Warm Olivada

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 3/4 teaspoon orange zest (finely chopped or grated)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 6 ounces green olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
• 6 ounces black olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a mortar, pound the garlic clove and salt with the pestle until reduced to a puree.
• 2 add the orange zest and thyme and pound to a course paste add the olives and continue pounding until they are reduced to a very course mash add pepper to taste.
• 3 to serve, spoon the olivada into a small skillet, add a tbsp or two of water and heat, stirring frequently, over moderate heat until hot serve at once with peasant bread.