HOME GROWN BLACK OLIVES, BRINED FOR 6 MONTHS & MARINATED IN GARLIC & CHILI OLIVE OIL

 FIRST CROP OF HOME GROWN BLACK OLIVES

MY WONDERFUL OLIVE TREES

INGREDIENTS TO BRINE

600ml  of water

100g salt

1 red chili pieced

1 tbsp red crushed red chillies

4 whole garlic cloves crushed

Heat the water, take off the heat and add the salt to dissolve, leave to cool and add the chili, crushed chillies and garlic cloves, add the olives and when completely cool pour into a jar and seal.

Leave for 6 months, turn the jar regularly.  The brine will over the time take on the colour of the olives so don't worry about it discolouring.

At 6 months drain the olives, using a cherry de-stoner, de-stone the olives and place the olives in a jar and top up with some crushed fresh chillies, garlic cloves and olive oil, you can add any flavour you like at this point like rosemary or lemon etc.

I am soooo pleased my dad is a olive expert and he could not believe how fabulous these olives were, he said they are the best he has ever eaten, only down side is they are not that big, hence British sun!!!