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Olive Tapenade Recipe
Prepare this tapenade with green or black olives from scratch.
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 12 slices with tapenade
Calories: 42 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 9 Ounces olives green or black unpitted
- 1 Piece garlic clove fresh
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice fresh
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 1 Teaspoon herbes de provence or Thyme as substitute
Instructions
- Pit your olives. Some olive varieties are easier to pit than others. Help yourself with a knife. Keep pitted olives together, discard pit.
- Decide if you want to use a mortar and pestle or a food processor. *see Notes
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Mortar and Pestle
- Place olives into mortar and pestle with garlic and grind to desired consistency. It's easier to use a stone grinder, a ceramic grinder will result in a coarse tapenade (see pics).
- Place ground olives and garlic into a mixing bowl and add lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, and herbes de provence.
- Mix to a well-combined condiment.
- Serve up or store for later.
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Food Processor
- Place all the ingredients together into a food processor. Olives, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, and herbes de provence.
- Mix to desired consistency to a well-combined condiment.
- Serve up or store for later.
Notes
- You can choose if you prefer to use a mortar and pestle or a food processor. Use a food processor if you are in a hurry or if you feel lazy. The mortar and pestle is good if you have time to cook with your senses. It truly smells wonderful! I use both all the time.
- You can also add 1-2 tablespoon anchovies and 1 tablespoon capers to make a more authentic olive tapenade.
- Serve with baguette bread, crostini, bruschetta, crackers, or as a dip with chips.
Nutrition Information
Calories
42kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
428mg
(18%)
Potassium
9mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
84IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices with tapenade
Amount Per Serving
Calories 42
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 42kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 428mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 9mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 84IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.