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jar of olives with some at side

Christmas Spiced Olives

Karon Grieve
Super easy recipe for festive olives, perfect for antipasti platter or cheeseboard and a super foodie gift too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course preserves
Cuisine Mediterranean
Calories 439 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup green olives
  • 1 cup black olives
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 1 clementine small
  • 1 dried chilli small dried red chilli pepper or ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Olive oil t

Instructions
 

  • Here's how to make your own Christmas Spiced Olives;
  • Drain the olives from their brine and rinse. Pat dry.
  • Pack olives into a wide mouthed sterilised jar
  • Blanch the clementine in boiling water for 5 minutes to soften the skin , cut in half as we only need half of the fruit then slice into small pieces
  • Add the chilli, peppercorns and rosemary, clementine pieces and the garlic cloves
  • Pour over enough olive oil to fill the jar covering everything.
  • Pop on a lid. Keep in fridge, use after 24 hours.

Notes

The amount of olive oil depends on the size of jars you are using

Nutrition

Calories: 439kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 4gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 4204mgPotassium: 287mgFiber: 11gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 1200IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 178mgIron: 2mg
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