About Olive Oil
Cooking
with Olive Oil
Drizzling olive oil on vegetables or using it in salad dressings
has become commonplace in most kitchens, but that’s just the
beginning. Mediterranean cuisine calls for drizzling fresh
olive oil on almost everything; it is kept on the table as a
condiment to drizzle on bread, soup, cooked fish and meat,
vegetables. Keep an attractive
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bottle on your table alongside your salt and pepper. Using
flavored olive oils adds the fruity quality of the oil with an
extra boost of flavor from fresh fruit, herbs or savory fused
tastes. Try drizzling
bacon flavored olive oil on creamy
tomato soup or Persian lime on fresh grilled tilapia.
Olive oil is an easy, nutritious, and delicious
substitute for
butter in baking. Try your favorite cake baked with olive oil
instead of butter; you’ll get a moister cake with fewer calories
and more good fat. If you just can’t leave the taste of butter
behind, but want the nutritional value of olive oil, try our
butter flavored olive oil - the best of both worlds!
Marinate
Use olive oil in marinades,
especially fused and flavored olive oils. Olive oil
penetrates the food adding extra flavor and tenderness.
Try marinating chicken in
Organic Kaldi Greek Olive Oil and
Fig Balsamic or
Lemon Olive Oil and Mango Balsamic.
Sauté & Fry
Olive oil is superior for sautéing and frying. It is
more resistant to heat than seed and nut oils and can be
heated to high temperatures without smoking. Olive oil
actually increases in volume when heated, so you need
less. And best of all, when frying, olive oil coats food
rather than saturating, so you have a crisper, less
greasy crust.
Grill
When grilling, coat your steaks, chops, fish or
vegetables with a bit of olive oil to seal in juices and
add a flavorful coating. Be sure to let meats sit for
about 10 minutes before cutting to preserve the juices
all the way. Try roasted garlic olive oil on steak or
rosemary olive oil on pork chops. Veal is wonderful with
porcini olive oil and fish is brightened with
lemon
olive oil. The basil olive oil is wonderful on grilled
vegetables.