In collaboration with Fragata.
So who ‘s all set for Christmas? I had everything planned out at the beginning of the month and have done pretty well, but I still have a mountain of gifts to wrap, which by the time Aiden has gone to bed I’m too tired to attempt. Also, there’s the Christmas food shop to sort. I was pretty quick at booking our delivery slot, but currently in the basket is the 25 bottles of ginger beer that I added to secure the slot – I don’t think that would do for Christmas dinner.
On the other hand, I have been pottering in the kitchen and creating some festive nibbles for when friends and family come to visit. These marinated olives with chilli, thyme, and orange are a perfect savoury option to serve up to any guests that may pop by.
In fact, I think these olives would also look great in a glass preserving jar with a ribbon tied around the top and a handwritten brown label to give as a gift. Such a lovely idea if you’re stuck for a gift idea for someone or rapidly running out of time. A homemade gift is a lovely personal touch and a bonus if it’s edible too. I used Fragata’s Spanish Black Pitted Olives because I loved the contrast against the bright orange peel, however, green olives would work just as well too.
These marinated olives with chilli, thyme, and orange are a perfect savoury option to serve up to any guests that may pop by.
- 250 g Fragata Pitted Black Olives
- 8 cloves of Fragata Garlic Cloves
- 3 Fragata Spanish Hot Peppers guindillas sliced
- 250 ml good quality olive oil
- Slivers of orange peel from 1 orange
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme
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Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl until well combined.
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Store in an airtight jar and use as necessary.
Additionally, these would be a fantastic addition to a New Year’s party spread. Yes, I realise that we haven’t even got Christmas out of the way yet, but it’s always good to think ahead. Just think, a glass of bubbly in one hand and these olives in the other. The chillies give a mild hint of heat and the thyme lends a beautiful earthiness to the olives that works with their natural saltiness. I’m a massive olive fan and think these have a certain festive appeal about them with the inclusion of the orange peel.
If you’re looking for more homemade edible gift ideas…
You guys have been loving these Gin Marinated Olives.
This is my last blog post before Christmas, I can’t believe we’re here already! I want to say a massive thank you for supporting me through 2017 and I’ve got a feeling that 2018 is going to be even better. I hope you all have the most magical Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in 2018!
*This post was commissioned by Fragata, but all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that allow me to do what I love, bringing you wellness content and recipes to help you find your version of balance.
I’m a huge lover of Olives and could easily sit and eat a container full come evening. These sound and look delicious and i love the fact that the recipe is easy and its something I could tackle myself
I love the colourful eye-catching food that in inside this, I think it would make a good Christmas gift for foodies too.
The year has gone so quick hasn’t it – It’s crazy! This recipe looks totally perfect! I’m going to knock this up Christmas Eve ✨
My parents have got really into olives and I have this idea in my head now of making this for them as an extra little gift, I mean it actually looks really nice as well.
This would make a great gift for olive lovers
Personally I’ve never really been a fan of olives but I know my dad would love these x
We loves our olives and especially now even more so due to Christmas. You idea on adding chilli and orange and thyme will give the olives a more delicious flavour.
I never used to like olives but hit my 30s and found a new love for them. This is such a simple recipe and I think it would make a great last minute present too
This is the sort of thing that my mum would love! She loves to host too and this would look pretty on the table 🙂
These would look great for a Christmas or New Years Eve party
This is right up my street! I’m going to make it for a festive party this week x
I wouldn’t have thought about putting oranges and olives together but I can see that it would be an interesting taste combination.
These look really tasty, they would make a great Christmas gift too. I hope you have a great Christmas!
Would this work with green olives cause it sounds amazing? Not a huge fan of black olives.
I love the look of those olives! I also love your addition of orange-I reckon it would make such a lovely unique flavour! Great idea
What a perfect edible gift this would be, I love the addition of the orange and chilli to the olives. They would indeed make a perfect snack.
I love anything with chilli, so that gets the thumbs up from me and I bet the orange makes it all nice and fresh too. Yum.
I am not into olives but my Aunt do loves them. I will make this for her on our New Year’s Eve.
This looks delicious and olives are something I have never tried, either! Maybe I need to after seeing this.
Unfortunately I am not a huge fan of olives but you have made these sound and look absolutely divine!!
I would love to include this marinated olives on our spread this weekend. It would just be perfect. It looks really good and elegant. Thank you for the inspiration.