Baked olives

INGREDIENTS 500 - 800 g pitted olives black and green 1 lemon sliced 4 shallots peeled and halved 8 garlic cloves 4 thyme sprigs extra to serve 2 cups extra virgin olive oil salt to taste INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 160 degrees C / 320 degrees F Place all ingredients into an oven proof dish and fully submerge with olive oil. Season generously with salt. Mix all the ingredients together with your hands or a spoon. Bake for 1 hour. Separate the olive mixture from the oil and reserve the oil in a jar to be used in any recipe that calls for olive oil. It will have a lovely olive, lemon and garlic infused flavour. Drizzle the olives with a little of the oil they were cooked in and an extra sprinkling of thyme. Serve while warm on their own or with some whipped feta and ricotta and fried bread. #bakedolives #oliveconfit #warmolives #olives