Food / 30 June, 2019 / My Baba

Mouth-Watering Grilled Olives with Manchego

Ingredients

• 24 Gordal olives, pitted
• 120g Manchego cheese
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 15g chopped rosemary
• 15g chopped thyme
• 2tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1tsp sugar

Method

1. Remove the rind from the Manchego and cut it into 1inch x ¼ inch pieces (to fit the olives).
2. Stuff the olives with the pieces of Manchego cheese and set to one side.
3. In a bowl, combine the garlic, shallots, rosemary, thyme, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and pepper.
4. Skewer the Manchego stuffed olives on to a soaked skewer (or rosemary stem), three to a piece.
5. Once you have 8 skewers with olives, cover them in the marinade and allow them to sit for 4-8 hours.
6. When ready to cook, grill the marinated olives over high heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until the Manchego cheese starts to melt.

Recipe by Giorgio Rapicavoli for the Olives from Spain campaign in the U.S.A. 2013