Warm olives with pickled lemon and fennel

5 minutes
serves 8
Easy

This recipe makes a quick but impressive snack to serve with drinks. Heating the olives makes them absorb more flavour without having to marinade them for ages

November 12, 2015 at 8:49 am

Ingredients

mixed olives 500g with stones, drained
extra-virgin olive oil 2 tbsp
lemon juice 2 tbsp
preserved lemon 1, halved, seeds and flesh scooped out and discarded, rind finely diced
fennel seeds 2 tsp

Method

Step 1

Put everything in a pan and warm gently for about 5 minutes, or put in the microwave on high for 2½ minutes, stirring halfway. Tip into serving bowls and eat straight away, while still warm.