Olive Dipping Sauce

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Olive Dipping Sauce - A simple but super flavorful way to begin any Italian-inspired meal! Serve with warm, crusty Italian bread and soak up this amazing sauce!

This Olive Dipping Sauce is another easy – but super flavorful – recipe that uses five ingredients or less.  This is our attempt to recreate at home, an olive dipping sauce served at one of our favorite restaurants on Cape Cod called Tomatoes Italian Grille and Bar in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Whenever we dine at Tomatoes, we look forward to starting our meal with a Roman Wedge Salad and some freshly baked Italian bread served alongside this terrific olive dipping sauce!  It’s a simple blend of finely chopped Kalamata olives, a really good extra virgin olive oil, grated Parmesan Reggiano, a pinch of red pepper flakes, as well as salt and pepper.

Olive Dipping Sauce - A simple but super flavorful way to begin any Italian-inspired meal! Serve with warm, crusty Italian bread and soak up this amazing sauce!

Just break off pieces of warm crusty bread and dip the pieces into this wonderful olive dipping sauce!  Give the bread a few seconds to soak up the sauce – and then enjoy!

This olive dipping sauce is so simple – but so good!  And it’s the perfect way to begin any Italian-inspired meal!

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Olive Dipping Sauce

Olive Dipping Sauce - A Family Feast
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Serve this Olive Dipping Sauce with slices of warm Italian bread

  • Author: A Family Feast
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Category: sauce
  • Method: No bake
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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  • 1/8 cup finely chopped Kalamata olives
  • 1/2 cup high-quality extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/8 cup finely grated Parmesan Reggiano
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl and allow to sit for at least an hour at room temperature to allow the flavors to meld.
  2. Spoon into in small saucers or shallow bowls.
  3. Serve with slices of warm Italian bread in a basket or on a nice wooden cutting board.

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Last updated: September 7, 2024

Martha is part of the husband-wife team that creates A Family Feast. She loves to cook and entertain for family and friends, and she believes that serving a great meal is one of the best ways to show someone that you care. Martha is a self-taught home cook, who loves to read cookbooks and try new recipes. After a decades-long career in business and online marketing, she now runs A Family Feast full-time. Her specialties are baking, desserts, vegetables and pasta dishes.

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6 Comments

    1. Hi Catherine – Sure – you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate. You’ll just want to bring it back to room temperature before serving. I’d say up to a week in the fridge should be fine.

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  2. I had something like this at a restaurant some time ago, it was sooo good! I had completely forgotten about it until I saw your post. Such a great idea, I will have to try making it!

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  3. I love this super simple recipe! I LOVE dipping fresh bread into that olive oil and balsamic mix you always get at restaurants – the only thing I can think of that sounds even better is olives with olive oil!! Must try this! 🙂

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