Path: swen.emba.uvm.edu!banzai!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cyclic.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!xfer.kren.nm.kr!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.slip.net!news.slip.net!slip.net!not-for-mail From: Judi Mae Phelps Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,alt.creative-cook,alt.creative-cooking Subject: Dried Tomato-Almond Tapenade Followup-To: rec.food.cooking,alt.creative-cook,alt.creative-cooking Date: 16 Apr 1997 20:49:43 -0700 Organization: Slip.net Lines: 57 Approved: jphelps@slip.net Message-ID: <5j46kn$las@slip.net> Reply-To: Judi Mae Phelps NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-3.slip.net Xref: swen.emba.uvm.edu rec.food.recipes:22974 alt.creative-cook:4556 alt.creative-cooking:4408 This is a great appetizer for a dinner party or make it for a snack. I like to prepare this two days in advance of when I'm serving it to let the flavors come together. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04 Title: Dried Tomato-Almond Tapenade Categories: Appetizers Yield: 2 Cups 2 c Dried tomato halves (3 oz) ;hot water; for -reconstituting 2/3 c Whole almonds; toasted* 1/3 c ;water 1 Can black olives (2-1/4 oz) -sliced 3 T Olive oil 1 T Dried basil 1 T Lemon juice 2 Cloves garlic; chopped -finely Salt to taste (optional) In a bowl, cover tomatoes with hot water; set aside 15 minutes. Place almonds in bowl of food processor. Using the steel blade, process pulsing on and off until coarsely chopped (you can use a blender for this also. Remove almonds and set aside. Drain tomatoes; add to food processor with remaining ingredients except almonds and salt. Process until almost smooth, pulsing on and off. Add almonds; pulse on and off to blend thoroughly. Season with salt. Serve with baguette slices, crackers and raw vegetables, or use as a sandwich spread. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 weeks. Bring to room temperature before serving. This makes about 2 cups. *To toast almonds, spread in an ungreased baking pan. Place in a 350-degree oven and bake 5-10 minutes or until lightly brown; stir once or twice. Almonds will brown slightly more being removed from oven. Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps. jphelps@slip.net or jphelps@best.com MMMMM === Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the "Posting Guidelines" article. Recipes/requests go to recipes@rt66.com; questions/comments go to tfdpress@acpub.duke.edu. Please allow several days for your submission to appear.