I was looking forward to this one! They look fabulous. These are, hands down, my favorite olive preparation. If I ever find a bottle of these at the store, I'll usually buy two. Unfortunately, I've had to buy my last jar off Amazon which I'm still waiting to open. Thanks for the video Chef.
I agree! My favorite olive preparation as well! I feel fortunate to live in an area that has olive trees all over the place! Glad you enjoyed the video!
This looks like a lot of fun. But that is a lot of salt. With salt being so important I would wish to reuse or find some other use for it after the olives are done. That being said, do you ever use a dehydrator or vacuum sealer for anything?
I suppose you could reuse the salt for something, although it will probably be bitter as it draws the tannins from the olives, but I’ve never tasted it, salt is relatively cheap so I don’t really worry about it. Might be worth some experimenting someday if I have time. I don’t own a vacuum sealer or dehydrator but I would like to get a dehydrator for drying mushrooms. I usually dry them in the sun, here in Arizona we have a lot of it and the air is dry.
That’s a process I know nothing about, so have no idea, but like I said, salt is relatively cheap so I would most likely just dump it or maybe make a solution and spray along my driveway to kill weeds if I had the time. keep in mind all the olives were free! So the salt was the only cost involved in the process, so…
FYI do not store with fresh herbs as it can cause botulism. I always dress as I need them with fresh herbs. Dried herbs, dried chilli and dried garlic is ok. They can also be cryvacked, and or frozen like that.
