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Warm Marinated Olives-An Easy Festive Appetizer

December 8, 2020 by SabCurrie 23 Comments

Warm marinated olives are a truly spectacular appetizer despite their seeming simplicity. If you like olives, you will love these. Gentle heat makes the olives intoxicatingly fragrant with the scent of spices and herbs and citrus peel adds bright, fresh notes to really elevate them.

Warm marinated olives is a fragrant recipe with herbs, spices and citrus
Warm marinated olives is a fragrant recipe with herbs, spices and citrus

Canadian Made Mediterranean Food

I’ve partnered up with Canadian Sardo Foods once again to give you some awesome and easy holiday dishes. Watch for more throughout the month culminating in a giveaway between Christmas and New Years!

I truly love Sardo’s olives and antipasti for a couple of reasons. First is that they process their Mediterranean style products here in Canada. Second is that they are awesome, high quality pantry staples that last a long time in cupboard or fridge making it quick and easy to throw something together. These are ready to eat so you can enjoy the olives, marinated shrimp and other antipasti without having to do anything except open them. I’ve done a number of easy recipes using their products including an awesome Chicken and Sundried Tomato pasta and Roasted Red Pepper Soup. Anyhow, back to our recipe.

Make Ahead Appetizer

I first tried warm olives in a lovely little Italian deli style restaurant and I was hooked. I was so surprised how something so simple could taste so complex and exciting. Even more exciting is that these are really easy and fast to prep ahead of time and simply warm for a few minutes right before serving.

Citrus anise and chili flavour these Italian style warm marinated olives
Citrus anise and chili flavour these Italian style warm marinated olives

Trending: Grazing Boards

Warm olives are a simple but sophisticated hors d’oeuvres. These can stand alone with an apertif or bubbly or you can make them part of something bigger. A little crusty bread, a little feta cheese or charcuterie and you have a snacking platter worthy of hosting anyone. Go even bigger and you have a grazing board.

Grazing board with warm marinated olives and spicy Sardo shrimp
Grazing board with warm marinated olives and spicy Sardo shrimp

Grazing boards are so popular now and for obvious reasons. They are simply charcuterie and/or cheese plates on steroids. Add in fruit, crackers, jam, mustard, nuts…but these olives will be the star of the show! Or why not try a middle Eastern inspired olive and hummus grazing board. Check out this round up of creative hummus recipes.

Warm Marinated Olive Variations

I’ve used my favourite Italian influenced flavours but there are so many ways you can change this up. In addition to whole olives, you can add cocktail onions, capers, caper berries, or Marcona almonds. Try different spices and herbs too, like cumin, herbs de Provence blend, warming Mexican or African spices and of course any fresh herbs go well. Think of lemon and dill or sage with toasted garlic or parsley with mint.

Quick Tips For Warm Marinated Olives

Use good quality whole olives for this recipe. I used Sardo’s party mix olives because I like the different flavours and textures but their Kalamata, Calabrese or Sicilian olives all work well too.

To keep the olives warm, I suggest pre warming a stoneware bowl or other heavy serving bowl that will hold the heat for awhile.

Do You Love That Serving Board?

Have you checked out my shop yet? Earlier this year, after much lamenting over not being able to find the serving dishes, linens etc for my food photography, I took the plunge and opened a shop! Now I have all the props I want and access to wholesalers to find what I need.

In this blog post, I used this awesome Canadian made, solid maple serving board. We carry these in a few color combinations and sizes at www.westcoastkitchengarden.com, we hope you’ll pop over and check it out.

Sending my love to you all and hoping you are keeping well in the craziness of 2020/

ox Sabrina

Warm marinated olives is a fragrant recipe with herbs, spices and citrus

Warm Marinated Olives

Easy, sophisticated, fragrant and comforting, a warm dish of olives is the perfect small bite with an aperitif or as part of a larger grazing board. Mixed olives, citrus zest, herbs and spices come together to make this Italian happy hour favourite. This is easily multiplied for a larger party or cut in half to serve 2.
5 from 11 votes
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Course: Appetizer, Christmas, Holiday, Snack, Spice Blend
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: anise, appetizer, canape, Chili flakes, Easy, easy appetizer, Fast, fennel, Italian, Lemon, Marinated, Olives, orange, rosemary, s d’oeuvres, Warm, zest
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2 cups
Author: Sabrina Currie

