Parmesan and green olive biscuits - Real Recipes from Mums

I’ve made these biscuits a lot of times and people always like them. If you prefer you can use kalamata olives instead of green olives. Or stuffed olives, like I did last time.

Ingredients (makes 40 biscuits)

300 grams white spelt flour
150 grams unsalted butter, cut in small cubes
100 grams green olives, chopped
80 grams grated Parmesan cheese
salt
pepper
water

Method

Preheat the oven at 180 degrees.
In a bowl mix together the flour, the butter and the Parmesan. Rub them together using your fingertips, till the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
Add the olives, some salt and pepper and a couple of tablespoons of water to the bowl.
Fold the dough, eventually add more water, till it holds together nicely in a ball.
Roll out the dough between two pieces of baking paper. Then cut out the biscuits in the form you prefer, using a cookie cutter.
Line a cookie tray with baking paper and place the biscuits on it.
Bake at 180 degrees for 12-13 minutes. The bottom will be nice and brown.
Prepare more biscuits using the dough left and repeat the baking in the oven.
Let them cool down and store them in an airtight container for up to a week.

26 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 29 Aug 2022
    4:34 pm
These look yummy. Love a savory snack sometimes

- - Ellen said
  - 30 Dec 2018
    7:33 am
Nice one ! I often use almond meal for savoury cheesy cookies

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 28 Nov 2018
    5:02 pm
YUMMy savoury biscuits great recipe

- - TazzyDevil said
  - 23 Nov 2017
    3:17 am
I’m not really a fan of olives, so I might try this recipe with diced ham or bacon pieces and see how it works out.

- - mom94125 said
  - 22 Oct 2017
    11:27 pm
this is a neat idea! i bet that you could get the kids to enjoy this one. cheers for sharing this

- - youngoldlady said
  - 26 Apr 2017
    1:41 pm
These would be great for those afternoon parties or BBQ’s we go to.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    12:23 am
This looks absolutely delicious!

- - mom90758 said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    1:28 pm
Maybe after this recipe, more people will like them!

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    6:46 pm
I am the only one that likes olives in my family

- - ella12 said
  - 31 May 2016
    4:47 pm
These sound like a delightfully tasty treat.
- kjgarner replied
  
  29 Jun 2016 , 10:13 am
  A savoury treat instead of sweet
- - rovermum said
  - 30 May 2016
    9:57 am
I’m not an olive fan but I do know a few family members that would really like these.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 29 May 2016
    8:32 pm
Oh yum, it’s like afternoon tea snacks in a bikkie!

- - mom93821 said
  - 28 May 2016
    6:09 am
I love the sound and the look of these biscuits. Parmesan and olives just delicious.
- mom93821 replied
  
  06 Dec 2017 , 5:53 am
  A big yes to these biscuits being perfectly delicious!
- - mom101628 said
  - 27 May 2016
    1:54 pm
These look and sound great – healthy nibbles!

- - mom90758 said
  - 27 May 2016
    1:32 pm
I actually never buy salted butter.

- - deb_gs said
  - 26 May 2016
    9:24 pm
These look lovely. I am guessing that unsalted butter is used in the recipe because there is so much salt in the olives and Parmesan. Yum.

- - meedee said
  - 26 May 2016
    8:43 pm
These sound like they would be wonderful in Winter time with bowls of soup for dinner.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 25 May 2016
    9:05 pm
wow what a different recipe!
Will be trying these!

- - mom90758 said
  - 25 May 2016
    4:23 pm
I prefer eating olives as they are too, maybe stuffed with capsicums. My daughter has always loved olives, since she was very young. I remember people not believing that she would choose olives and cheese over cookies!
- mom134803 replied
  
  29 May 2016 , 3:12 am
  I know where you’re talking about ! My nephew was like that….2 year old and diving into the bowl with olives My 6 year old foster daughter loves them too, I always put a wee pot with olives in her lunchbox
- - mom134803 said
  - 24 May 2016
    12:17 pm
I wonder if this cookie would learn my kids to appreciate olives ! This homemade cookie, together with a nice bottle of wine, would make a nice gift to a friend or neighbour. Am a big fan of olives my self but prefer to eat them just as they are.