Tapenade Recipe
Flavors of Provence/Côte-d'Azur
Cooking time: None
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Preparation time: 20 minutesCooking time: None
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
Tapenade is a typical hors d'oeuvre from the south of France. It's a purée of anchovies, olives and capers that is usually spread on bread, but it can also be used to brush on meat or fish, or used as a dressing with salad or vegetables.
It is stored in a glass jar, covered with olive oil.
Tapenade differs from region to region and from family to family. Some cooks add a spoonful of water to make it more spreadable. Others blend in a spoonful of strong mustard.
Don't add salt, because the anchovies are already salty.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz.) pitted black Olives
- 6 anchovies (Anchovy), (100 g / 3 oz.), desalted
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) capers
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 250 ml (1 cup) olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 8 thin slices of country bread
- Pepper
Method
- Clean the anchovies, removing the bones and tail;
- peel the garlic cloves; crush 3 of them;
- in a mortar, mash the olives, anchovies, capers and 3 crushed cloves of garlic;
- season with pepper; gradually add the olive oil, blending the mixture to a smooth thin paste;
- mix in the lemon juice;
- toast the bread slices; rub the crumb with the remaining clove of garlic; spread with tapenade.
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