fridge! You may need to add more oil to cover olive mixture
1/2 tea spoon pepper flakes; if you like it spicier, add more flakes
Mix it all in a bowl, put in a jar and keep for about 2-3 days in a fridge before devouring
