Castillan Green Reviews


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Castillan Green Feature
- THESE OLIVES ARE REMINISCENT OF MOORISH SPAIN.
- MARINATED IN RED PEPPER, MINT AND PRESERVED LEMON WITH A HINT OF CORIANDER AND CUMIN.
- THEY ARE BRIGHT ON THE PALETTE AND HAVE A WONDERFULLY FULL, SPICY FLAVOR.
- PERFECT FOR TAPAS OR AS A READY MADE HORS-D'OEUVRE
- USE IN GIFT BASKET OR HOUSE WARMING GIFT
Moroccans love their olives with strong flavors, and any authentic Moroccan meal will offer one or more varieties. Starting with top quality Moroccan Picholine olives, Mustapha adds two kinds of forward flavor to heat up his Castillan olives - broad heat from red chile pepper and crisp heat of fresh mint leaves. Mustapha also adds a bit of his preserved lemon to create olives that are bright on the palate while maintaining a wonderfully full flavor reminiscent of his corner of the Mediterranean. The flavor of these wonderful Moroccan olives continues to develop as they marinate in their jar.
Moroccan cuisine is considered one of the most important cuisines in the world. A wealth of culinary creativity and the amazing quality of the bounty of ingredients from the everyday to the exotic make Morocco a culinary mecca. Introduced and re-introduced over the centuries, olive cultivation is central to Moroccan cuisine and culture. One can understand then why the Moroccans are masters of curing and marinating and infusing olives, and why they eat olives with just about every meal, even breakfast.
Olives were most likely first planted in ancient times, and each succeeding culture that invaded and stayed planted or replanted. Today the predominant variety of olive planted in Morocco is the Picholine Marocaine, the cousin to the French Picholine Languedoc. Given the milder and more consistent climate in Morocco the Picholine Marocaine grows into a superior table olive. The proof of this proposition is that France imports tons and tons of these olives to eat themselves and to export as a 'Product of France' - yes most 'French' Picholines that are sold in this country are in fact grown in Morocco. The best olives are said to come from the foot of the Atlas Mountains, and that's where Mustapha Haddouch gets his olives.
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