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Casas de Hualdo Extra Virgin Olive Oil
"Casas de Hualdo" olive oils are top quality olive oils from El Carpio del Tajo, located in Toledo. Those extra virgin olive oils are highly valued among lovers of extra virgin olive oils for their high quality and their characteristic flavor. evoo casas hualdo toledo...
Varieties of olives in Italy
Following Spain, Italy is the second largest olive oil producing country with 15% of world production. Thanks to the purchase of olive oils of Spanish origin, Italy is the first exporting country of olive oil packed. The most important olive oil producing regions are...
Oro de Bailén Olive Oils
Oro de Bailén extra virgin olive oils are made in Villanueva de la Reina, Jaén. They are of a very high quality extra virgin olive oils that can be of three different varieties: picual, arbequina and hojiblanca. Oro de Bailén began its activity as extra virgin olive...
Make the choice of a good olive oil
Before start cooking, there is the need of chosing an oil which should be better quality possible. So that, we advice you to get olive oil per its flavour and its beneficial qualities. To choose an olive oil, we suggest you to do it in a professionals store or...
The 3 toppest olive oils to give this Christmas
To give something different and original is not easy, so we want to help you. We give you a tasty and different idea: to give olive oil. To distinguish among all the types of olive oil is a hard job, and identifying its different shades may become crazy. We will help...
«Montes de Toledo» Olive Oil
Certifications The designation of origin "Montes de Toledo" is extended into 103 municipalities from northernwest Ciudad Real to southernwest Toledo. This olive oil is protected under Designation of Origin certifications (D.O.) called "Montes de Toledo", which should...
The color and quality of the olive oil
The colour of an olive oil is not linked to quality or flavor, contrary to what people think. It is true that food enters into our eyes and the fact of finding a greener olive oil leads us to think it may be of a better quality. In this case, the colour of the olive...
Olive oil in Arab culture : origins and recipes
The origin : The origin of olive oil is hard to explain because it’s very antique. Indeed, the olive oil has more than 4000 years, and we may find works explaining more about the olive oil more than 6000 years ago. The civilisations which bordered the Mediterranean...
Designation of Origin Siurana: the flavour of Tarragona
Siurana is the designation of Origin from Tarragona. This sort of olive oils are produced in different areas of southern Tarragona, at southern Catalonia. Some of those areas are Rivera d’Ebre or Alt camp, among others. This sort of olive oils have received different...
The Olive oil in France:
Today, in France, this mythical fruit full of history, is put in light. Quite as big vineyards, the olive oil saw itself attributed a Controlled Label of origin (AOC), according to its region of production. At present, we count moreover eight varieties of olive oil...
Venta del Barón, among the best olive oils
Venta del Barón, an extraordinay Extra Virgin olive oil from Spain, remarkable for its intense fruity green olive with herbaceous notes, peppermint, almond shells, banana and apple. With a keepsake of vegetables such as tomatoes and artichoke. The entrance is sweet,...
Olive oil, the perfect makeup remover
Besides having culinary uses olive oil, it is a perfect a perfect natural makeup remover. There are natural alternatives and options to remove the makeup without resorting to chemicals products. Olive oil is one of them, it is useful for all skin types, but especially...
Oro del Desierto, probably the best organic olive oil in the world
No doubt there are many ecologic extra virgin olive oils, but few that have been recognized in awards and world competitions as Oro del Desierto. This is an exceptional ecologic oil containing the following varieties: Arbequina, Hojiblanca and Picual. From Almeria...
Olive oil Tips: Match the Arbequina variety
Would you know distinguish the Arbequina variety olive oil? To take advantage of it, we offer to you some tips coming from Juan Pozuelo. Sprinkle some cinnamon and brown sugar to some sliced oranges. Mix and add a few small leaves of mint or peppermint and to all this...
Picual variety and their possibilities
Between the large number of existing olives, Picual variety wins widely in Spanish territory and all around the world. Specially in Jaen, where it occupies a 95% of the olive territory. The main reason why is the most common variety comes from their properties and the...
Olive oil and its varieties
There are many types of olive oils, classified by the variety of olive, where they come from, smell, taste, color ... However, the four most common and that we will meet at our usual place of purchase, are: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Virgin Olive Oil Olive oil Pomace...
Olive oil : a base ingredient in many recipes
Olive oil taste is a very refined product with exceptional quality. You should know that olive oil can be used not only in salads, but also in your dishes as a marinade, in seasoning, or even in baking. An easy recipe that you can make is marinated olives with herbs...
The olive tree: a tree with strong symbolism
In the Bible The olive tree is often quoted in the Bible. This tree is thus crowned. The most known story is the one where the dove of Noé brings with her an olive branch in its beak, meaning the end of the disaster. What had deserves it to be a peace symbol. Besides,...
Olive oil, health informations
An idea received would that olive oil is good for health, this idea is true. However, we must not believe that the only olive oil consumption is good for health. But its consumption causes positive effects on health but there are misconceptions about the effects on...
Olive oil has health benefits
Olive oil has health benefits Should not see olive oil like a simple oil that we use only for to cook, it has a lot of useful side. The principal is the fact that it’s good for health, indeed the consumption to olive oil allows to prevents harm oxidizing agents. Olive...
The market of olive oil in Spain
Olive oil is a product very important in the European gastronomy, indeed we can see it’s the basis of many recipes in a lot of gastronomy, and not only in Spain, where its production is very important. We can see that the market of olive oil is very important in...