Do you like olives? What about salty snacks? Then we have a great recipe for you that will kill two birds with one stone. November is the time of olive harvesting (the last harvest of the year), which means that there will be an abundance of fresh olives. If you don't plan to pickle them, here's a tasty and healthy alternative: roasted olives as a savory snack.
Did someone mention it olives? Olive harvest time has arrived and the flood of fresh olives on the market must be taken advantage of. For example for investment, but this time we offer you an alternative. Roasted olives as salty snack or an addition to many dishes. If you choose toned, undamaged and freckle-free, you can't go wrong!
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Ingredients for roasted olives in olive oil:
- 1 kg of fresh black olives
- extra virgin olive oil
- 2 liters of water
- 100 g of sea salt
- 1-2 tablespoons of sea salt
- rosemary (to taste)
- orange peel (to taste)
- chili (to taste)
Preparation of roasted olives in olive oil:
Remove the stalks from the olives, wash them well, drain and dry them with a kitchen towel. Meanwhile, boil water with 100 grams of salt in a pot and heat the oven to 180 degrees. Toss the olives in the dill, bring to a boil once more and remove from the heat/plate, and leave the olives in the "dill bath" for another 10 minutes. In the meantime, line a baking sheet with baking paper and pour well-drained olives into it. Place everything in the heated oven for 15-20 minutes. Let's cool them right in the baking pan.
Preparation of roasted olives in olive oil as a savory snack:
Cool the olives. Salt the cooled ones with one or two spoons of salt and pour them into pickling glasses. If desired, stir in a sprig of rosemary, a piece of orange peel and chili. Pour everything together with one to two spoons of olive oil, seal tightly and shake well. Let them stand for a few days before eating, while stirring the glass a few times (they can be kept for several months). When the olives are served, pour extra virgin olive oil over them and offer them as a snack (with prosciutto, cheese, cold cuts, wine...) or as an addition to meals (with pizza, pasta, fish, salads, bread...).
