Anti Inflammatory Pomegranate & Mint Olive Tapenade
This tapenade is a showstopper — briny, bright, and bursting with color from the jewel-like pomegranate arils folded in at the end. Two kinds of olives bring depth and a pleasant saltiness, while fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and a handful of mint keep everything tasting alive and vibrant. Extra virgin olive oil, pomegranate, and the polyphenol-rich olives themselves are all well-regarded staples of an anti-inflammatory eating pattern, so every ingredient here is genuinely pulling its weight. The technique matters too: the arils and herbs are stirred in by hand after pulsing, so the pomegranate stays juicy and the mint stays brilliantly green rather than turning into a murky paste. A short rest in the fridge lets the cumin, capers, and garlic meld into something that tastes far more complex than the prep time would suggest. This recipe serves six, making it an easy, impressive spread for a gathering — set it out with crusty bread, crackers, or crudités and watch it disappear.
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6 servings
- 1 ½ cups pitted kalamata olives
- ½ cup pitted green olives
- ½ cup pomegranate arils
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp capers, drained
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the Kalamata olives, green olives, capers, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, black pepper, and cumin in a food processor. Pulse 8–10 times until the mixture is coarsely chopped and no whole olives remain, but the texture is still chunky — not a smooth paste.
- 2
Add the extra virgin olive oil and pulse 3–4 more times until the oil is incorporated and the tapenade holds together loosely.
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