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Dried Plum and Orange Tapenade

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Citrus & Olives

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Citrus Recipe
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healthierkitchen's Notes: I love the flavors of tagines with chicken and lamb. With this contest, I thought immediately about recreating the flavors of my lamb tagine with a little touch of the flavors of the Silver...
I love the flavors of tagines with chicken and lamb. With this contest, I thought immediately about recreating the flavors of my lamb tagine with a little touch of the flavors of the Silver Palate's Chicken Marbella and pairing it with fish. I went with wild-caught Alaskan halibut (Monterey Bay Aquarium "Best Choice") because that's what looked good today, but I think this would also work well with hake or mahi mahi. You could also use it as a condiment such as with cold sliced leftover chicken or pork roast. To pair this with fish, I'd use about 1.25 lbs of fish, salted and peppered, then seared in a pan on the cooktop and finished in a 450 degree oven for a few minutes, depending on thickness.

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Serves 3 or 4

4 ounces Castelvetrano, Cerignola or other fruity green olives, rinsed and dried then pitted and roughly chopped (no favorites, but I use Merrill's knive method for pitting) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup pitted dried plums (prunes), about 9 or 10 regular sized ones, roughly chopped to about the same size as the olives Ask a question about this ingredient

1 clove garlic, finely minced Ask a question about this ingredient

2 teaspoons orange zest, orange reserved for juice and garnish (I used a Cara Cara orange) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 teaspoon ground coriander Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon plus two teaspoons juice squeezed from the orange Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon plus one teaspoon best quality olive oil Ask a question about this ingredient

pinch salt Ask a question about this ingredient

couple of grinds of black pepper (or grains of paradise if you have them) Ask a question about this ingredient

Place all ingredients in bowl, pretty much in this order, and mix gently with a spoon. Let sit for about one half hour to an hour to let the flavors come together well.
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If you wish, serve as a bed or atop some fleshy white fish, garnish with a slice of peeled orange and enjoy.
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5 Comments on Dried Plum and Orange Tapenade

fiveandspice added 4 months ago

This sounds delicious!

healthierkitchen added 4 months ago

thanks fiveandspice! I eat it by the spoonful.

healthierkitchen added 4 months ago

Thanks fiveandspice! I eat it by the spoonful.

healthierkitchen added about 1 year ago

thanks hardlikearmour. While I do like olives in most forms and traditional tapenade, no one else in my family does so I tried to make this lighter with no anchovies or capers and I used an olive that isn't salty. I figure if they still don't like it I get it all! Hope you like it.