Cooking with Greek Food Bloggers: Helen Demetriou’s Olive Bites

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These quick and easy olive bites are the perfect addition to your party menu. 

This simple, no-knead dough, along with the olive explosion, will create “an absolute dance on your taste buds,” Greek food blogger, Helen Demetriou, explains. 

For some mouth-watering recipes that are sure to impress at any party, Helen’s Kouzina has you covered. 

Photo: Helen’s Kouzina

Ingredients: 

Dough

  • 3 cups self raising flour 
  • 1 cup peanut oil or light olive oil 
  • 1 cup orange juice 

Olive tapenade 

  • 2 cups pitted olives, diced 
  • 1 medium red onion, diced 
  • 1 tablespoon of dried mint

Method: 

  1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees. 
  2. Combine self-raising flour, peanut oil and orange juice in a bowl and mix.
  3. Mix together pitted olives, red onions and dried mint to create tapenade. 
  4. Take some dough and flatten to create small circle.
  5. Spoon in the tapenade mixture and fold edged over to create the bites. 
  6. Bake for 15 mins until golden brown.
  7. Can be served hot or cold.
Photo: Helen’s Kouzina

*Check out Helen’s Kouzina for all of Helen’s amazing recipes that are posted daily. 

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