Food Ideas - Olivo Extra Virgin Olive Oil Food Ideas will take each of our oils and make suggestions. If you have visited the grove, you may remember these. I am always interested in how you use our oils so please let me know. Olivo extra virgin olive oil The 2008 extra virgin blend is a medium to delicate oil. The ideas below reflect the characteristics of this year’s vintage. For starters or canapes with drinks, drizzle Olivo extra virgin olive oil over Quail eggs – see recipe below Cream cheese, rolled into a ball, coated with toasted sesame and dried oregano and sloshed with EVO. Serve with pita crisps Flight of 3 different top quality olive oils including Olivo with fresh baguette and rock salt to dip – very Italian! For a delicious main course, try Brandade – add cooked smoked fish to boiled potatoes, garlic roasted whole in olive oil and squeezed out of its casing, pepper and milk. Beat together and add Olivo EVOO until creamy. Serve warm with another drizzle on top Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil and chilli – toss the spaghetti with cooked garlic and a small diced chilli and lashings of EVOO Fillet steak rubbed with EVOO, roasted on the barbecue and then drizzled with more EVOO when resting – no need for gravy! Eggs for 4 (with acknowledgements to Julie Biuso) 6 free range eggs at room temperature Sea salt 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped parsley 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh new garlic Freshly ground black pepper to taste Paprika Small black olives (optional) Extra virgin olive oil   Cook the eggs for 8 minutes in gently boiling water. Drain off water and then let the cold running water run over eggs for 5 minutes to cool them quickly. Shell carefully because they will be fragile, cut in half and arrange on a plate.   Sprinkle eggs with a little salt, parsley and garlic. Grind over on black pepper, sieve over some paprika. and garnish with olives if using. Drizzle liberally with EVOO and serve immediately with good crusty bread to mop up the oil.   I have used quail eggs with this recipe if making canapés for drinks. Serve with toothpicks. This is a quick fabulously flavoured dish. Delicious as a quick lunch or a girls’ dinner. Vegetables/salads Try Olivo extra virgin olive oil over: Any green salad Calabrese – sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil leaves, salt and pepper Potatoes roasted in the oven   Dessert Try Olivo EVOO drizzled over vanilla ice-cream with shavings of 70% cocoa chocolate and a couple of grapefruit segments on the side. Dessert for 10 in 5 minutes and most unexpected!