Roquefort-Stuffed Fried Olives
January 2, 2012 in appetizer, spon
Roquefort. Olives. FRIED.
There is nothing wrong with those three words up there. Absolutely nothing.
This month I’m participating in the Kitchen PLAY Progressive Party featuring Lindsay Olives. I am a huge fan of every variety of olives and could easily incorporate them into just about every meal I eat.
I lucked out and was asked to bring the amuse bouche (small bite) to the party, which is my favorite course. I decided to combine my current favorite olive variety – the ripe black ones – with my favorite cheese. As if that isn’t enough, I also fried them! And they are mind-blowingly good.
The black olives and the Roquefort are both very strong flavors but they work really well together. If you prefer the green olives, they would also work beautifully in this.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a heavy, tall-sided pot.
- When the oil is heating, prepare your olives by taking a bit of Roquefort and stuffing it into the olives. The roquefort is soft enough that you should have no problem doing this. (If you are using a hard cheese such as Cheddar, just cut small, thin slices that will fit inside the hole of the olive. It’s okay if a bit of the cheese is sticking out.)
- Working with a few olives at a time, coat them in the flour, dip them in the whisked egg, and then coat in the panko breadcrumbs. Once the oil is hot, drop the olives into the pot. Fry until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Flip and fry another 2 minutes. Drain on a paper towel lined plate before serving.
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What?! I have never even considered fried olives. Oh mother of yum!
I’m drooling here! I love all of those things! I kind of think I might like the green ones more just the sour with the Roquefort might really taste good! Thanks for the recipe!
Megan
These sound absolutely incredible! I’m bookmarking the recipe so I can make them next time I’m having people over!
Wow- you are so right – nothing wrong with fried olives stiffed with cheese. I have never seen anything like this before, but would love to try them.
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Ummm. . . . yum. Olives+cheese+deepfry= hands down WINNER! Love it!
i only recently realized i liked olives and now i can’t get enough of them! these sound wonderful!
Now these look amazing! I am not a big plive person but these really do look delicious.
what a great canapes idea – am definitely trying this out for aperitifs next time! thanks for sharing!
I’m not a huge fan of olives, but I just adore that you started the new year with something stuffed with cheese and fried. My kind of recipe!
I’ve had fried olives before, but not stuffed! Yum! I don’t like blue cheese, but I think fried olives would be a fun vehicle for modifications- type of olives/ type of stuffings. Great recipe!
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