Warmed Spiced Olives
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A warm, richly spiced oil turns a bowl of mixed olives into elegant party fare. Serve these olives as part of an hors d'oeuvres spread or alongside a cheese plate.
Recipe information
Total Time
10 minutes
Yield
10–12 servings
Ingredients
Preparation
Toast fennel seeds in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add lemon zest, bay leaves, olives, oil, and Aleppo pepper and cook, stirring, until just warmed through, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve warm.
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Reviews (17)
Back to TopDelicious and super easy! I used jarred Queen Spanish olives jarred Kalamata olives, and a can of black olives. It was delicious and had many compliments. Saved leftovers for a get-together the next evening. It needed a bit more olive oil, so I added a little garlic powder to olive oil and heated them up in the oven... it was even better. I will make this again. Bonus, bread dip, I served with ciabatta bread for dipping on the second night.
marta
Sugar Land, TX
1/1/2024
This did not work out for me. We found the olives too oily to enjoy and didn't get much flavor. Oh well, moving on...
Anonymous
NJ
2/9/2022
These look gorgeous. I had some at a restaurant last week which were so good that I had to look up how to make them. I'd like to give them as gifts. Can they be made ahead and stored? And if so, how far in advance?
barleycorn04
Los Angeles
12/22/2017
I've made this recipe several times and always, always get rave reviews from our guests. This recipe is simple and the olives are bursting with flavor. As an additional suggestion for the leftover seasoned olive oil, we like to use if for bread dipping. So delicious!
teresalees
Santa Rosa, CA
11/24/2017
I made these for 2 parties now and they're a hit. The warm olives come right off the pits. Delicious and easy to make.
lgrinb
Philadelphia, PA
2/12/2017
I made these for 2 parties now and they're a hit. The warm olives come right off the pits. Delicious and easy to make.
lgrinb
Philadelphia, pa
2/12/2017
The lemon peel, spice and heating give ordinary olives enough pizzazz to make this a gourmet appetizer. And guests don't mind being offered the same appie over and over again.
cjwellner
Kelowna, BC
10/14/2016
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