Smoked Olives
If you want to ramp up the flavor of your olives, why not try smoking them!
Ingredients
- 1 jar olives
- ½ cup coarse smoker wood chips
- 1 1 8-quart stock pot or steamer rack
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Soak the wood chips for about 30 minutes
- Align the 8-quart stock pot bottom with a heavy-duty foil.
- Drain the wood chips and position them on the foil.
- Cover the chips with another foil.
- Place a steamer or pasta insert inside the pot.
- Cover the pot using a lid and turn on high heat.
- After 5 minutes, smoke should begin seeping from the pot. If the wood chips aren't ignited, help the chips move along with a lighter.
- Uncover the pot and throw your choice of green olives or black olives into the steamer rack. Also, pour the olive oil onto your choice of premium olives.
- Cover the pot and switch the heat from high to low.
- Wrap the edge of the pot using foil to prevent the smoke from escaping.
- Smoke the premium olives for about 25 to 30 minutes.
- Store the olives in an airtight container for about 5 days in the refrigerator.