Olive Cream Cheese Bites wrap vodka marinated olives with soft cream cheese and coat those in a crunchy layer of nuts.
Olive Cream Cheese Bites
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Olive Cream Cheese Bites is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Alphabet Recipe Challenge. We group together twice a month to cover recipes for each corresponding letter. This week we are on the letter “O”. Glad you could join us!
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For my letter “O” recipe I went with olives. I decided to make some bite-sized appetizers using pimento-stuffed green olives. Something tasty yet easy that didn’t require using the stove. Perfect for summer, right?
But first, I gave them a nice little soak in some vodka. Make sure they felt happy-happy, as Emeril likes to say.
After an overnight marinate, I coated the olives with a mixture of cream cheese, crumbled bacon and garlic powder. Then they went off to the fridge to set up, before rolling in crushed walnuts.
The result is a delicious bite of crunchy, creamy, briny goodness. They’re perfect for adult entertaining.
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Olive Cream Cheese Bites
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Olive Cream Cheese Bites
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Olive Cream Cheese Bites
Equipment
- refrigerator
Ingredients
Olives and Marinade:
- 15 pimiento stuffed olives
- 2 tablespoons vodka
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon olive brine
Cheese and Nuts:
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
- Marinate olives in vodka, olive oil and brine overnight.
- Combine cream cheese with salt, bacon and garlic powder.
- Drain olives and pat dry.
- Coat with cream cheese and chill until firm (about 3 hours).
- Remove from fridge and roll balls in finely chopped walnuts.
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Perfect recipe. Easy, peasy and delicious.
What a perfect little summer snack!
I usually go for the Castelvetrano olives, but those stuffed greens look really tasty and the whole bite sounds utterly amazing.
Love this easy to make appetizer or starter recipe, thanks for sharing.
I’m thinking I might “make them happy-happy” with some gin… Fabulous recipe and so easy!
I love cheese balls rolled in nuts but you have just made them way better with the addition of vodka soaked olives, Sue! YUM!
Olives, cream cheese and nuts – what’s not to love? The vodka soak gives the olives a wonderful extra depth of flavor.
Love this easy appetizer! We love olives and this one is going on the list.