Tapenade Recipe

Provencal French cuisine

This olive-caper-and-anchovie paste, usually served on toast as an appetizer, has a strong Mediterranian flavor. Tapenade (or the similar anchoïade) can also be used as a basting paste for fowl or beef, or as a stuffing for turkey.

Part of the flavor comes from using good "strong" black olives, and the uniqueness comes from the capers (tapeno is Provençal for caper).

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

300 g pitted black olives
200 g capers [câpres]
100 g white tuna
10 anchovies washed, in strips
2 cups olive oil [huile d'olive]

1 teasp mustard
1 sprig basil [basilic]
1 clove garlic [l'ail]
thyme, laurel
salt, pepper [sel, poivre]

1. Grind together in a mortar the olives, capers, anchovies, tuna and garlic.

2. Add the mustard, herbs, spices and olive oil, and beat thouroughly until you have a smooth paste.

Conversions		30 g = 1 oz = 2 Tbs	180 g = 6 oz = 3/4 cup
1 kg = 2.2 lbs	1 lt = 1.06 qt	60 g = 2 oz = 1/4 cup	225 g = 8 oz = 1 cup
0.45 kg = 1 lb	0.95 lt = 1 qt	115 g = 4 oz = 1/2 cup	450 g = 16 oz = 1 pint

Tapenade Recipe

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