Olives
Calamata Olives: How to Identify a Calamata Olive
In the last segment on Olives, Anthony briefly explains how to identify a true Calamata olive (spelled ‘Kalamata’ in its native Greece). Real Calamatas are deep purple to eggplant in color, with an almond-shaped body and elongated tip. Learn the field marks in this video....
Olive Varieties | Flavor Profiles of 4 Types of Olives
Next Anthony shows us four different types of olives, with flavors from mellow to intense. The green Bella Di Cerignola olive from Puglia is a good olive for those new to olive-tasting, while the Sicilian-cured Sevillano olive is grown in California and is ideal as a stuffed olive. The...
How Should an Olive Taste?
In the third segment of the Olive series, Anthony explains that although olives are often cured in salt or brine, they should not taste salty. Olives are best prepared by washing away the brine and coating them with a light oil, with or without seasonings.
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Curing Olives | Olive Curing Information
In this segment, Anthony describes the many ways olives can be cured. All olives start off green when they’re growing, but they mature to black, brown, purple or other colors, as you’ll see from the bowls of glistening olives in our kitchen. There are many ways to cure an olive...
What Are Olives? Olive Facts & Information
In the first segment of the five-part Olive series, Anthony DeLallo explains that there’s more to olives than the pimento-stuffed fruits from a jar. Olives come in many colors, varieties, flavors and textures. Although inedible when first harvested, olives are transformed by the curing process.
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