Morroccan Spiced Olives
1 c Olives purchased from deli -or Middle Eastern grocery -(green Yield: 1 cup Olives are often served as part of the Middle Eastern appetizer assortment called mezze or mazza that...
Ingredients
- 1c olives purchased from deli
- 2. slowly heat olive oil over low heat. remove from heat and
Directions
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1 c Olives purchased from deli -or Middle Eastern grocery -(green Yield: 1 cup Olives are often served as part of the Middle Eastern appetiz
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Anything can turn up as part of a mezze selection: octopus dressed in olive oil and lemon, chunks of feta cheese or salami on small pieces o
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Olives, brined, salted, or marinated, are almost always on one of the little plates
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Middle Eastern marketplaces feature huge vats and crocks of differently spiced olives in myriad array
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Some are fleshy, some juicy, others bitter and dense, and each is in a subtly different mainade
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The marinade in this recipe is good for almost any type of olive
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it is especially delicious with green brined olives or fleshy Greek-style ones (it even improves California-style ripe Olives)
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brine-cured, Kalamata, Greek-style, or shriveled black dry-cured) 1/4 cup olive oil 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tsp fresh rosemary leaves, li