The Spicy Olive’s Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Artichoke Spinach Risotto

Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Baby Artichoke Spinach Risotto
A delicious side dish or appetizer to fancy up any occasion!

The Spicy Olive’s Butter Olive Oil Hollandaise Sauce

Hollandaise Sauce is so delicious over oven roasted asparagus spears, that gives your dinner an ellegant touch.

This sauce is made with our Butter infused olive oil instead of the traditional recipe which uses lots of butter. With this simple change,  the saturated fat of Hollandaise sauce is replace with the good for you monounsaturated fats of olive oil, so spoon it on with out guilt!

Another great application of this recipe is to serve over Eggs Benedict!

The Spicy Olive’s Pumpkin Doughnuts

Nothing says Fall like the taste of Pumpkin, pumpkin doughnuts! Here is a delicious Autumn treat that is baked and full of olive oil goodness! For additional  fall flavor, add our Cinnamon Pear balsamic or our Pumpkin spice white balsamic to the glaze ( a teaspoon or 2 will do it!)

The Spicy Olive’s Fig and Provencial Herb Salad

This salad is a wonderful addition to a Fall or Winter meal! It uses one of the combos from our Vinaigrette 4 Pack sampler,

this Black Mission Fig balsamic vinegar and the Herbs de Provence olive oil.

The Spicy Olive’s Festive Raspberry Salad

This is a delicious salad anytime of the year, but is especially festive during the holidays. The recipe comes from a Spicy Olive employee, Dianne and is one of our favorites!

The colors of the spinach, kiwi slices and raspberries are so pretty together and the Macadamia nuts pieces make the salad special, they are not a usual nut to top a salad and are really delicious!

 

The Spicy Olive's Asparagus Crostinni

The Spicy Olive’s Asparagus Crostinis

ASPARAGUS CROSTINIS
A delicious appetizer for any festive occasion!
Spicy Olive BLT Pasta Salad

The Spicy Olive’s BLT Bow-tie (Farfalle) Pasta Salad

The Spicy Olive’s Farfalle  BLT Salad
1 lb. of farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
½ lb. of bacon
1 ½ cup of grape tomatoes, cut in half
1 tablespoon of chopped/torn fresh basil
½ cup of shredded Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup of crumbled feta cheese
¾ cup of The Spicy Olive’s Garlic Infused Olive Oil
1 lemon (juiced)
In a medium to large pot bring water to boil add a pinch of salt. Cook pasta until al dente (about 10 minutes), drain and set aside.
In a large skillet cook bacon until browned and crispy, drain on  and dab with  paper towel to remove all excess oil. Cut bacon to form crumbles and set aside.
Combine bacon, grape tomatoes, feta cheese, and basil in a bowl.
Using a blender, combine Parmesan cheese, olive oil, and lemon juice and blend until smooth. Then pour into a bowl and toss pasta with this mixture.
Serve pasta and top with bacon, tomato, feta and basil mix.

The Spicy Olive’s Mediterranean Barley Salad

Spicy Oliveʼs Mediterranean Barley Salad

This is one of our most popular recipes! It is a super healthy side dish as well, chock full of many different colored vegetables.

My favorite combination for the salad dressing is The Spicy Olive’s Persian Lime olive oil and our Honey Ginger white balsamic.

To boil barley:
2 cups vegetable broth
1 cup barley (I use Quaker “quick barley”)
1 Tbsp The Spicy Olive’s single varietal Ultra Premium extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt

For Salad:
1/2 cup chopped Kalamata olives
1/2 cup cucumber or zucchini, diced

1/4 cup red onion, diced
2/3 cup chopped parsley
cherry tomatoes, halved
avocado, peeled and chopped
feta cheese
optional vegetables (you can add all or none as you like):
blanched, fresh broccoli florets
blanched, fresh cauliflower (small pieces)
cilantro, chopped
spinach, fresh leaves, chopped
garbanzo beans
Dressing:
1/2  cup  The Spicy Olive’s Lemon olive oil or The Spicy Oliveʼs Persian Lime or Cilantro and Roasted
Onion
1/2 cup The Spicy Oliveʼs Honey Ginger white balsamic vinegar
1 Tbs Dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste
(can add a splash of fresh lemon or lime juice if you use the cilantro and onion olive
oil)
Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add barley, olive oil and salt. Bring
back to boil and adjust heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover and cook until barley
is tender ( 10 minutes for quick barley, about 30 minutes for regular barley. Remove
from heat and drain excess liquid, if needed. Cool. ( you can spread on a plate or
cookie sheet to keep from getting mushy.)
Meanwhile, whisk dressing together. Toss with barley and vegetables and serve!

The Spicy Olive’s Irish Colcannon

A great recipe for St.Patrick’s Day but a delicious side dish for anytime you are craving comfort food! Cabbage can be substituted for the kale in this recipe too.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold or Russet Potatoes peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 pinch Kosher Salt
  • 4 ounces Curly Kale leaves (about 6 ½ ounces with stem) (or leafy cabbage)
  • ½ cup Scallions trimmed, white and lower green of stalk rough chopped
  • 6 Tablespoons The Spicy Olive’s Butter Infused olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Garnish with scallion slices (about ¼ cup needed for whole recipe)

Instructions

  • Fill a large pot of water with enough room to cover the potatoes by 1 inch (with plenty of room for the potatoes). Bring to a boil.
  • Add a large pinch of salt to the boiling water.
  • Place potatoes in boiling water until done (about 20 minutes; poke a fork in them to ensure they are no longer hard and are cooked through). Drain and return to cooking pot.

Preparing the Kale (blanching)

  • While potatoes are boiling, bring a second pot of water to boil for blanching the kale and fill a large mixing bowl of ice and water.
  • Place the kale leaves into the boiling water for two minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure they all become submerged.
  • Remove from boiling water, and place immediately into ice water bath. Allow them to remain there for two minutes then place them in the bowl of a food processor.
  • Add the rough chopped scallions to the bowl of the food processor. Pulse for 10-15 seconds until kale and onions form a finely diced mixture.

Making the Colcannon

  • Add the butter olive oil to the potatoes.
  • Mash the potatoes with a masher or potato ricer making sure all the butter olive oil is absorbed.
  • Add the diced kale and scallion;stir to fully combine.
  • Serve hot garnished with scallion slices, drizzle additional butter olive oil on top.
Garlic and Sage Mushrooms

The Spicy Olive’s Garlic and Sage Mushrooms

The Spicy Olive’s GARLIC & SAGE MUSHROOMS
2 tablespoons The Spicy Olive’s Wild Mushroom and Sage Olive Oil
1 teaspoon of The Spicy Olive’s Butter Infused Olive Oil
12 oz. button mushrooms
3 chopped garlic cloves
salt and pepper
finely chopped parsley
Heat Wild Mushroom and Sage Olive Oil & Butter Infused Olive Oil in a large skillet on medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add mushrooms and garlic, and sauté for about 3 minutes, regularly stirring with a spatula.
Sprinkle the mushrooms with a little bit of salt, cover with the lid and continue cooking the mushrooms for another 2 minutes, occasionally stirring.
Remove the lid after mushrooms have released their moisture and sauté for another 3-5 minutes on medium-high heat.
Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.