Gastronomic Box n.9: Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste + Olive Oil
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Description
This black gift box includes:
- Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices - 180g
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Green Peppercorns – 60ml
Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices: Produced in olive groves on the steep slopes of the Douro Valley region, this PDO olive, combined with spices, and only preserved in extra virgin olive oil, has a violet black color, natural for fresh olives, a creamy appearance, and may contain small pieces of spices, with an intense odor characteristic of fresh olives. This paste has already been internationally recognized by the ITQI Awards 2017 – with 2 stars, having been evaluated by more than 125 Chefs and Sommeliers in a blind tasting in which parameters such as texture, taste, smell and visual appearance are evaluated. Ideal for toasted bread; rye bread; wasabi or goat cheese and chard toasts; game dishes, to season salads such as couscous salad and Greek salad, and pasta, or to spread with cream cheese.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Green Peppercorns: Olive oil from the Alentejo region, which is extracted from the Cobrança and Galega olive varieties. This oil is combined with a condiment – green pepper, with a light aroma and a pleasant and fresh pungency, which has a not too spicy flavor.
Note: for partner's products, meia.dúzia reserves itself the right to replace the product with a similar product, with a value equal to or greater than that listed, if the product is out of stock.
Suggested Use
Ideal to use with different types of bread, cornbread or rye bread, as an aperitif, in tasting with salty and vegan crackers, fresh rye bread, wholemeal bread, cereal bread, carob bread or sunflower bread. Ideal for dressing fresh gourmet salads, vegan salads and chicken salads. Used in Mediterranean food and ideal for vegans.
Recipes | Chef
- Greek Salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
- Fresh goat cheese salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® and beetroot bread
- Niçoise Style Tuna Salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
- Goat Cheese Toast with Bravo de Esmolfe Apple Jam with Cinnamon meia.dúzia®, Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® and Red Pepper Chutney meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
Ingredients
Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices
“Negrinha do Douro” olive (81%), virgin olive oil, honey, spices, acidity regulator (citric acid) and salt. It may contain traces of olive pits.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Green Peppercorns
Extra virgin olive oil (99%), green Peppercornscorns (1%). Max. Acidity: 0.2%.
Varieties: Cobrançosa and Galega. Cold extracted product. Origin: Portugal.
Nutritional information
Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices
Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: Energy 1206 kJ / 286 kcal; Fats 8,2 g / 0.3oz, of which saturated fat acids 5,0 g / 0.2oz; Carbohydrates 49,7 g / 2oz, of which sugars 48,7 g / 2oz; Proteins 2,0 g / 0.07oz; Salt 0,0 g / 0.0 oz.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Green Peppercorns
Average nutrition information per 100 g/ 3.53 o: energy 3766 kJ/ 900 kcal; fats 99.9 g/ 3.52 oz; of which fat acids saturates 14.4g/ 0.5 oz; carbohydrates 0.0 g/ 0.0 oz; of which sugars 0.0 g/ 0.0 oz; proteins 0.1 g/ 0.0 oz; salt 0.0 g/ 0.0 oz
Origin of raw materials
The “Negrinha do Douro” olive, of Protected Domination of Origin (PDO), is grown in olive groves on the steep slopes of the Douro Valley region, northern Portugal, in a hot, dry climate and on schist soils. This olive, round and smooth, with a firm consistency, weighing an average of 3 to 5 grams each, has a yellowish-green to violet-black color, depending on the state of maturation. It is harvested manually on the slopes of the Douro Valley.