Kalamata Olive Dip

Kalamata Olive Dip

from sweetcaramelsunday.com
5 min
8 servings

Kalamata Olive Dip is a quick easy party starter. Using simple ingredients this homemade olive dip is made in your food processor.

Ingredients

  • 250 grams/8.8 oz kalamata olives (pitted, drained, reserving some brine, not rinsed, Note 1)
  • 250 grams/8.8 oz cream cheese (Note 2)
  • 1 tbsp olive brine (Note 3)
  • 1 tbsp dried onion (Note 4)
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • pita chips or crackers

Directions

  1. 1

    Kalamata olives: add the pitted kalamata olives to the bowl of a food processor and then blitz for approximately 5 seconds to roughly chop. Then remove the lid of the food processor and use a spatula to scrape down the insides of the bowl.

  2. 2

    Combine: next add the cream cheese, garlic powder, dried onion and olive brine. Blitz for another 5 seconds, then repeat scraping down the insides of the bowl and give it another blitz to combine.

  3. 3

    To serve: use a spatula to transfer the combined dip into a serving bowl, provide a cheese knife and spread crackers on a plate around the base of the dip.