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Olive Oil Egg Salad

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Watch T.J. Robinson as he makes a deliciously healthy Olive Oil Egg Salad with olives!

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs, hard boiled, peeled and cooled
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions, cut on the diagonal
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery hearts with leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup rough chopped green olives (with or without pimento)
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons fresh-pressed olive oil

Directions

Step 1

Chop eggs into large rough pieces and put in a medium bowl.

Step 2

Add scallions, and celery and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Add olives, red pepper, parsley and fresh-pressed olive oil.

Step 4

Toss to combine and mash lightly with a fork to amalgamate. (Combine just before serving to keep the mixture fresh looking.)

To Serve

You can serve this vibrant egg salad a lot of ways. Try toasted, buttered bread, sandwich wraps, lettuce cups or the Outer Aisle sandwich thins we used in the video. Top with arugula leaves and an extra drizzle of fresh-pressed olive oil.

Tomato Tart with Olive Oil Pastry

Posted on by The Olive Oil Hunter

Ingredients

For the Filling

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 large onions, halved and finely sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup (100g) Gruyere cheese, grated
  • 1/4 cup (50g) Grana Padano, grated
  • 1 & 2/3 cup (300g) cherry tomatoes, halved (use a variety of shapes and colors, if you like)

For the Pastry

  • 2 & 1/2 cups (350g) all purpose flour
  • 5 fl oz (150ml) olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Cold water

Directions

Step 1

To make the pastry, mix the flour with 1 tsp salt then stir in the olive oil and just enough water so it comes together as a dough (you’ll need about 4-5 tbsp). Roll out the pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper until it’s large enough to line an 11 inch round tart pan. Trim the edge and chill while you make the filling.

Step 2

Heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a large pan, add the onions and a good pinch of salt. Sauté very gently over medium-low heat for 20-30 minutes or until meltingly soft and golden. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes. Cool and mix in the mustard and cheeses.

Step 3

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the tart shell for 20 minutes then take out and cool.

Step 4

Spread the cheesy onions over the base of the tart. Place the tomatoes on top in a single layer, cut-side up, and season with salt and pepper. Put the tart back in the oven for another 20-25 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and the tomatoes are slightly golden. Serve just-warm.

Adapted from Olive Magazine.