Herbed Olives

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Herbed Olives

Food Ingredients:
1 pound Kalamata or other brine-cured olives drained, patted dry 2 teaspoons dried rosemary crumbled 2 teaspoons dried thyme crumbled 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 5 lemon zest strips – (2″ long) removed with a vegetable peeler 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Recipe preparation:
1 In a bowl, stir together the olives, the herbs, the lemon juice, the zest, and the oil and let the olives marinate, covered and chilled, for 3 days. 2 The marinated olives may be made 2 weeks in advance and kept covered and chilled. Serve the olives at room temperature. 3 This recipe yields about 3 cups. 4 Yield: 3 cups

Recipe source: Foodista recipe