This is a stellar recipe for tapenade from Ina Garten, one of my favorite cooks. I trust any recipe with her name on it. At our last get-together, I served this with toasted baguette, marinated bocconcini, prosciutto and Genoa salami.
Black Olive Tapenade
6 servings
Ingredients
1/2 lb good Kalamata olives, pitted and diced
3 tblsp capers, drained
3 anchovy fillets
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup good extra-virgin olive oil
1 tblsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp minced fresh thyme leaves
1 tblsp chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 baguette, sliced and toasted
1. Combine the olives, capers, anchovies and garlic in a food processor fitted with a steel blade, and pulse 3 times. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, thyme and parsley and process until chunky. Serve on toasts.
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