In a bowl, combine the tuna, caperberries, lemon juice, chile flakes and 2 tablespoons black olive pesto; mix gently but mix well.
Cover and refrigerate until well chilled and ready to serve.
Lay bread slices on a clean work surface; spread each with about 1 tablespoon of black olive pesto.
Spread the tuna mixture over half of the slices in a thin but even layer.
Cover with the remaining slices of white bread.
Before serving, remove the crusts with a serrated knife and slice diagonally.
eanwhile, for the feta and black olive mash, boil, steam or microwave
Add softened cream cheese to bowl.
Crush black olives (done properly you are quartering the olive) OR chop them and add to cream cheese - Discard any found pits.
Add Worcestershire and garlic powder - mix well.
Begin stirring and mixing ingredients together, adding reserved black olive juice until dip is at a consistancy that will not break a chip when dipped.
mooth paste is formed.
Black Olive and Goat Cheese Tart.
shake oil with the vinegar, olive paste, onion, basil and a
Place olives, Parmesan cheese, and garlic (if using) in a food processor. Add olive oil slowly while running. Process until smooth.
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Mix first 4 ingredients together. Spread on slices of party loaf. Top with bacon.
(May be frozen at this point.
Place on cookie sheet until frozen, then store in plastic bag.)
When ready to serve, place under broiler until cheese melts.
All all ingredients except oils, water and salt to a food processor.
Pulse ingredients until they start to form a paste.
Add lemon olive oil, and turn food processor on.
Add olive oil a tbsp at a time until you reach a smooth creamy texture.
If the hummus is too thick, add water in teaspoons to help thin it out.
Taste and add salt if needed. (if using olive paste, you will not need salt.).
Place the onion slices in a small bowl, add the juices from the limes; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the feta cheese cubes with the watermelon cubes, the black olives, parsley, mint, olive oil, and pepper.
Add the onion and lime juice mixture and gently toss to combine.
Reserve black olive juice. Chop black olives.
In a medium sized bowl whip the cream cheese with a hand blender or a fork.
Add black olives and about 2 tablespoons of the black olive juice and mix. Add more juice until you reach your desired consistency (I like it creamy but not thinned out). You can also add things like worchestershire, paprika, garlic salt, etc if you'd like to add depth of flavor but I like it just how it is!
Serve with chips, veggies, crackers, or whatever else you may like!
Black Bean Spread: Heat vegetable oil in medium
he soy sauce, mirin, olive oil, black olive paste, garlic and chicken stock
enter. Mix egg yolks and olive paste, and place in well
Using dutch oven or other enameled cast-iron pot, heat over medium heat and add olive oil.
When oil is fragrant, reduced heat to medium-low and cook onions until translucent but not golden.
Add garlic and mushrooms and stir until soft and partially cooked, about 3 minutes.
Add wine and cook another 3-4 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking.
Add tomatoes, chickpeas, capers, olives, oregano, salt and pepper.
Cook 15 minutes more, or until heated through.
Set aside, covered, until ready to serve.
1. Cut each tomato into three 1/2-inch slices. Spread 8 of the slices with about a tablespoon each of Chickpea Slather. Dress 8 other tomato slices with the Black Olive Spread. Top remaining slices with the pesto. Arrange all the tomato slices on a decorative platter garnished with the basil leaf.
2. Place the ricotta in a medium-sized bowl; drizzle with oliveoil and sprinkle with pepper. Serve the ricotta and bread alongside the tomato platter.
lice of brioche, and the Black Bean Hummus on the other
aste.
Pulse in the olive oil until you've achieved
he garlic paste, harissa, and olive oil. Set aside.
Generously
With the bottom rack in the lowest position, preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place dough in a greased 12 in pizza pan, then press and stretch dough out to a 10 in circle; prick w/a a fork and brush with olive oil. Bake on bottom rack 10 minutes.
Puree red peppers, tomato sauce, garlic, and black pepper ina food processor until smooth; spread over pre-baked pizza crust. Top pizza w/ feta, onions and olives; sprinkle w/oregano. Bake on bottom rack until crust is crisp and cheese begins to melt, 10 minutes.