Walnut Free Herb-Marinated Olives with Apple Cider Vinegar
These olives are the kind of appetizer that makes guests think you spent far more effort than you actually did. A quick warm bath in olive oil and apple cider vinegar pulls the garlic, rosemary, thyme, orange zest, ginger, and turmeric together into a marinade that's bright, herby, and just a little exotic. The vinegar adds a gentle tang that balances the richness of the oil and the briny depth of the olives beautifully. Warming everything together in a saucepan for just a few minutes lets those aromatics bloom before the olives soak it all up in the fridge. Store-bought marinated olives can be a gamble when you're avoiding certain nuts — shared facilities and mystery spice blends make label-reading exhausting — but here you control every single ingredient. Serve them at room temperature with a scatter of fresh parsley and watch them disappear before anything else on the table does.
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6 servings
- 2 cups mixed olives, pitted or unpitted, drained
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 strip orange zest (about 3 inches long)
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, rosemary, thyme, orange zest, ground ginger, turmeric, and sea salt in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Warm, stirring once or twice, until the garlic is fragrant and just beginning to turn golden at the edges, about 3–4 minutes. Watch closely so the garlic does not brown.
- 2
Add the drained olives to the saucepan and stir to coat. Heat for 1 minute, until the olives are warmed through and glistening.
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