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245 Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml
An organic olive oil with a delicate fruity flavour and good balance of bitterness and spiciness. It is produced from a single olive grove planted in 1910 and still owned and run by the same family. George Davaris’s grandfather planted the local ‘Klonari’ variety, which is a clone of Megaritiki – one of the oldest cultivated olive varieties prized for producing great quality olive oil with very low acidity and aromas of flowers and pears. The organic and natural cultivation methods are followed with a very careful selection and separation of the olives and gentle, low-temperature pressing to produce the best quality oil possible. It is filtered before bottling to preserve the low acidity and delicate aromas. This care and quality were recognised with a rare 3-star Great Taste Award in 2023.
£15.00
Unit Price
£30.00
/ L
Net content: 500ml
Packaging: Glass Bottle
Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans
Packaging: Glass Bottle
Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans
This recipe (with a few tweaks) comes from the book On Agriculture by Cato and I have been making it for many years now. The core and the ideas, though, are also inherently ancient Greek – relishes are mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, in Symposiums in Ancient Athens, and poems such The banquet of Philoxenus, a sensuous poem celebrating the culinary pleasures!
Cato, on the other hand, was an early Roman soldier and politician whose farming handbook/ manual from around 200BCE provides the basis for a lot of our sources for Roman agricultural practices and eating habits. He catalogued this recipe as an appetiser, something to wake your tastebuds up, and tantalise you, keep you entertained and hungry for the big dinner, for the main course which will arrive later…
The olive tree was sacred for the ancient Greeks and the Athenian banquets or symposiums included many relishes and breads as starters that include olives in brine or marinated.
245 Olive Oil, Paiania, Attica
245 Olive Oil is run by George Davaris, whose grandfather planted their olive grove in 1910. Located in the area of Paiania west of Athens, on the other side of the Hymettus mountain, it benefits from a hot, dry, Mediterranean climate. It is planted with the local ‘Klonari’ variety, which is a clone of Megaritiki – one of the oldest cultivated olive varieties prized for producing great quality olive oil with very low acidity and aromas of flowers and pears. The organic and natural cultivation methods are followed with a very careful selection and separation of the olives and gentle, low-temperature pressing to produce the best quality oil possible. It is filtered before bottling to preserve the low acidity and delicate aromas. This care and quality were recognised with a rare 3-star Great Taste Award in 2023.
