Elies Throumpes

Description
Salted olives

Ingredients

 * 1 kg thick black olives (called throumpes)
 * ¾ kg thick salt

Directions

 * 1) Wash the olives very well and let them drain in a strainer for 2-3 days.
 * 2) Place in a deep clay pot layers of salt and olives (one layer of salt follows one layer of olives and so on).
 * 3) Cover them with a towel and let them covered for 1-2 months. If they have sweetened place them in clean cold water where they can be preserved for a long time (up to 2 years).
 * 4) Whenever you want to eat some of them, take them out from water and wash them well.
 * 5) Use them in greek salad, serve them as an appetizer with ouzo or just eat them plain.