Best Spanish Cheeses Celery Sticks And Olives Recipes

OLIVE DIP (OLD FASHIONED STUFFED CELERY DIP)

Steps:

• With a mixer, cream the cream cheese until smooth.
• Add in mayonnaise, mix.
• Add in dill pickle relish, chopped olives and olive juice. Cream together.
• Fold in green onion and celery. (reserve a little green onion and/or sliced olive for serving if desired.)
• Mix in ground black pepper and chives.
• Store in a bowl in the fridge until you are ready to serve.
• Serve with celery, carrots, bell pepper, crackers and chips.

STUFFED CELERY WITH OLIVES

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese and heavy cream in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in the olives, chives, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper.
• Transfer the cream cheese mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe into the celery, then dust with paprika.

OLIVE CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine cheese, butter, flour and cayenne with a fork until a dough-like form forms. Scoop up a tablespoon of the dough and enclose one olive with dough. Roll into a ball and place on baking sheet. Repeat process using up remaining dough. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.

CHARRED SPANISH HAM AND CHEESE MELTS AND "HOT" OLIVES WITH HERBS AND SPICES

Steps:

• Layer serrano and cheese in equal amounts on 4 slices of bread. Grind the hot pickled vegetables and the sweet pickle relish in food processor and pulse chop to make a relish. Spread the relish evenly on sandwich tops and set into place.
• Place olives in a foil pouch and season with thyme, lemon zest, cumin seeds and red pepper flakes. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and seal the pouch. Place pouch on grill and cook a few minutes on each side to heat the olives, herb and spices.
• Preheat grill or grill pan to medium high.
• Place sandwiches on grill and weight down with heavy skillet or a brick covered in foil. Char and heat the sandwiches through, about 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
• Cut sammies in half and serve with "Hot" Olives alongside.

CRISPY CELERY STICKS

Steps:

• Heat about 1 1/2 inches vegetable oil in a medium heavy pot over medium heat to 360 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a shallow bowl. Whisk 1 tablespoon water and the eggs in a separate shallow bowl. Place the breadcrumbs and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper in a separate shallow bowl.
• Toss one-third of the celery in the flour mixture, shaking off excess. Transfer the celery to the egg mixture and turn with a fork to coat. Lift out the coated celeries 2 at a time, letting the excess egg drip off. Place the celery in the breadcrumbs, slightly pressing the celery into the breadcrumbs to make sure they're well coated. Carefully drop the celery into the pot and fry in batches of 3, turning occasionally, until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer the celery to a wire rack or fresh paper towels, to drain, using a slotted spoon.
• Repeat the coating and frying process with the remaining celery sticks. Keep the oil to 360 degrees F between batches. Sprinkle the celery with salt and serve immediately.

OLIVE CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Place Cheddar cheese, flour, and butter in a food processor. Blend until cheese is finely ground and a crumbly dough forms.
• Wrap each olive with a piece of the cheesy dough, covering the olive completely. Place olive balls on a cookie sheet and freeze for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread frozen olive balls on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Eat with caution as olives will still be hot.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED CELERY

Steps:

• Thoroughly dry each piece of celery with paper towels. Mix the cream cheese, olives, garlic, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Using a knife, spread a generous amount of cream cheese filling down the center indentation of each celery piece. Serve immediately or refrigerate.

TREVA'S STUFFED CELERY

Steps:

• Trim ends of celery and cut each stalk on the diagnal into 2 or 2 inch pieces.
• Combine cream cheese, olives and mayo in mixing bowl.
• Season with salt (go easy olives are salty) and pepper.
• Spread mixture into celery sticks.
• Sprinkle with paprika.

OLIVE-STUFFED CELERY

Steps:

• Finely chop the pickles and olives; set aside. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, Miracle Whip, juices and salt until blended. Stir in the pickles, olives and pecans., Pipe or stuff filling into celery sticks. Store in the refrigerator.