Tapenade

Tapenade is a French dish which contains ground olives and capers, although it often contains anchovies or other fish ingredients. Tuna and fig are often added, especially in Italy.

The name originates from the Provencal word tapeno which means caper.

Tapenade is extremely easy to make.  Put your ingredients in a blender along with some olive oil, the quantity of which depends on your desired consistency and then liquidise the olives and capers to produce your spread. Often people use a pestle and mortar to create tapenade, which produces a much coarser paste.
 
Tapenade is used mainly served as a starter or a dip. At its simplest it just spread on bread or toast. However, it can be used to stuff meats and is especially tasty when stuffed in a layer between the meat and the skin of a chicken.

Tapenade has an extremely strong flavour and is one of those foods that people tend to either love or hate.

Relevant Recipes for Tapenade

Recipe Names

1. Antipasto With Red Pepper Tapenade
2. Artichoke Tapenade
3. Black And Green Olive Tapenade
4. Black And Green Olive Tapenade With Goat Cheese Crostini
5. Black Olive And Tomato Tapenade
6. Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed With Spanish Olive Tapenade
7. Classic Tapenade
8. Crostini With Sun-Dried-Tomato Tapenade
9. Croutons With Tapenade - {Croutons A La Tapenade}
10. Eggplant With Tomato Tapenade
11. Em Bistro Eggplant Tapenade
12. Fougasse With Tapenade
13. Fougasse With Tapenade
14. Goat Cheese Truffle W Green Tomato Marmalade & Tapenade
15. Green Olive And Almond Tapenade
16. Green Olive Tapenade
17. Grilled Baby Chicken In Tapenade With Broccoli Rabe
18. Grilled Baby Chicken In Tapenade With Broccoli Rabe
19. Grilled Fillets Of Red Mullet With Tapenade
20. Grilled Vegetables With Eggplant Tapenade
21. Olive And Artichoke Tapenade
22. Olive Tapenade
23. Orange-Olive Tapenade
24. Prosciutto And Goat Cheese Crostini With Red Pepper Tapenade
25. Rib Roast With Tapenade
26. Salmon Burgers With Olive Tapenade
27. Sea Bass With Sun-Dried Tomato And Black Olive Tapenade
28. Sour Dough Bruschetta With Chunky Olive Tapenade
29. Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade
30. Tapenade
31. Tapenade I
32. Tapenade-Stuffed Vegetables
33. Tomato Tapenade
34. Tuna Tapenade
35. Tuna Tapenade
36. Walnut Tapenade
37. Whole Fish With Tapenade
38. Whole Sea Bass With Nicoise Tapenade

Recipe Ingredients

1. A Trio Of Bruschetta
2. Barbecued Baby Octopus With Giant Lima Beans In Vinaigrette
3. Black And Green Olive Tapenade With Goat Cheese Crostini
4. Black Olive Polenta With Shiitakes, Garlic And Rosemary
5. Black Olive Polenta With Shiitakes, Garlic And Rosemary
6. Buccatini With Olive Pesto, Sun-Dried Tomatoes And Basil
7. Buccatini With Olive Pesto, Sun-Dried Tomatoes And Basil
8. Easy Cheesy Snacks
9. Eggplant With Tomato Tapenade
10. Fougasse With Tapenade
11. Fougasse With Tapenade
12. Goat Cheese Truffle W Green Tomato Marmalade & Tapenade
13. Grilled and Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
14. Grilled Baby Chicken In Tapenade With Broccoli Rabe
15. Grilled Baby Chicken In Tapenade With Broccoli Rabe
16. Grilled Prime Rib Steak With Beans And Red Wine Sauce
17. Grilled Vegetables With Eggplant Tapenade
18. Heirloom Tomato Tart
19. Instant Pesto Torta With Bread And Vegetables
20. Marinated Calamari And Artichokes In A Spicy Vinagrette
21. Miniature Toast Cups
22. Olive Bread I
23. Pan-Bagnat
24. Provencal Roast Beef Salad Sandwich
25. Ratatouille Terrine
26. Roasted Chicken Roulade With Sun-Dried Tomato, Goat Cheese
27. Roasted Sausages With Onions, Green Olives And Chianti
28. Roasted Sausages With Onions, Green Olives And Chianti
29. Roasted Snapper With Tomato Relish
30. Salmon Burgers With Olive Tapenade
31. Sea Bass With Polenta And Roasted Red Bell Peppers
32. Sicilian Hero Slices
33. Tapenade-Stuffed Vegetables
34. Three-Tiered Braided Christmas Bread
35. Tomato Tapenade
36. Tomato Tatins
37. Turkey And Smoked Mozzarella Sandwich
38. Turkey And Smoked Mozzarella Sandwich
39. Turkey And Smoked Mozzarella Sandwich
40. Whole Fish With Tapenade
41. Whole Sea Bass With Nicoise Tapenade
42. Wolfgang's Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad
43. Zucchini-Tomato Frittata Sandwiches