🇲🇦 Moroccan Vegetarian

Green Olives Zaalouk

Name: Green Olives Zaalouk
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 3 Tomato; 2 cloves, grated Garlic; 1/2, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp, good and fruity Olive Oil; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 1/2 tsp Ras el Hanout; 300 g Green Olives

🇲🇦 Moroccan

Smooth and savoury: green olives whipped with oil and lemon into the ultimate sharing plate. 10 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 0 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Tomato3
Garlic2 cloves, grated
Lemon1/2, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp, good and fruity
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Ras el Hanout1/2 tsp
Green Olives300 g

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Prepare the green olives — roast, boil or mash it depending on what it is, until completely soft.
2
Beat it smooth with the olive oil, adding it in a slow stream for a silky texture.
3
Season with the garlic, lemon juice, ras el hanout and salt — taste as you go.
4
Swoosh onto a plate with a spoon-back of oil, a sprinkle of fresh cilantro, and serve with warm bread.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ras el hanout in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Moroccan Olives Recipe · on YouTube