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A small to medium size olive grown in California that is dark black when ripe. It is most often used for the production of olive oil.
A medium sized olive from Spain that has an elongated pointed shape and has a shiny black flesh when fully ripe.
A small, round, cherry shaped olive from Italy that is purplish-black in color. It is most often used to produce a delicately flavored olive oil.
A fully ripe Greek olive that has a firm texture and mild flavor. This olive comes from Mytilini, capital of Lesvos, which is one of the Greek islands located in the Aegean Sea.
A term used in the U.S. to describe a medium size olive that is native to Spain but grown in California.
A medium size, very common olive grown in California that is dark black in color and round in shape....
A medium size Italian olive that has a longer oval shape and is purplish-black in color after being picked.
A variety of olive that is grown in Italy, most notaly in areas around Sicily. Bright green in color, the Castelvetrano Olive is harvested when it is young and is brine cured.
A type of seasoning or cooking oil that uses the tea seeds harvested from the tea plant (Camilla sinensis), cold-pressing them to produce the oil.
A spicy herb sauce or marinade that is served with grilled and roasted meats. With orgins credited to Argentina and their use of the sauce, Chimichurri Sauce generally consists of water, salt, garlic, parsley, oregano, pepper, red chile peppers, lemon zest, red or white-wine vinegar, and extra-virgin olive oil.
Sometimes referred to as Nevadillo Blanco, but is not actually the same genetically. It is a medium sized olive from Spain that has an elongated pointed shape and has a shiny black flesh when fully ripe.
Small in size, this variety of olive is the main variety grown in the Ligurian region on the northwest coast of Italy.
Native to Italy, this olive variety is medium in size and oval to elongated in shape. Grown in the Apulian (Puglia) region in the southwestern part of the country, Baresi Dolci olives are harvested both for their oil and as an eating olive.
A very small light greenish-brown colored olive native to Spain that contains a soft-textured delicately flavored meat.
A large oval shaped olive grown in Spain and other countries such as the U.S., that is green in color with a rougher and meatier texture.
Also known as Frantoiano, Correggiola, Razzo Gentile, and Paragon. It is a medium size Italian olive that comes from Tuscany.
A large oval shaped Italian olive that is dark violet in color. It is brine-cured and has a firm textured meat providing a soft delicate flavor.
A type of orange that is more commonly known as the blood orange and features an orange-red skin and deep red flesh.
A large purplish-black olive from California that grows in several different oval-shaped sizes and produced similar to Greek olives.
A medium sized, pale green colored olive from Spain that is round in shape. It is brine-cured and has firm, fibrous textured meat providing a soft fruity or sweet flavor that may be slightly bitter.
Top 69 glossary terms found