Olive Oil Recipes

My Favourite Winter Cake with Olive Oil, Fresh Chestnut flour and NO extra sugar! 6 Tablespoons VIRGO Olive Oil, 4 Cups Chestnut Flour, 1/2 Cup Raisins, Sweet Wine to soak the raisins in, 2-3 Cups Water, Pine Nuts, and fresh rosemary sprigs. Lightly grease a 9 inch spring-form pan or equivalent ( I like it […]

Poach apples till cooked, retain poaching liquid for later. Place poached apples in a buttered dish – approx. size 20cm – ready for batter mixture.

This is garlic mayonnaise. Crush two or more cloves of garlic and salt in a mortar using a pestle. It will form a paste. Transfer to bowl, add three egg yolks and mix slowly. Add 300 ml of extra virgin olive oil and keep whisking so that a mayonnaise forms. It should be thick. Keep […]

Heat the milk with the cream and the split vanilla bean. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until they are light and foamy.

To cook the chicken, heat a shallow layer of olive oil in a large frying pan over medium/low heat. Cook the fillets until they’re deep golden brown and springy, about 5 minutes per side depending on their size.

Cut Bruschetta loaf into 8 pieces approx 2cm thick, toast or cook on a char grill. Place 2 slices on each plate, top with slices of Brie, then rhubarb relish and finish with rocket, drizzle over VIRGO extra virgin olive oil and vinegar.

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, then add oil, egg and lemon rind and juice, and stir with a spoon until a dough forms. Turn dough out onto a floured bench, then use a floured knife to cut it in half.

I guess this thick soup isn’t for the sedentary person, but after a physical day on the farm it can’t be beat.