Earlier this year we started to make plans to pick our olive crop involving a weekend of friends, olive picking and perhaps an evening spent by the wood oven sharing tasty food.   Other commitments came along and last week Terry and our generous friend Matt picked 200 kg of olives, almost all in one day.  The kids and I picked some too, but mostly we made lunches and morning tea and kept the home fires burning, so to speak.

Maybe next year we will make a weekend of it.

Using a press owned by our local olive co-op we pressed around 28 litres of oil.

Tasting oil that has literally just been pressed is an amazing experience.   Our oil is a vibrant green colour and tastes very fresh and slightly bitter.  The bitterness may diminish as the oil settles down in the containers.  The oil has so much more character than the usual supermarket variety olive oil, we are thrilled with the results.

Are you creating or cooking or harvesting anything at the moment?  Please share.

Have a great week whatever you are up to.

Jane