This recipe is very versatile. You can start out using it as a sandwich spread, then with one simple addition turn it into a dip or salad dressing. It's delicious no matter how you serve it.
If serving as a dip, thin with 1/4 cup buttermilk.
If using as a salad dressing, thin with 1/2 cup buttermilk
In a small bowl blend the mayonnaise and cream cheese with the sour cream. Add the 1 Tbsp. brine from a jar of olives along with the chopped olives and pimentos, parsley flakes, minced onion, garlic powder, and dill weed.
Stir until thoroughly mixed, then spoon into a container which has a tight-fitting lid.
Chill for 4 hours or overnight to allow flavors to mingle.
Serve as a spread with party rye (or pumpernickel breads) or a variety of crackers.
Serve as a dip with any fresh crudites or chips.
Serve as a salad dressing over tossed or mixed fresh salad of choice.
If made ahead of time, it will keep very well in the refrigerator for 2 days before using. It might keep longer than that, but it never stuck around longer. I'd make it up, and it'd disappear before I knew it was gone almost. I quickly learned to double the recipe. A bunch of teenagers is like a herd of locusts almost. Wonderful hungry munching locusts. At least this is fairly healthy food.
Servings: | Depends on Use |
Time: | 10 Minutes Preparation Time Refrigerate at least 4 hours Minutes |
Source: This is an old family traditional spread, dip, and salad dressing. We almost always had the ingredients on hand and it works for so many foods in so many different ways. We had an herb garden and parsley and dill were the herbs that we grew all the time as they were our favorites. I'd plant just one little seedling of dill in my flower garden because I loved the ferny look of it with anything and everything.
By Julia from Boca Raton, FL
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Sounds great, a question though, brine from black or green olives? Can't wait to make it, either way!
Hi Amy,
I never tried it with black olives, only the green Spanish olives stuffed with pimento. If you
try it with the black, let us know how you like it. I imagine it'd be good too, just funny-looking maybe. (might be a bit discolored with the black color of black olives). I have often used sliced black olives as a garnish on crackers spread with the green olive spread, and added black olives to salads. Some things, we just have to try. That's the way we learn and grow.
Thank you for the new idea and the feedback too.
Julia in Boca Raton, FL
What a great idea. This is my kind of recipe.
Thank you pookarina.
StarWarsCollector
Anything made with sour cream is a winner at our house. My husband will even put it on ice-cream, and I must admit that it tastes good. Try it. I don't know exactly what it does, but what a nice contrast.
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Sounds delish. I would eat the whole bowl with some fresh Classic potato chips and sleep like a baby. Wish I had some right now. :-)
Thanx Pookarina
MisMachado
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