How to pickle olives and eat them properly

Olive is the fruit of the olive tree and is a common fruit edible by humans. However, it tastes bitter when eaten directly, so people prefer to pickle it before eating. Today I will introduce to you the pickling method, and also let you know the correct ways to eat olives.

How to pickle olives

1. Olives can be pickled directly with rock sugar. Before pickling, the olives should be washed with clean water, and an appropriate amount of salt should be applied on the surface and rubbed vigorously. After rubbing off the skin, put it in the steamer and steam it for 15 minutes after the water boils. At this time, the olives in the pot will become soft, and the pits can be removed after taking them out.

2. Put the olive pulp in a clean bowl and mix it with rock sugar. After the rock sugar melts, put them together in a non-stick pan and heat to boil. Then simmer over low heat until all the sugar juice in the pot is boiled dry, then take it out and cool it down to get the pickled olives. It can be put into a glass bottle and sealed for storage, and can be taken out and eaten anytime when you want to eat it.

The correct way to eat olives

1. Eat directly

Olives are a common fruit that can be eaten directly. However, when people eat olives directly, they will find that the taste of olives is relatively bitter, but the more they chew, the sweeter they become. The taste is better, and a faint fragrance is left in the mouth after eating. If you are not used to the bitter taste of olives, you can also soak fresh olives in licorice water and eat them directly after soaking.

2. Make tea

Olive fruits can also be used to make tea. When making tea with olive fruits, you need to smash the fresh olives with a knife, then put them in a clean glass, add a few thrush, then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and finally pour in freshly boiled water. After soaking for 3 to 5 minutes, you can drink the soup directly.

The above introduces the correct way to use olives, so that everyone knows how to pickle olives. When you want to eat olives in the future, you can eat them according to the methods introduced above. You can taste the tempting flavor of olives and also make them play a good health-care effect.