Pickled Olives | Marinated Olives | Aceitunas Aliñadas
Pickled Olives | Marinated Olives | Aceitunas Aliñadas - Here is a simple recipe to make pickled olives at home. Use this marinated olives recipe as a guideline and feel free to modify as per your taste. Made with basic herbs and spices, they are ready to eat in no time.
Ingredients
- 500 gram Whole Green Olives
- 4 Piece Whole Garlic Cloves
- 1 Piece Lemon
- 2 Piece Thyme (Sprigs)
- 1 Tablespoon Coriander Seeds
- 1 Teaspoon Fennel Seeds
- 0.5 Cup Sherry or Wine Vinegar
Instructions
- Break the olives and bash them lightly with a rolling pin.
- Burn the garlic on a flame until the cover blackens.
- Cut a slice from the middle of the lemon and reserve. Chunk the rest.
- Toast the coriander and fennel seeds till aromatic.
- Add olives, garlic and chucked lemon to a screw-top jar, adding in the aromatics as you go.
- Next, add the vinegar and enough water to cover the olives.
- Top up with the lemon slice to keep the olives submerged.
- Close the lid tightly and keep in the fridge for at least a week.
- Bring them up to room temperature before serving.
Notes
- Use unpitted olives for extra flavour for making pickled olives or marinated olives or aceitunas aliñadas
- Jarred olives can already be quite salty so check for saltiness after draining them, your olives about to be pickled probably won't need any additional salt.
- Drain and rinse the olives before pickling.
- Feel free to use a mix of green and black olives.