Green Olive Tree

" A creative way to dress up your table. "

Ingredients:
 
  5 jars (7 ounces each) E. Waldo Ward Pitted Queen Sized Olives,
  drained
  3 cups E. Waldo Ward Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
  1/2 cup shredded orange peel
  1/2 cup orange juice
  1 cup E. Waldo Ward Orange Marmalade

  1 cone-shaped florists' foam topiary with dowel and base, 8 inches
  tall
  Flowerpot to fit topiary base, about 5 inches in diameter
  Rocks to weight flowerpot
  Toothpicks
  Tissue paper

  2 cups honey- roasted peanuts  

Directions:

1 Mix olives, oil, orange peel, orange juice, and marmalade. Cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours to blend flavors.

2 Press topiary base securely in flowerpot (glue in necessary). Fill pot 2/3 full with rocks. Insert toothpicks into topiary cone; place olives on toothpicks.

3 Line top of pot with tissue paper; cover with peanuts.

Makes 1 Centerpiece