Virgin olive oil
the different uses
Virgin Olive oil can be used as a base or even as the entire salad dressing for salads. Use virgin olive oil in recipe where you want a lighter olive taste. It can also be used to sautee vegetables, and can be tossed with pasta as well. The olive flavor is slightly less than in extra virgin olive oil, so you want to use it in dishes that require a subtle olive taste.
Benefits of Olive Oil
Mr. Olive oil- prime member of Mediterranean cuisine. Though olive oil is rich in calories, it has mono saturated fatty acids and omega 3 fatty acids that act as natural cholesterol controlling agents.
Cooking with olive oil
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Although produced throughout the whole of the Mediterranean, Italian Olive Oil is most well known. The regions throughout Italy produce many kinds of extra virgin olive oil. In Tuscany the oils produced there are as sought after as the wines they make, creating fruitier and more robust oils. Umbria is the heart of olive oil production in Italy, creating intensely flavored oils in the mountain regions as opposed to coastal where the olive oil is sweeter. Marche and Abruzzo produces a much lighter olive oil than the other regions. Liguria creates oil with a strong character; it's also a low producing region which increases the value of the product. Puglia, Calabria and Sicily each produce very classic, full bodied olive oils.
