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Grilled Octopus Recipe

Ingredients 2 tablespoons salt 1 tablespoon black peppercorns 1 wine cork 1.5 kg  octopus, head and beak removed 2 tablespoons Kalliope extra virgin olive oil ½ medium lemon ½ tablespoon minced fresh parsley salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Method Fill a large pot 1/2 full with water. Add 2 tablespoons salt, peppercorns, and the wine cork; bring to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, place octopus on a cutting board. Using a wooden spoon or meat mallet, pound the octopus multiple times, starting in the middle and moving down each tentacle to tenderize the meat. Dip tentacles into the boiling water 3 times, holding them in

Grilled Sea Bream Recipe

Ingredients For the sauce 75ml Kalliopeolive oil 4 garlic cloves, finely sliced. 1tsp crushed chilies. juice of ½ lemon 2 sprigs rosemary salt pepper For the fish 2 x sea bream, trimmed and scaled. 2 sprigs of rosemary. Method Heat the olive oil gently in a pan with the garlic and chili until the garlic is soft. Squeeze in a little lemon juice. Lay the sea bream on a foil-lined baking sheet and make slashes down each side of the body about 1cm deep. Pour over a little of the garlic sauce and season. Heat the grill to very hot.

Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

Ingredints: 12 zucchini flowers (washed, dried) 1 medium size onion (chopped) 1/2 cup of rice 5 tablespoons of Kalliope olive oil 1.5 cups of rice (soaked in hot water, drained) 2 tablespoons of pine nuts 2 tablespoons of currants 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon of salt 1/2 handful of dill (finely chopped) 3/4 glass of hot water (for rice) 1 glass of hot water (for cooking the stuffing) The Tip of Stuffed Zucchini Flowers Recipe Do not fill the zucchini flowers too much with the filling you

Aglio Olio & Peperoncino

Garlic Oil & Chille Ingredients: Spagethetti   400 gr Garlic Clove   2 Unit Red Chilli        4 Unit  ( cut by half) For the Cream of Garlic; Garlic 200 gr Milk 1 lt Kalliope Olive Oil 60 gr Salt & Pepper For the Clams Stock and Clams Meat Clams 2 kg Water 1 lt Salt & Pepper           For the Clams Chili Red Chilli              100 gr Sugar                      80 gr Kalliope Olive Oil  20 gr Lemon Juice.        20 ml Garnish Green Zucchini 400 gr Fried basil leaves Recipes: For the cream of garlic; Cut the garlic by half-length wise; remove

Tagliatelle  Al Pesto e Ragu di Branziano

Home Made Tagliatelle with Pesto and Seabass Ragout Ingredients: For the Pasta Dough; 300 gr Semolina Flour 300 gr Egg Yolk For the Pesto Sous; 400 gr Basil Leaves 100 gr Pecorino or Parmesan Cheese 40 gr Pine Nut 80 gr Kalliope Olive Oil 1 unit Garlic Clove Salt& Pepper For the Fish Ragout; 4 Unit Seabass Fillet (skinless boneless) For Garnish :Basil Leaves, Roasted pine nuts, Semi Dried Tomato. Recipe of the Ragout: Cut into small dices the skinned and boneless fish fille, in hot pan add the olive oil browned the garlic clove, add on it the fish

Olive Farmers Payment Method

In the past, instead of paying daily cash to olive farm workers, they were given daily coins, and weekly payments were made based on the number of coins. The owners’ names of the olive farm were indicated on the coins. Porters’ coins were plain.

Olive Oil Press designed by Leonardo Da Vinci

One of Leonardo’s features is the design innovations for the machinery. He worked to ease the production process.He designed this olive oil press during a series of studies on the transmission of power through gear wheels. In the note under this drawing, Leonardo mentioned that “The olives will be so well squeezed that the remaining pomace will be dry.”

Timeline Of Olive And Oliveoil

6000 I.O. /B.C. The beginning of olive farming with the Semites in Syria 3000 Agricultural knowledge and culture begin to spread from East to West in the Mediterranean. – Middle Eastern traders brought olives to Cyprus and Crete. 2500 Olive oil and its uses are mentioned on the prehistoric earth plates found in Crete. 2000 The ancient Israelites offered olive oil as zakat to God, using it to bless priests and to light holy lamps in temples. 1780 The Code of Hammurabi states that pruning an olive tree more than two feet in a year carries the death penalty. 1700

Athena – Olive Tree Goddess

According to Greek mythology, upon his establishment of the newly founded city (polis) of Attica, Zeus desired to appoint a patron deity and protector over his new city. Poseidon (Olympic god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses) and Athena (Olympic goddess of wisdom, craft, and war) both desired to lay claim to the ancient Greek city. Appearing before Zeus and a gathering of the people of Attica on the Acropolis, it was decided that a contest between the two powerful Olympians would be held. Whoever could bestow the more useful gift to the people of Attica would be declared patron