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Taggiasca Olive

Taggiasca is an olive cultivar associated with western Liguria, used both for olive oil and for prepared table olives.

Region
Liguria
Local association
Imperia and part of Savona province
Uses
Oil and prepared table olives

Types and forms

Whole in brine

Characteristics
Whole olives fermented in a salt brine

Pitted in olive oil

Characteristics
Pitted olives preserved in olive oil

Olive pâté

Characteristics
Olives made into a spread

Try it in the kitchen

Add prepared Taggiasca olives to a tomato salad, or spread the olive pâté on toasted bread beside a vegetable soup. Choose a table-olive preparation rather than treating the fruit straight from the tree as equivalent.

Cultivar and preparation

Taggiasca names the cultivar. Check whether the product is whole in brine, pitted in olive oil or made into pâté, and read any separate origin designation in full. The cultivar name alone does not establish a protected designation.

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