Marinated Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives Recipe
This marinated blue cheese stuffed olives recipe is a fantastic appetizer or snack – briny olives filled with creamy blue cheese, then soaked in a marinade of fresh herbs and zest. Follow our step-by-step photos below to make this recipe in just 20 minutes, perfect to enjoy all year round.
The simple step of marinating elevates them from a basic garnish into an explosion of flavor that will have everyone asking for the recipe. They’re perfect for prepping ahead, ridiculously easy, and guaranteed to be the star alongside cocktails or with a cheese board.
Want more easy appetizer recipes? Try our burrata salad with apples and honey, vegan pinwheel sandwiches, and our favorite vegetarian Caesar dressing recipe.
If you’re looking for a super tasty appetizer that is easy to make, and also sophisticated, then these easy stuffed olives are the perfect choice! They are herby, briny, salty, and have a really nice flavor complexity in each bite.
Start with unstuffed olives, fill them with little bits of blue cheese, and marinate them in a delicious mix of olive oil, vinegar, herbs, and spices. Set these out for guests on your snack table, bar, or on a charcuterie board and let the compliments roll in.
Notes from the Kitchen
- These marinated olives are salty, briny, tangy, and delicious.
- The blue cheese adds a wonderful flavor!
- Great for cocktails or as an appetizer.
- Requires no cooking, so cooks of any skill level can make this dish.
- Follow our step-by-step photos and instructions below, and make these today!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!
The base of this recipe is delicious blue cheese! I found that using a block of blue cheese was easier than using crumbled. And you can use your favorite type of blue cheese for this!
I also use delicious green olives, ones that had already been pitted. You can get an olive pitter (we have this olive pitter, which also doubles as a cherry pitter) but I found that using pre-pitted olives was easiest.
The mariade uses a delicious mix of olive oil, red onion, red wine vinegar, garlic, parsley, oregano, and a pinch of chili flakes for a bit of heat. It adds a fantastic flavor to the olives and the cheese, and is SO good. It has a great salty and herby flavor.
Additions and Substitutions
You can use pitted black olives, or even kalamata olives or caltelvetrano olives instead of regular green olives. And use any size olives you like.
You can try this with other soft cheeses. Feta cheese or goat cheese would be great options as well.
And you can add extra herbs or spices for a different flavor. You can add smoked paprika for a smoky olive, or Italian herbs for a rich flavor.
Step-By-Step Photos and Directions
Step 1: Place your pitted olives into a shallow bowl or jar. If your olives aren’t pitted, use a pitter and remove the pit and discard.
Step 2: Cut the blue cheese into small narrow strips roughly the same size to fit inside each olive.
Step 3: Press the cheese into the center of each pitted olive. Repeat until all olives have been stuffed, and place the stuffed olives in a shallow bowl or in a jar.
Step 4: To the bowl or jar with the olives, add in the olive oil, red wine vinegar, red onion, parsley, oregano, and chili flakes.
Step 5: Mix well, and stir the marinade over the olives to coat evenly.
Step 6: Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hour (overnight is even better), then bring to room temperature before serving for best flavor.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, and these olives actually taste better after a few hours or overnight. Marinate the olives for at least 2 hours to let the flavors develop.
These blue cheese olives last between 5-7 days in the refrigerator.
These olives stuffed with blue cheese are best served at room temperature, not cold or warm, to preserve texture and flavor. Be sure to take the olives out of the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.
Expert Tips
- You can use any size olives for this recipe – the larger they are, the easier they will be to fill with cheese.
- Make sure the olives are pitted first (or be prepared to pit them yourself).
- If making this recipe ahead of time, you can prep them up to 3 days before! Just be sure to refrigerate them, and remove them from the refrigerator at least an hour before serving.
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Marinated Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives
Equipment
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 cups green olives pitted
- 4 ounce block blue cheese not crumbles
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/8 cup red onion thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
Instructions
- Place your pitted olives into a shallow bowl or jar. If your olives aren’t pitted, use a pitter and remove the pit and discard.
- Cut the blue cheese into small narrow strips roughly the same size to fit inside each olive.
- Press the cheese into the center of each pitted olive. Repeat until all olives have been stuffed, and place the stuffed olives in a shallow bowl or in a jar.
- To the bowl or jar with the olives, add in the olive oil, red wine vinegar, red onion, parsley, oregano, and chili flakes.
- Mix well, and stir the marinade over the olives to coat evenly.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hour (overnight is even better), then bring to room temperature before serving for best flavor.
Notes
Nutrition
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