Marinated Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives
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.
Servings: 12 1/4-cup servings
Calories: 108kcal
Cost: $4
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
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 462mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 243IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 0.3mg