Semra's Green Olives
Author: Lulu Witt
Serves: 1 kg
- 1 kg green olives
- 100 g rock salt with no iodine
- Non-chlorinated cold water (boiled and cooled tap water will work) for last step
- Clean the olives, pick out any worm holed ones or soft ones and discard
- Place in a bowl and soak in water for a day
- Rinse and cut a cross through one end of the olive
- Place in a bowl or jar and when all complete cover with tap water
- Leave for 2 days
- Repeat this process twice
- Six days later the olives will have been rinsed three times
- Place in pickling jar, tip in rock salt and cover with good quality water
- Close the lid and leave sitting in a dark place for 6 weeks before tasting.
Recipe by Pantry Fun at https://pantryfun.com/olive-picking-and-bes-cayi/
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