{"id":2042,"slug":"marinated-green-olives","title":"Marinated Green Olives","description":"Green olives marinated in herbs and garlic are very common in Spanish restaurants. They are commonly served free when you order a drink, and are often served with toasted, salted nuts.","ingredients_raw":["2 cups (16 oz/450 g) unpitted large green Spanish olives","7 cloves garlic, peeled and minced","2 bay leaves","½ medium lemon, sliced","1 teaspoon dried oregano","1 teaspoon ground fennel seeds","½ teaspoon dried thyme","½ teaspoon ground cumin seeds","½ teaspoon dried rosemary","½ teaspoon Spanish paprika","½ teaspoon black pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["unpitted large green spanish olive","garlic","bay leaf","lemon","dried oregano","ground fennel seed","dried thyme","ground cumin seed","dried rosemary","spanish paprika","black pepper"],"steps":["Lightly crush the olives with a mallet, or make slight slits on each olive with a knife, to ensure that the marinade permeates them.","Place the olives in a sealable glass jar and add the remaining ingredients.","Fill the jar with water and shake well.","Marinate at room temperature for several days to a week.","Serve the olives with toasted almonds and fresh bread."],"categories":["Olive recipes","Recipes using olive","Spanish recipes","Appetizer recipes","Recipes using fennel seed","Recipes using ground cumin","Recipes using lemon"],"prep_time_minutes":10090,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":10090,"servings":null,"yield_text":"1 pound (450 g)","difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Marinated_Green_Olives","source_ref":"4510607","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Marinated_Green_Olives&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"cf85b5234631dc572795cebb8f1c5b6e3f4f3b9291855010f8d420e3937abed8","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/marinated-green-olives"}