Baked Olive Bundles Food

BAKED CHEESE OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a small mixing bowl, combine cheese and butter or margarine. Stir flour and cayenne pepper into the cheese and butter mixture. Blend well. Wrap a tablespoon of dough around each green olive. Arrange the wrapped olives on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

BACON WRAPPED ASPARAGUS BUNDLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven, if using, to 400 degrees F.
• Lightly coat asparagus spears in extra-virgin olive oil. Season the asparagus with black pepper. Take a quick count of the spear tips. Divide the total number by four. Gather that number of spears and use a slice of bacon to wrap the bundle and secure the spears together. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• To grill, place bundles on hot grill and cover. Cook 10 to 12 minutes until bacon is crisp and asparagus bundles are tender.
• For oven preparation, place bundles on slotted broiler pan. Bake 12 minutes.

BAKED OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit (200 Celsius).
• Meanwhile: In a baking dish, combine together olives, lemon slices and add about 4 rosemary sprigs on top. Finely chop the remaining rosemary sprigs (remove the stems first) and sprinkle over olives. Drizzle with olive oil, and season with freshly cracked black pepper.
• Bake on the middle rack at 400 Fahrenheit (200 Celsius) for about 20 minutes.
• Enjoy warm or cold!

BAKED OLIVE BUNDLES

Steps:

• Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
• Lightly grease a baking or cookie sheet.
• In a bowl, blend together the cheese, the puree and the butter.
• Blend in the flour, a little at a time, to form a sticky dough.
• Drop by tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet, and form into patties.
• Press the olives into the centers, and pull the dough up to completely cover.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and serve.
• Note: Pepper cheese can be substituted for the mozzarella.

BACON WRAPPED GARLIC ASPARAGUS BUNDLES

Steps:

• Saute garlic and parsley over low heat, then set aside to steep.
• Remove ends from asparagus that are tough.
• Lay 4 stalks of asparagus in the center of each strip of bacon and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Drizzle garlic oil over each bundle.
• Wrap bacon around the stalks and secure with a toothpick.
• Place asparagus bundles on baking sheet and bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until asparagus is tender and bacon is crisp.

BAKED OLIVES

Steps:

• Drain oilves.
• Place in shallow round baking dish.
• Put garlic and herbs, tucking herbs in and around olives.
• Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes, stirring every now and then.
• Store in Refridgerator in glass jar, covering with olive oil so that olive are submerged in the oil.