Easy Marinated Olives Recipe

My Marinated Olives Recipe is very simple and requires two kinds of green olives, butter beans, fennel, one orange, lots of garlic, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh rosemary. 

When you entertain and think of a charcuterie board, why not make your own marinated olives and surprise your guests with new delicious flavors.  It’s easy and fun to make!

 

A few fresh ingredients, 10 minutes to make, and allow the olives to marinate for a few hours before serving – is all it takes! 🙂

Perfect to serve as an appetizer, and they are easy as our Easy Mozzarella and Tomato Kabobs. 

Add them to your charcuterie board, or you can bring these marinated olives to any outdoor picnic, family BBQ, or dinner party.   

 

What’s Different About Our Olives Marinade Recipe? 

We love to build flavors with our marinated olives recipe, and we do it by adding in fennel, fresh orange zest, orange peel, lots of garlic, fresh rosemary, crushed red pepper, butter beans, and of course, extra virgin olive oil. 

Our marinated olives recipe is different because we added the butter beans along with orange zest and orange peel into the marinade. 

The beans add a soft texture and the fennel a peppery flavor, while the orange zest offers a fresh citrus taste to the marinade. 

All the flavors infuse into the beans and olives making this olive appetizer totally addicting! 

Everyone will enjoy the beans as well as the olives in this marinade.  

 

 

 

Best of all, … 5 olives are only 41 calories!  I bet your family will enjoy them as much as we do. 

 

How To Make these Marinated Olives…

Here’s what you’ll need for our marinated olives recipe:  (your shopping list, with red links to amazon)

• large Spanish olives – (I used Mezzetta brand)

• pitted Italian green olives

• butter beans  – one can, and large or small. 

• 1 navel orange – for zest and rind

• fresh garlic cloves 

• bulb of fennel 

• herbs – bay leaf and fresh rosemary sprigs

• crushed red pepper flakes

• white wine vinegar

• sea salt or Himalayan salt

• extra virgin olive oil

 

Directions to make our Marinated Olives Recipe: (full recipe card below)

1.  First, rinse the beans and drain.  Set the beans aside, they will be added to the mixture at the very end.  Do not add them into the mixture yet.  (see my notes for Tips below)

2.  Next, in a mixing bowl, add the olives, along with chopped fennel, garlic, rosemary, white vinegar, orange zest, and orange peel.   Toss and mix until the olive mixture is well combined.

3.  Gently stir in the beans, along with the sea salt, and crushed red pepper.  Pour the olive mixture into a sealed container, or a large mason jar with a lid. 

4.   Add one bay leaf in there, along with an extra sprig of rosemary.  Then, pour in the olive oil over the entire mixture.  Cover and chill for a few hours to marinate.

 

 

 

TIPS for SUCCESS!

• Always ADD in the butter beans last!  (in the photo, I did it too soon, and the beans fell apart, of which I had to start all over)

• NO need to rinse the olives, only drain them.

• Mix Gently!  And, Do Not Over Mix the olive and bean mixture, or the butter beans will break apart and become mushy and messy.  

• Place all the ingredients into a sealed plastic container, or a large mason jar with a lid, and keep the olive oil leveled with the olives. 

• Refrigerate and allow the olives to marinate, at least a few hours before serving. 

• Gift Idea!  Transfer the marinated olive mixture to a mason jar, and tie a pretty ribbon around the lid.  They make terrific gifts for any holiday, and dinner parties.

These marinated olives are so good, they’re addicting…

You’ll want to slice some crusty bread and dip it to soak up that flavorful olive oil at the bottom of the bowl. 

Trust me on this one.

This season, I think everyone is ready to get back to normal and looking forward to entertaining with family and friends.  This appetizer for olives couldn’t be any easier, and perfect. 

Not to mention, it will impress everyone who tries them! 

Try our recipe …it won’t disappoint. 😉

ENJOY!!

 

 

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Other fabulous appetizers…

• Burrata Caprese Crostini Bites

• Easy Baked Shishito Peppers

• Easy Caprese Skewers

• Best Loaded BLT Dip

• Spinach and Kale Bites

• Arancini Bites with Fontina Cheese

• Easy Butter Bean Salad

• Grilled Shrimp Kabobs with Arugula-Walnut Pesto

 

 

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 xo Anna and Liz