Black Olive Raisin Paste Dip Recipes

BLACK OLIVE SPREAD

Steps:

• Place olives, Parmesan cheese, and garlic (if using) in a food processor. Add olive oil slowly while running. Process until smooth.

BLACK OLIVE TAPENADE

Steps:

• Blitz all the ingredients except the thyme in a small food processor. Season with black pepper then transfer to a jar or serving dish and scatter over the thyme leaves if using. Keeps in the fridge for 3 days.

OLIVE, PECAN & GOLDEN RAISIN SPREAD

Steps:

• Mix mayo, pecans, olives and raisins; set aside.
• Spread cream cheese onto bottom of 8-inch pie plate or other shallow serving dish; top with the mayo mixture and parsley.
• Serve as a spread for the crackers.

BLACK OLIVE & RAISIN PASTE / DIP

Steps:

• Place garlic, olives& raisins into the bowl of a food processor- process until chopped Add orgegano, lemon juice& olive oil and process again to form a corase paste.
• Seaon with salt& pepper to taste (Just remember that olives are already salty).

BLACK OLIVE PASTE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the ingredients and blend with a fork. If using a food processor, be very careful not to over-process; a chunky texture is better. Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator for up to one month.
• To use the olive paste as a marinade, slather chicken, fish, beef or veal well and marinate for up to 6 hours before cooking. The mixture can also be used as a sauce by spooning over meat, poultry or fish in the last five minutes of cooking.

BLACK OLIVE DIP

Steps:

• Reserve black olive juice. Chop black olives.
• In a medium sized bowl whip the cream cheese with a hand blender or a fork.
• Add black olives and about 2 tablespoons of the black olive juice and mix. Add more juice until you reach your desired consistency (I like it creamy but not thinned out). You can also add things like worchestershire, paprika, garlic salt, etc if you'd like to add depth of flavor but I like it just how it is!
• Serve with chips, veggies, crackers, or whatever else you may like!

RAISIN AND OLIVE FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Combine hot water and saffron in a small bowl; let sit until water turns yellow.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in the fettuccine, bring back to a boil, and cook pasta over medium heat until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; add cream and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and mix Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and paprika into cream mixture; simmer for 1 minute.
• Mix saffron water, paneer, olives, and raisins into cream sauce and simmer until sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Add fettuccine to sauce and toss to coat; simmer for 5 minutes.

THE "ULTIMATE" BLACK OLIVE DIP IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• Drain and chop olives; mix together all ingredients and chill overnight or for 6 hours prior to serving.
• Prior to serving, hollow out large loaf to hold dip.
• Cut up small loaf and the leftover bread hallowed out of large loaf and cut into large bite-sized cubes for dipping.
• Spoon dip into bread bowl and serve with bread cubes.

BLACK OLIVE PASTE

Steps:

• To pit the olives, you can use a cherry/olive pitter, but I've found that the olives frequently slip through the holes instead of just the pits.
• Another way to pit olives is to put them inside a folded kitchen towel and then bang on them with a mallet, cutting board, small frying pan, or whatever suits your fancy.
• Sure the olives get bruised, but what do you think is going to happen in the food processor?.
• Mixing raw garlic and olive oil provides an ideal breeding ground for the anaerobic bacteria which cause botulism.
• If I'm going to keep the paste around for a number of days, which I usually do, I'll mince the garlic, add it to the oil and then heat both in the microwave.
• I try not to cook the garlic too much in this manner- you just need to heat the oil and garlic up to 140 or 150 degrees for a while.
• Mix all of the ingredients in food processor.

BLACK OLIVE DIP

Steps:

• Mix everything together until thoroughly blended.
• Serve or chill until ready to serve.

BLACK OLIVE PASTE

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, blend the olives, anchovy fillets, garlic, rosemary, and pepper to a smooth paste. With the processor on, slowly add the olive oil until combined, about 2 minutes. Transfer the olive paste to a small bowl, and set aside.