I whipped up some olive salad for the weekend. I love it plain, as an addition of flavor in my green salad, condiment for any kind of sandwich, crackers, pizza and anything else you want with a fabulous punch of flavor. Especially for the Muffaletta. A Muffaletta is a sandwich with olive salad, salami, ham, and provolone. For a pizza, check out the Pizzaletta or if you just want a salad, here is my simple and delicious recipe;
Olive Salad
Ingredients
1/2 cup each of green and black olives, chopped
1 Tablespoon capers
1/3 cup roasted red pepper, diced (I used a jar this time. You can roast your own peppers if you like. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.)
1/2 cup Giardiniera, chopped
2-3 pepperoncini, chopped
1/2 teaspoon basil (dried)
1 teaspoon oregano (dried)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 Tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Pepper to taste (I only use pepper. The olives & capers are salty enough)
Combine all ingredients together and place in refrigerator for 4 hours or even better, overnight. Ciao!!
This sounds absolutely fabulous! I’m going to add some chopped onions to mine and start looking for a bread recipe to accomodate the building of the Muffaletta to go with your veggie soup recipe!
It is really delicious. Powerful punch of fabulous flavor. Adding onions would be a great idea!