Last updated on August 8th, 2025
Made with peppery, citrusy rosemary and crisp, buttery green olives with just a hint of warmth, this no-knead Mediterranean-inspired Green Olive & Rosemary Artisan Bread is chock full of fresh, robust flavours.
This green olive loaf just may be the best reason I can think of to turn on your oven during the warmer months. It’s perfectly chewy, herby and ideal for lighter summer meals and snack boards.
My No-Knead Olive Artisan Bread recipe is a reader favourite, and I’ve been asked so often whether it can be made with green olives that I decided to take some time this summer to really experiment with different types of olives and seasonings.
To be clear, this was not a tough assignment. I love olives in all forms – shapes, sizes, colours and flavours. For this recipe, I’ve used large, juicy green olives that have been marinated in olive oil lightly seasoned with crushed chilis to produce a crave-worthy rustic loaf.
Here’s everything you’ll need to make this Green Olive & Rosemary Artisan Bread
- Water
- Active dry yeast
- Bread or all-purpose flour
- Kosher or fine sea salt
- Rosemary
- Green olives
- Optional: ground flaxseed for dusting
Ideally, you will also have:
- Digital scale
- Dough scraper
- Parchment paper
- Razor blade or very sharp knife
- Dutch oven such as this one or this one
Like my other no-knead overnight artisan bread recipes, this green olive & rosemary bread is a super easy bake that requires just 20 minutes of hands-on prep time to make.
How to make Green Olive & Rosemary Artisan Bread in 5 steps
- Mix the dough.
- Cover and let it rise until it has doubled in size.
- Shape your dough and dust with flour.
- Cover and proof the dough in the fridge overnight.
- Turn dough out onto parchment, score and bake.
Baking schedule
Making this green olive & rosemary artisan bread is a two-day process where the bread is mixed and prepared on day one, cold proofed in the fridge overnight, then baked on day two.
This is what it looks like:
Saturday morning: Mix dough, cover and let rise.
Saturday afternoon or evening: Shape dough, cover and put it in the fridge.
Sunday morning, afternoon or evening: Remove dough from the fridge, turn it out, score it and bake!
We love this Green Olive & Rosemary Artisan Bread served warm with a generous amount of good quality olive oil, paired with charcuterie or served alongside a saucy Shakshuka for Sunday brunch!
Try this No-Knead Jalapeño Cheddar Artisan Bread or this Artisan Pizza Dough recipe next.
You can find more helpful information, suggested equipment, tips and resources for beginners in my Everyday Artisan Bread recipe here.
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And of course, feel free to leave any questions, comments or reviews. This is the best place to reach me, and I’d love to hear from you!
Green Olive & Rosemary Artisan Bread
Ingredients
- 1½ cups water, room temperature (at or near 70°F/21°C)
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 3¼ cups bread or all-purpose flour, plus for more dusting
- 1 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt (see note if using marinated olives)
- 1½ tablespoons rosemary, finely chopped
- 1½ cups pitted green olives Castelvetrano or marinated in chili oil (optional), dried and roughly chopped
- Optional: Ground flaxseed for dusting ~1-2 tablespoons or 7-10 grams
Instructions
- Add the yeast to the water and let it sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Whisk together flour, salt and rosemary in a large mixing bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Add yeast mixture and olives to the bowl and mix just until combined. The dough should look a little sticky and stringy and there should still be a little flour around the edges of the bowl. Cover and let rise somewhere warm (see note below) until it has doubled in size, about 8-10 hours.
- Once the dough has doubled in volume, use your hands (or a dough scraper if you have one) to pull the dough out onto a floured surface. With floured hands, gently fold the dough into itself several times until a soft, flour-covered ball is formed. Seam side up, lift and place it into a flour dusted proofing bowl like this one. Dust with flour, cover and refrigerate overnight. You can even leave it for as long as 48 hours at this point if you’re not able to bake it right away.
- When you're ready to bake your bread, preheat oven to 450ºF (232ºC) with your Dutch oven inside the oven.
- Uncover then invert the bowl to turn the dough out onto parchment paper seam side down. If needed, gently turn it with your hands and nudge it into the shape of a loaf. If using ground flaxseed, sprinkle several teaspoons across the top and sides and use your hands to gently press it into the loaf. Score the top with a razor blade or the tip of a sharp knife with a design of your choosing. This will allow steam to escape while it’s baking.
- Once the oven is preheated, remove the Dutch oven from the oven and transfer the dough, still on the parchment, into the Dutch oven. Cover and bake for 30 minutes, then remove the cover and bake for 15-20 minutes more. Your bread will be done once the top is browned, and it sounds hollow when you tap the top.
- Using parchment edges, lift bread from Dutch oven and transfer it to a wire cooling rack to let cool for up to an hour before slicing.
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