Ingredients

  • 1/3 c Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Anise seed (or fennel seed)
  • 1 clove Garlic, thinly sliced
  • 1 Sprig of Rosemary about 3-4" long
  • 1/2 tsp Chili Flakes (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp Each, orange and lemon zest
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 2 c Olives-(500ml container) Party Mix, Kalamata, Calabrese or Sicilienne, drained
  • Wedge of 1/4 lemon or orange to squeeze over at the end (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat an oven safe bowl in the oven set to warm.
    Heat small sauce pan on low and gently toast anise seed until fragrant. Add olive oil and garlic, warming until fragrant and garlic is translucent but not coloring.
  • Add remaining ingredients including drained olives and continue to warm on low approximately 3-5 minutes or until warmed through. Be careful not to let it get too hot, you do not want to cook the olives at all, only warm them.
    Squeeze the juice of 1/8-1/4 orange or lemon over and transfer to pre warmed bowl right away and serve warm.
    Put a small dish out for pits.
    Citrus anise and chili flavour these Italian style warm marinated olives
Easy Make Ahead Appetizer Olives and Spicy Shrimp
Easy Make Ahead Appetizer Olives and Spicy Shrimp

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipe, Salads and Side Dishes Tagged With: Anise, aperitif, appetizer, chili, Citrus, Cocktail, Festive, Garlic, Happy Hour, Italian, lemon, Marinated, olives, orange, Party Mix, rosemary, Snack, Warm

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Comments

  1. Catherine

    December 10, 2020 at 7:24 am

    5 stars
    These look so delicious! Love the combo of lemon, chilli and garlic!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 10, 2020 at 8:13 am

      Thanks Catherine!

      Reply
  2. Jane Saunders

    December 10, 2020 at 8:00 am

    5 stars
    This is a great idea. I do love olives, but warming them makes them so much better for winter enjoyment.

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 10, 2020 at 8:14 am

      Absolutely, thanks Jane!

      Reply
  3. Alexandra

    December 10, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    5 stars
    Absolutely love olives – what a delicious appetiser these make

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 10, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      Thanks Alexandra!

      Reply
  4. Joss

    December 16, 2020 at 9:04 am

    5 stars
    As my whole family are huge olive lovers, these marinated olives will be a definite hit over the holidays!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 16, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Enjoy and happy holidays Joss!

      Reply
  5. JustineCelina

    December 16, 2020 at 10:15 am

    5 stars
    Yum, yum, yum! Love all these delicious tips and preparation ideas. Putting Sardo’s olives and antipasti on the list for my next grocery run!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 16, 2020 at 11:35 am

      Awesome Justine! They have so many good kinds 🙂

      Reply
  6. NANCY

    December 16, 2020 at 10:50 am

    5 stars
    LOVE snacking on olives!! what a great appy!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 16, 2020 at 11:34 am

      Thanks so much Nancy!

      Reply
  7. Colleen

    December 16, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    5 stars
    We are huge fans of olives in my family but I’ve never marinaded and served them warm. But what a delicious surprise. I’ll be doing them again for sure.

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 16, 2020 at 7:35 pm

      Thanks Colleen, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment 🙂

      Reply
  8. Shailaja

    December 17, 2020 at 8:54 am

    Oh My! These warm olive are bursting with flavour! And amazing images too ..Would love to serves these during the holidays!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 17, 2020 at 8:23 pm

      Awesome Shailaja, they are always such a hit! Happy holidays 💕

      Reply
  9. Julia Pinney

    December 18, 2020 at 2:13 am

    5 stars
    These olives look and sound amazing. A great addition to any holiday platter for sure!

    Reply
  10. Kristen

    December 19, 2020 at 8:16 am

    5 stars
    I have never even thought to warm my olives before but man, these are delicious!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 22, 2020 at 6:22 pm

      Thanks Kristen!

      Reply
  11. Sharon

    December 19, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    5 stars
    We loved the olives! I have been making charcuteries every week for when we watch the Mandalorian episodes together and this week we added these delicious olives. I’ve never had them warmed and what a difference. Really tasty.

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 22, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      So awesome! Thanks for letting me know Sharon!

      Reply
  12. Sean

    December 20, 2020 at 11:04 am

    5 stars
    What a gorgeous appetizer! Love the little additions – especially the citrus zest. Perfect for adding a pop of colour, and for complimenting the rich and distinctive taste of the olives. Gotta say, I love the cutting board/platter too. The handle reminds me of Hokusai’s great wave woodcut a little! It’s a lovely accent, and it really makes these beautiful olives stand out even more. Cheers.

    Reply
    • SabCurrie

      December 22, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      Thanks so much Sean!

      Reply

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