I’m that person. You know, the one pretending to go wash my hands in a restaurant so that I can not so subtly look at whats on everyones tables. Or the one who walks by people sitting at a sidewalk table outside of a little pastaria in Italy and asks them what their eating because the smell coming off there table is so intoxicating that I just can’t resist.
I’m Danielle, I love food. Nice to meet you.
We were lucky enough to spend this past in southern Italy with Miriam Schreiber on one of her legendary Legacy Tours trips. My children had the most amazing time touring ancient cities, volcanoes and roman ruins. I had the most amazing time staring at peoples plates. Every where we went there were little hole-in-wall restaurants/cafes serving the most simple looking, but ridiculously incredible smelling food. Obviously I had to stop and ask every single table of patrons we passed and ask them what they were eating.
There were a few dishes that stood out in my mind that I knew I had to recreate. I had to wait for the perfect opportunity though to spring these recipes on you all. Some are a little too labor intensive for a regular dairy week night dinner. But, for Shavuous, a holiday that we are willing to go the extra step for to create a beautiful dairy kiddish or meal, is the perfect opportunity!
You’ll have to wait a little longer for a few of the other dishes that MUST be recreated, but I wanted to start you off with a BANG.
These olives were on sooooo many peoples tables. Usually, served as a small appetizer over a fresh, house made tomato sauce that was probably made from San Marzano tomatoes pick the day before!
We may not have fresh San Marzano tomatoes but we all have access to cheese, olives and breadcrumbs!
Do not miss the chance to make these olives. This is definitely not a recipe that you’ll try later.. You need to make these while the shavuous cooking feels are in the air! They take a few extra minutes to make but I included prep ahead instructions into the recipes!
Also, because I was so obsessed with them, and genuinely could not decided which h version of the olives I liked more (the green mozzarella stuffed or the kalamata labaneh stuffed), I included both recipes! I even included 2 different ways you can serve them!
Oh, and BONUS, another awesome salad dressing!
Wishing you all a Happy Monday and of course, HAPPY COOKING!
✌🏻💜 & 🥕,
Danielle
For the printable LABANE STUFFED FRIED KALAMTA OLIVES click here
For the printable MOZZARELLA STUFFED FRIED GREEN OLIVES click here
For the printable BALSAMIC AND SHALLOT VINAIGRETTE click here
