MARINATED OLIVES LABNEH DIP

Posted on: May 28, 2020. Updated on: July 12, 2023.

by Carolina Gelen

INGREDIENTS (4-6 servings)

  • 1 to 2 cups labneh (can be substituted with full fat Greek yogurt, sour cream, whipped feta or mascarpone with a little bit of lemon juice)
    • click here for more instructions on how to easily make labneh at home
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 150 grams (1 to 1 1/2 cup) mixed olives
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary, thime or any herb of your choice
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons za’atar
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • freshly cracked pepper
  • salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1

Remove the pit from the olives (if it’s the case). Finely mince the garlic and fresh rosemary together. Add the olives into a bowl, drizzle the olive oil on top, sprinkle some salt, black pepper and the za’atar, rosemary and garlic on top of it all. Mix everything until the olives are fully coated with herbs.

Step 2

Add dollops of labneh on the serving plate, creating swirls in the middle of it with a spoon.

Step 3

Top the labneh with the marinated olives and serve!

MARINATED OLIVES LABNEH DIP

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Ingredients

  • 1 to 2 cups labneh (can be substituted with full fat Greek yogurt, sour cream, whipped feta or mascarpone with a little bit of lemon juice)
    • click here for more instructions on how to easily make labneh at home
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 150 grams (1 to 1 1/2 cup) mixed olives
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary, thime or any herb of your choice
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons za’atar
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • freshly cracked pepper
  • salt

Instructions

  1. Remove the pit from the olives (if it’s the case). Finely mince the garlic and fresh rosemary together. Add the olives into a bowl, drizzle the olive oil on top, sprinkle some salt, black pepper and the za’atar, rosemary and garlic on top of it all. Mix everything until the olives are fully coated with herbs.
  2. Add dollops of labneh on the serving plate, creating swirls in the middle of it with a spoon.
  3. Top the labneh with the marinated olives and serve!

Carolina Gelen

You may have seen my work on TV, Food Network, NYT Cooking, Food52 and more. I make recipes more fun and accessible for home cooks. I immigrated to the US from Transylvania, Romania—where I lived most of my life—in 2021 to pursue my passion for cooking full-time. Here you’ll find a collection of approachable recipes, from weeknight dinners to desserts, you’ll come back to over and over again. Some of my most popular recipes include my chicken paprikash, orange chicken roast with fennel and shallots or butter beans all vodka. Some recipes are inspired by my Romanian-Hungarian upbringing, and most definitely all come with that Transylvanian resourcefulness! I love a good thrift, so make sure to catch my thrift hauls every Sunday on my Instagram!

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  1. DT says:

    Besides za’tar What are all the flowers and herbs that you used in this photo ?