CAULIFLOWER OLIVE TAPENADE
Cauliflower Olive Tapenade - flavorful delicious savory spread, the prefect topping for Ritz Crackers.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Total Time10 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
- RITZ Crackers
- 4 cups cauliflower florets
- 1 cup Kalamata olives , pitted
- 2 tbsp capers
- 1 garlic clove , pressed
- 1/4 cup olive oil (or more if needed)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp fresh thyme , chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt or more to taste (olives are salty)
Place cauliflower florets in a food processor and pulse a few times, until broken down into couscous-sized granules. You can pulse 1-2 more times for finer texture. Transfer to a bowl.
Add olives, capers, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, parsley, salt and black pepper. Pulse 8-9 times until combined and chopped small pieces. Pulse a few more times if you'd like to make olives into a paste.
Add olive mixture to the cauliflower. Stir to combine, add more salt and olive oil of needed. I prefer to use less oil and have the cauliflower and olives finely grated, so they stick together, but don't make the crackers too oily.
Serve with RITZ crackers.
Optional: You can cook grated cauliflower in the oven at 400 F for 8-10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes to rehydrate it. Then cool completely, before combining with the rest of the ingredients. You can also use s raw in the recipe. I used it raw.
Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 251mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 17.7mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.4mg