Warm Marinated Olives - Sardo Foods

Recipe

Warm Marinated Olives

Easy, sophisticated, fragrant and comforting, a warm dish of olives is the perfect small bite with an aperitif or as part of a larger grazing board. Mixed olives, citrus zest, herbs and spices come together to make this Italian happy hour favourite. By: Sabrina Currie (@wckitchengarden)
Prep Time5 minsCook Time5 minsTotal Time10 mins

What you need

Ingredients
 ⅓ cup Olive oil
 1 tsp Anise seed (or fennel seed)
 1 Garlic clove, thinly sliced
 1 Sprig of Rosemary about 3-4
 ½ tsp Chili Flakes(or to taste)
 1 tsp Orange zest
 1 tsp Lemon zest
 1 Bay Leaf
 500 ml Sardo Party Mix Olives (drained)

Let's get Started

Directions
1

Preheat an oven safe bowl in the oven set to warm.

2

Heat small sauce pan on low and gently toast anise seed until fragrant. Add olive oil and garlic, warming until fragrant and garlic is translucent but not colouring.

3

Add remaining ingredients including drained olives and continue to warm on low approximately 3-5 minutes or until warmed through. Be careful not to let it get too hot, you do not want to cook the olives at all, only warm them.

4

Squeeze the juice of 1/8 - 1/4 orange or lemon over and transfer to pre warmed bowl right away and serve warm.

5

Put a small dish out for pits.