Olive Tapenade

Directions

1. 1
   Pit your olives. Some olive varieties are easier to pit than others. Help yourself with a knife. Keep pitted olives together, discard pit.
2. 2
   Decide if you want to use a mortar and pestle or a food processor. *see Notes
3. 3
   Mortar and Pestle
4. 4
   Place olives into mortar and pestle with garlic and grind to desired consistency. It's easier to use a stone grinder, a ceramic grinder will result in a coarse tapenade (see pics).
5. 5
   Place ground olives and garlic into a mixing bowl and add lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, and herbes de provence.
6. 6
   Mix to a well-combined condiment.
7. 7
   Serve up or store for later.
8. 8
   Food Processor
9. 9
   Place all the ingredients together into a food processor. Olives, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, and herbes de provence.
10. 10
    Mix to desired consistency to a well-combined condiment.
11. 11
    Serve up or store for later.