Black Olive Oil Food

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 OIL

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
• Refrigerate in a tightly covered container for up to 1 week.

BLACK OLIVE MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Place the garlic cloves into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• Add the olives and parsley and pulse again until the mix is almost a puree.
• Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice(if using) and salt and pulse until just combined.
• With the processor running, add the olive oil in a stream.
• Pour into a bowl and chill until ready to use.
• Great served with sandwiches, over toast, flatbread, pita chips, etc.

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.