Tapenade

By eggnation • February 4, 2011 • 0 Comments

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Author Notes: This is adapted from a recipe in the Cafe Flora cookbook (a vegetarian restaurant in Seattle with many non-veg fans). I try to follow their suggestion to avoid the widely-available jars of pitted kalamata olives, because they are very salty and tend toward mushiness. Buy the best bulk kalamata olives you can find, and pit them yourself. - eggnation

Makes about 1 cup

1 cup kalamata olives
2 teaspoons capers
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley
1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil

Pit the olives.
Mix the tapenade. Put all the ingredients except the olive oil in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and with the machine running, pour in the olive oil.