Spiced green olives
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Rinsed and drained brine-cured; (about 10 ounces) |
| ; greenolives | ||
| 9 | Thin round slices of lemon | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Coriander seeds; crushed |
| 1 | teaspoon | Black peppercorns; crushed coarse |
| 1 | cup | Olive oil |
Directions
In a 2-cup decorative jar make layer of ½ cup of the olives, top it with 3 slices of the lemon, and sprinkle the lemon with a third of the coriander seeds and a third of the peppercorns. Make 2 more layers in the same manner, pour the oil into the jar, and chill the olives for 2 weeks. The olives keep for several months, chilled. Serve the olives at room temperature as an hors d'oeuvre or as a garnish for salads.
Makes about 1½ cups.
Gourmet December 1991
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