Marinated Olives

By Mark Bittman

Updated October 16, 2023

  • Craig Lee for The New York Times
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Total Time
1 hour, largely unattended
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Ingredients

Yield:6 to 12 servings.

  • Assorted olives

  • 6 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme or rosemary leaves (or 1 teaspoon crumbled dried leaves)

  • 1 lemon, cut in half and pulp removed as you would from a grapefruit

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Toss all ingredients together in a bowl. Marinate at room temperature for at least an hour, or as long as 12 hours. Before serving, marinated olives may be refrigerated, but they should be removed from refrigerator an hour or two before serving.

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