Gravy beef olives recipe

Ingredients (nutrition)

• 8 ready made beef olives
• 4 finely chopped garlic cloves
• 4 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 4 finely chopped rashers smoked streaky bacon
• grated zest of 1/2 orange
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 10 fl oz dry red wine
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 2 oz drained pitted black olives

Preparation (instructions)

1. Flatten beef olives by using mallet or meat tenderizer.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine garlic, parsley, bacon and orange zest.
3. Season well with salt and pepper.
4. Spread bacon mixture uniformly over beef olive.
5. Roll up each beef olive tightly and secure with a bamboo toothpick.
6. Heat olive oil in a frying pan.
7. Saute beef olives for about 10 minutes.
8. Drain beef olives, set aside and reserve pan juice.
9. Pour wine into juice.
10. Add bay leaf and sugar.
11. Season well with salt and pepper.
12. Bring to boil for 5 minutes.
13. Return cooked beef olives to the pan.
14. Add black olives and heat up for another 2 minutes.
15. Discard bay leaf and gently remove bamboo toothpicks.
16. Serve hot.

Servings: 4

Main Courses meats recipes: Beef, Veal, Pork, and other games