Marinated Black Olives (tapas)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb black spanish olives, drained with brine reserved
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 dried red chilies
• 8 black peppercorns
• 1 slice lemon
• 4 sprigs parsley
• 4 fresh bay leaves
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups red wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 place the olives in a bowl.
• 2 mix in the garlic, chiles, pepper, lemon, parsley, bay leaves and salt; transfer to a jar into which they just fit (and that had a lid which tightly closes).
• 3 pour over the vinegar and the reserved brine to cover olives.
• 4 shake well and let marinate at room temperature for 2 weeks.