Deep Fried Stuffed Olives with Ouzo Dip Recipe

Olives have played a part in the human diet for thousands of years.

This cherry sized fruit — yes, the olive is a fruit — not only tastes great but also has a number of nutritional benefits.

Olives are the perfect snack: portable, bite-sized and flavourful.

But have you tried deep fried stuffed olives with Ouzo dip?

Here's the recipe ->

*Warning: These will disappear quick! They are AMAZING. Definitely worth the all-caps effect there, trust us.

Ingredients

For the olives:

• olive oil for frying
• 20 olives without seeds (black or green)
• 100 grams of feta cheese (or use red pepper)
• 1 egg, beaten
• ½ cup mixture of flour with semolina and a little bit of salt
• bread crumbs (a handful)

For the yogurt ouzo lemon dip:

• 2 tablespoons of ouzo
• 100 grams of yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• ¼ teaspoon of salt

Method:

For the fried stuffed olives:

1. Fill the olives with feta (or another ingredient of your choice) and dry them with kitchen paper.
2. Pour enough olive oil into a saucepan to reach a depth of 2 inches. Heat medium-high.
3. Place the egg in a small bowl and beat with a fork. Add the olives and let them soak for a minute, making sure that the egg is covering every side.
4. In a shallow dish spread the mixture of flour, semolina and salt. Transfer the egg-soaked olives to the dish of semolina and evenly coat in bread crumbs.
5. Fry the olives in the pre-heated oil in three batches until golden brown; about 45 seconds.
6. Drain the olives on a paper towel.
7. Serve the olives warm, and the yogurt-ouzo-lemon dip chilled.

For the yogurt ouzo lemon dip:

1. Mix the ouzo, yogurt, lemon juice, honey, olive oil and salt.