Spicy Marinated Olives With Pickled Vegetables And Garlic - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 garlic cloves, unpeeled
1 carrot, peeled and cut diagonally into slices 1/4 inch thick
24 mixed green olives in brine, and
black olives, drained
12 cocktail onions, in vinegar, drained
12 baby gherkins, drained
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pinch hot chili powder
1/2 teaspoon pimientos or 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 pinch fresh thyme leave

Preparation

Bring a small saucepan three-fourths full of water to a boil over high heat. Add the garlic, return to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Add the carrot, return to a boil and cook for 1 minute more. Drain, then plunge the garlic and carrot slices into cold water. Drain again and peel the garlic (the skins will come off easily).
Transfer the garlic and carrot slices to a glass bowl. Add the olives, onions and gherkins and mix well. Add the olive oil, vinegar, salt, chili powder, pimenton and thyme and stir gently to coat all the ingredients evenly. Cover and refrigerate the olive and vegetable mixture until well chilled, at least 2 hours or up to 6 hours, stirring once or twice.