Citrus Marinated Olives

By Cook101

Make this Citrus Marinated Olives recipe for appetizers! Your guest will be asking you for the recipe!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 strip lemon zest, removed with a vegetable peeler plus 1
• teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 strip orange zest, removed with a vegetable peeler plus 1 tablespoon orange juice
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup Castelvetrano olives

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.

Add the red pepper flakes thyme, garlic, lemon zest, orange zest, salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is pale golden, about 2 minutes.

Stir in the olives and cook, stirring, until just warm, about 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat.

Stir in the lemon juice and orange juice and transfer to a decorative jar or serving bowl.

Serve warm or at room temperature.