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Crushed Olive Salad
Salads

Crushed Olive Salad

Crushed green olive salad with olive oil, lemon and cumin, an authentic Moroccan starter.

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Moroccan👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, paprika and salt until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Put the olives in a plastic bag and gently crush with a meat mallet until the pits crack, then remove the pits.
    Zip-top bagMeat mallet
  2. 3
    Put the olives in a large bowl.
    Bowl
  3. 4
    Pour in the dressing and toss well.
  4. 5
    Add the parsley and toss.
  5. 6
    Refrigerate for at least 60 minutes so the vegetables absorb the dressing.
    Refrigerator
    💡Resting in the dressing improves the salad: the vegetables absorb the flavor, and hard vegetables (cabbage, carrot) also soften a little.
177calories
1 gprotein
2 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 4%● fat 93%

Per serving (96 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Meat mallet · Also works: Rolling pin (Rolling pin or heavy pot, between plastic sheets)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Zip-top bag

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