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Recipe of the Week features simple, practical recipes accented with a top chef's personal touch. This week, Evan Mallett of Black Trumpet shares his recipe for Fried Almonds and Olives.

Fried Almonds and Olives (8 to 10 Servings)
By Evan Mallett

 
Ingredients
  1 pound

Castelvetrano olives, drained

  1 pound

whole almonds, unsalted and unblanched

  10 - cloves garlic, peeled and sliced thin crosswise
  1 cup pure olive oil
  0.5 teaspoon salt
   
Preparation
  1

In a mixing bowl, combine the olives, garlic slices and half the olive oil.

  2

Store at room temperature, covered, for at least three hours.

  3

When ready to serve, heat up the remaining olive oil until it is just barely smoking.

  4 Carefully drop in the almonds, and stir gently.
  5 Sauté the almonds for a minute, then add the olives, garlic and salt.
  6 When the garlic turns gold and crispy, pour everything into an attractive bowl. Then serve immediately.