Olives from Spain Seamus Mullen Recipe

Olives from Spain Seamus Mullen Recipe

Mixed Olives from Spain Marinated with Ventresca Tuna, Avocado and Cherry Tomatoes on Rye Crackers

This simple dish combines a few great ingredients; simple dressed olives on a rye crisp make on an easy, quick and delicious new way to enjoy olives.

Special Equipment

·  Microplane or sharp grater

Size

·  Serves 4 as a small tapa

Ingredients

·  1 cup mixed dressed Olives from Spain – Manzanilla olives, Gordal olives, Black Ripe olives are recommended

·  Rosemary

·  Thyme

·  Bay leaf

·  1 jar Ventresca canned tuna from Spain

·  1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half

·  1 semi-ripe avocado, cut into 1/2" pieces

·  1 clove garlic, grated on a microplane

·  1 tsp sherry vinegar

·  zest and juice of 1 lemon

·  Sliced lemon

·  2 TBSP fruity Olive oil from Spain

·  A few leaves of fresh basil, torn into small pieces

·  4 Rye crisps or rye crackers

·  Kosher salt

·  Sprinkling of Spanish pimentón ahumado, or smoked Spanish paprika

To complete

·  To create dressed Olives from Spain, combine rosemary, thyme, bay leaf and lemon slices to taste and let marinate overnight in the refrigerator.

·  Combine all ingredients, except rye crackers and pimento, in a medium sized mixing bowl and gently fold together with a rubber spatula.

·  Top each of the rye crackers with about two tablespoons of the mixture and finish with a sprinkling of pimentón. Enjoy immediately.

About Interaceituna and Olives From Spain

Interaceituna is the Inter-Professional Table Olive Organization recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Created to implement different general interest programs and activities, Interaceituna promotes knowledge of the Spanish table olive and conducts research and development in order to identify improvements in the product and in the production techniques.

According to the International Olive Council (IOC), Spain ranks as number one in the world for olive cultivation with other Mediterranean countries lagging further behind. Across the last six seasons, the world average of olive production weighed in at 2,371,000 tons – 25 percent of that production came from Spain. In 2012, Spain accounted for 39 percent of the world’s olive trade, mainly exporting to the USA, Italy, Russia, France and Germany. (Source: ASEMESA, table olive exporters and industrials association). For more information, please visit http://www.olivesfromspain.us/,

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About ICEX and Foods From Spain

ICEX Spain Exports and Investment promotes Spanish companies’ international expansion through its network of local Trade Commission Offices throughout the world. In the United States the Foods from Spain division, of the Trade Commission of Spain in New York, leads all initiatives promoting Spain’s foods and companies in the USA. For more information visit www.foodsfromspain.com or contact us at

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