Ameilia's Italian Stuffed Olives Recipe

Ingredients <br>- ¼ cup olive oil <br>- 1 stalk celery, minced <br>- ½ medium onion, minced <br>- 2 cloves garlic, pressed <br>- 2 thick cut bone-in pork chops <br>- 1 whole skinless, bone-in chicken breast <br>- 1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato puree <br>- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste <br>- 1 cup water <br>- 3 (8 ounce) jars colossal green olives, with pits <br>- 3 eggs, divided and beaten <br>- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese <br>- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg <br>- 1 lemon, zested <br>- flour for dredging <br>- bread crumbs <br>- vegetable oil for deep frying <br><p></p>Directions <br>step 1: Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir celery, onion, and garlic in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add pork and chicken and cook for 7 to 10 minutes. Combine tomato puree and tomato paste with 1 cup water, and add to meat mixture. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours, or until pork and chicken are falling off the bone. Remove meat from the pot to cool, and set sauce aside. <br>step 2: Meanwhile, remove olive pits using a special olive pitting tool. Make a slit in one side of each olive large enough to insert stuffing. <br>step 3: Once cooled, remove pork and chicken meat from the bones, and mince. Mix together with 2 beaten eggs, Parmesan cheese, ground nutmeg, lemon zest, and 1/4 cup of reserved sauce. Use more or less sauce as needed so that meat mixture is moist, but not too wet. <br>step 4: Fill each olive with enough stuffing so that a small amount is pushing out of the slit. Dip each stuffed olive in flour, then beaten egg, then bread crumbs. Stuffed olives may be frozen in an air-tight container at this point until ready to use. <br>step 5: Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). <br>step 6: Fry olives in hot oil for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown on the outside. Serve warm. <br>

Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 stalk celery, minced
- ½ medium onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 2 thick cut bone-in pork chops
- 1 whole skinless, bone-in chicken breast
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato puree
- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 3 (8 ounce) jars colossal green olives, with pits
- 3 eggs, divided and beaten
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 lemon, zested
- flour for dredging
- bread crumbs
- vegetable oil for deep frying

Directions
step 1: Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir celery, onion, and garlic in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add pork and chicken and cook for 7 to 10 minutes. Combine tomato puree and tomato paste with 1 cup water, and add to meat mixture. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours, or until pork and chicken are falling off the bone. Remove meat from the pot to cool, and set sauce aside.
step 2: Meanwhile, remove olive pits using a special olive pitting tool. Make a slit in one side of each olive large enough to insert stuffing.
step 3: Once cooled, remove pork and chicken meat from the bones, and mince. Mix together with 2 beaten eggs, Parmesan cheese, ground nutmeg, lemon zest, and 1/4 cup of reserved sauce. Use more or less sauce as needed so that meat mixture is moist, but not too wet.
step 4: Fill each olive with enough stuffing so that a small amount is pushing out of the slit. Dip each stuffed olive in flour, then beaten egg, then bread crumbs. Stuffed olives may be frozen in an air-tight container at this point until ready to use.
step 5: Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
step 6: Fry olives in hot oil for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown on the outside. Serve warm.

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