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Taste of the County: Olive Tapenade

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Olive Tapenade

This salty, briny olive tapenade recipe comes together in about 5 minutes and is the perfect party appetizer, sandwich topper or pizza enhancer. If you love olives, you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!

Ingredients

2 cloves Garlic

1 tbsp Oregano, fresh

1/4 cup Parsley, fresh

1 jar Kalamata olives, pitted

1 jar Castelvetrano olives, pitted

salt

black pepper, fresh cracked

1/4 cup Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive oil

2 tsp Sicilian Lemon White Balsamic Vinegar

Preparation

Put all ingredients in food processor. Mix well.

Serve with crostini and Brie cheese.

Put on pizza, charcuterie board or sandwiches.  So delicious!

Here are 5 ways to enjoy olive tapenade:

1. Mix the tapenade with hummus and place on pita bread topped with some microgreens.

2. Spread on crackers, pita chips or bread.

3. Stuff portobello mushrooms with the tapenade.

4. Mix it in with some tomato sauce and use it with pasta, polenta or gnocchi.

5. Enjoy on a sandwich.

You can purchase the olives, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar @dressedbyanolive located at 366 Manning Road Tecumseh, Ontario.

Appetizers were made with baguettes from @greenheart located in Kingsville. Or you can also pick some up in-store at Dressed by an Olive.

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Author: Rosa Basile-Marrello

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Rosa Marrello lives in Lakeshore, Essex County with her husband and son who have become her main food critics since the inception of her food account on Instagram.

A retired school teacher as of June 2020, she has devoted some of her extra free time away from the classroom to educate and inspire her followers in the kitchen creating real basic meals.

Rosa participates in a few collaborations monthly, but one that is dear to her is the #monthlybakedwithlove. She donates her baked goods to local charities and citizens in her community to brighten their day.

All baked goods are made with love in hopes that whomever eats or samples her baked goods may feel LOVE — even if it’s for a brief moment in time. She metaphorically believes that the cookies are inspiring bites of hope and encouragement.

Rosa Marrello supports local businesses and eagerly helps them by promoting their products on social media.

She is adamant that supporting others creates connections — a quality she instilled often in her classroom — she often told her students to pay attention to those who are around them.

Heavily influenced by her Italian culture, her love of cooking came at a very young age and she is now eagerly enjoying her leisurely time cooking and recipe-tinkering.

Rosa loves to cook and entertain her family and friends in her kitchen, but when she is not in the kitchen, she enjoys travelling, live entertainment, reading, working out, taking long walks, listening to music, and having meaningful conversations with people.

Rosa believes that food brings people together — it’s a celebration of life and she loves living a tasty life.

2 Comments

  1. Gemma
    March 10, 2022 at 6:03 am  ·  Reply

    I absolutely love olives! What a great appetizer!
    Thank YOU Rosa!

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