European Recipes :French Recipes : Mes Olives Preferees(My Special Olives)

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                  Mes Olives Preferees (My Special Olives)

Recipe By     : A Culinary Journey in Gascony
Serving Size : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Condiments                       French
                 Restaurant/Chef

   Amount Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
    2      c             plain Greek or Italian olives
    2                    shallots -- whole or sliced
    4      cloves        garlic, to 5 cloves -- barely crushed
thyme, rosemary, fennel seed,
chives, sage -- fresh or dried
      1/2                lemon -- juiced
                         Worcestershire sauce
                         Tabasco or hot pepper flakes
    1      c             olive oil

Place the olives in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.

Add to the jar shallots, garlic, a handful of fresh or dried herbs,
chopped or left whole, lemon juice, a few shakes of Worcestershire sauce
and a few drops of Tabasco or shakes of hot pepper flakes.

Pour olive oil to cover the olives and herbs and seal the lid. Shake a
couple of times to mix all ingredients well. Leave these olives to plump
in the oil and absorb the perfume of the herbs. As you use them replenish
the stock with more olives in the same oil mixture until it at last seems
too tired to do the job. The herb-scented oil is then perfect for
brushing on grilled foods as they finish or in other cooking.