Olive Recipes

This treat is a Peruvian version of Italian carpaccio, sliced raw steak. As with that dish, the key is excellent meat. Tiradito, like carpaccio, must be thinly sliced.

Marinated olives are essential to a menze or mazza, the Middle Eastern counterpart of an Italian antipasto. Moroccan market stalls are crowded with enormous ceramic jars filled with olives of all kinds. Moroccan Herbed Olives keep well tightly covered and refrigerated.

This is also good with boiled artichoke leaves, but here the parmesan cheese is a must. check out www.bertolli.com and view the "pesto" recipe - you'd probably like that too. Bon Appetite'!!!!

This makes a great meal accompanied by bread or buns of your choice and a green salad.

Note from Marlen: There are several copycat recipes for this soup on the web. I believe this recipe comes closest to the real dish. Also, this is the correct spelling for the dish as listed in the Olive Garden menu.

In Italy, salad dressing consists of the best extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt. The oil is distributed through the greens first to coat the leaves, thus preventing them from wilting quickly. Then a little salt and vinegar are added.

A Muffalatta is more like a huge "Dagwood" Sandwich than a pita.

Really easy and very tasty. You can adjust the recipe to suit your tastes. Other good ingredients are lightly cooked pinenuts and parmesan. Very tasty & enjoyed by many!