Nimi's Culinary Ventures

Olive fever with Olive Bread!

As a child , I used to crave a lot on Meditteranian Cuisine and olives would be my best mates.I remember the transparent bags of olives that my mom used to pop out of her kitchen when shes all set to serve the salads for dinner.The small oval fruit is widely cultivated in the Meditteranian region and is prime source of olive oil.

After coming to Kerala ..it was hard to get olives….now you get almost all the imported stuff here too.The recipe that I am posting out here is one that I got hold off during my visit to Bangalore .It was featured in a magazine.The best part of the recipe was my craze to use olives after a long time 😛

 

Olive Bread

650g of flour

2tsp of salt

4tsp of dry yeast

300ml of water

75ml of olive oil

200 gms of black olives pitted & chopped

1 big onion chopped

1 small bunch of parsley washed and chopped

Mix flour, salt ,water and yeast to make a soft dough.Mix together olive oil, onion, olives and  parsley in a bowl.Knead this into the soft dough and keep it for fermentation for about 15 minutes.After 15 minutes tear the dough 4 portions.Shape into ovals and slash the top of each on a greased tray , cover with a wet muslin cloth and leave it for proving for about 1 1/2 hour. Preheat oven at 220 degree Celsius.Once fermented , line the dough on a greased baking tray and bake for about 20 minutes or till the crust becomes golden brown.