Extra-virgin Olive Oil
Cultivated by the Etruscans since the 6th century BC, the olive tree
characterizes the landscape of the hills of Tuscany and decorates
farmsteads, villages, and towns. The work and the attention dedicated
to the olive tree are rewarded by a unique and irreplaceable product
for its qualities. The oil of Tuscany plays an important nutritional
role in our diet and for our body: it gives more taste to food,
increases the energetic content, provides essential fatty acids,
carries lipid soluble vitamins.
Oil is a food, not a sauce, and
matches with all cooked dishes. It is wonderful for fried food. Its
realm includes all raw vegetables, where it can express itself at best.
It is the protagonist of dishes like olive oil dip with pepper and
salt, bread oil and tomato, salads and Tuscan bread salad (the
so-called "panzanella").
