Olive oil Recipes
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- Olive Oil Pickles
2 gallons green cucumbers 6 large onions 1/4 pound white mustard seed 1/4 pound black mustard seed 1 cup salt 1 tablespoon celery seed 1/2 cup olive oil Sugar to taste Vinegar - Sheila's Rosemary Bread
For a 1 1/2 pound loaf: 2 Tbsps active dry yeast 3 1/8 cups bread flour 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar 3 tsps salt 2 Tbsps nonfat dry milk 3 Tbsps dried rosemary, crushed 2 Tbsps olive oil 1 1/8 cup - Mayonnaise Dressing | Yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs
Yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs 1/2 tsp mustard 2 ounces vinegar 2 Tbsps olive oil or butter - Fried Chicken a la Maryland
3 chickens, 3 pounds each 3 eggs, slightly beaten 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 tablespoons water Flour for dipping Bread crumbs 1/2 pound butter 1 1/2 cups thick cream sauce Corn Fritters Potato C - Shrimp Bahiana
3 tsps olive oil 1 small onion, finely chopped Parsley 6 small tomatoes or 1 large tomato 2 sweet peppers Salt Pepper - Shrimp Sauce for Fish, No. 1 | 3 Tbsps butter or
3 Tbsps butter or 3 tsp olive oil 1 Tbsp flour 2 cups water or stock 1 onion, chopped 2 large tomatoes, chopped Pound heads of the shrimp, eyes removed 3 peppers, tiny hot green or red pepper - Lee's Pesto
2-3 peeled roughly chopped garlic cloves 2 cups nice fresh basil leaves, clean, gently towel dried, tough stems discarded handful pinoli nuts* 1/4 cup good olive oil 1/8 - 1/4 - Lettuce Dressing
1 egg 1 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp mustard A little cayenne pepper (Never use black pepper on lettuce.) 2 Tbsps olive oil 1 Tbsp vinegar - Wild Duck, Canadian Style
1 duck 1 stalk chopped celery 1 onion chopped 1 carrot chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons red currant jelly 1 glass port wine 2 cups light brown gravy; Braised onions and mushrooms - Clam Fritters | 2 egg yolks well beaten
2 egg yolks well beaten 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon olive oil 7/8 cup flour salt, pepper, cayenne 2 egg whites stiffly beaten 1 tablespoon lemon juice
About Olive oil
- Homer, the poet from ancient Greece referred to olive oil as "liquid gold"
- The olive tree has an average life span of 400 years
- Olive oil production existed in civilizations such as Crete and Egypt, thousands of years B.C.
- Extra virgin olive oil tends to be darker, having a stronger olive flavor, and approximately 1% acid
- High quality olive oil is derived from a process called cold pressing
- Keep olive oil in a cool place - Too much exposure to heat and/or sunlight can lead to oxidization
- Olive oil is a great source of monosaturated fat which can lower cholesterol levels according to the Mayo Clinic
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