Olive Dip?

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups pimento stuffed olives, drained
• 1 cup pitted black olives, drained
• 6 fluid ounces marinated artichoke hearts, undrained
• 1 hot banana pepper
• 1 sweet red pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 remove seeds & dice the red pepper.
• 2 remove seeds & dice the hot banana pepper. we love spicy foods, so i don't discard the seeds.
• 3 in a food processor, gently blend olives and artichoke hearts to a medium chopped consistency.
• 4 add the hot banana pepper, red pepper, garlic and basil.
• 5 dizzle olive oil & lemon juice over the mixture.
• 6 gentley blend to a finely chopped consistency.
• 7 transfer to a bowl, and refrigerate overnight. it's really important to follow this step, i've learned this from experience.
• 8 serve with fresh baguette thinly sliced and/or crackers.