Recipes with olive oil as the main ingredient
We know it as liquid gold And it is that it makes any dish that is worth it shine. Olive oil is the star of the Mediterranean diet. An indispensable ingredient in all kitchens and the perfect companion of our recipes. It can be used in endless formats and that is precisely what makes it even more special.
Such is its popularity that Many times, olive oil is no longer in the background and becomes the true protagonist of the dishes.
In this post we are going to make a compilation of 3 recipes with olive oil as the main ingredient. Easy recipes and, above all, very tasty.
Of course: remember that, in these cases, it is important to use a good premium extra virgin olive oil, like the ones we offer in Beloleum.
1. Oil loaf
Almost as basic as olive oil, PAN is another of the great indispensables of the Mediterranean diet. The oil loaf It smells like a wood oven and a village bakery. In Spain it is eaten in many ways, such as the popular oil cakes.
In that recipe it is important that you use a mild extra virgin olive oil, such as the Arbequina EVOO from Beloleum.
Ingredients Oil Bread
- Strength flour
- bakery yeast
- Salt (fine and scaled)
- Water
- EVOO
Oil loaf preparation
- Mix half a kilo of flour with a little salt.
- Heat 300 milliliters of water until lukewarm. Add 10 grams of yeast.
- In the bowl, take the flour to the sides, Creating a hole in the center where to pour the water
- Stir and add extra virgin olive oil.
- When the dough is homogeneous, let it rest for at least half an hour.
- Knead with the help of a little flour on a board.
- Let the dough rest again for at least an hour, so that it ferments well.
- When it has grown, it will be ready to be manipulated more easily.
- Give it a ball and place it on the baking tray, under the parchment paper.
- Spray the dough with plenty of olive oil And, with the help of his fingers, he makes some small holes in the bread.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 250 °C with heat up and down. Before putting the dough, Lower the temperature to 210 °C.
- Bake for a little over 20 minutes.
2. Olive oil ice cream
Now that the heat and high temperatures are approaching, we recommend you try the Beloleum Olive Oil Ice Cream. The recipe for this innovative ice cream is very simple, but what will surprise you the most is its successful combination of sweet and savory flavors, capable of surprising everyone who tries it.
The Olive oil ice cream is very versatile: it can be the ideal companion in salads but also enjoy yourself at lunchtime. Creamy, soft and very easy to make. We recommend using a gourmet EVOO, such as the one we offer in Beloleum, which we get from our olive trees from Aragon.
ice cream ingredients
- five eggs
- Sugar
- Whole milk
- whipping cream
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil Arbequina Beloleum
Ice cream preparation
- Separate the yolks from the egg whites and Beat them with 100 grams of sugar until it has a foam consistency.
- Heat 250 milliliters of milk and the same amount of cream in a saucepan, without it boiling.
- Remove from heat and mix little by little with the yolks and sugar.
- Once mixed, Put everything back in the saucepan over low heat (Don’t let it boil), while stirring until you get a more consistent mixture.
- When the mixture is thick, let it sit and cool down.
- Add a few tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil until it is integrated.
- Let it cool in the freezer! Make it in an airtight container as a bowl. An hour later, remove the mixture and put it back in the freezer. Do this again every 30 minutes in the next two hours, to obtain a creamier ice cream without ice.
- Enjoy your homemade olive oil ice cream!
3. Olive oil jam
The third recipe with olive oil as the protagonist that we recommend is original, fast and offers many varieties. The olive oil jam it is An impressing cream that impresses when you combine the sweet taste of sugar with liquid gold par excellence.
You can make it with the Arbequina variety, which with its fruity touch will make your palate even more enjoyable.
Jam ingredients
- Sugar
- Cornstarch
- 325 milliliters of water (75 for the syrup and 250 to mix with the cornstarch)
- Arbequina Extra Virgin Oil Beloleum
Mermalade preparation
- Prepare the syrup. Put the water and a little sugar in a pan, bring it to a boil and let it thicken until it becomes a syrup at the point of strand.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in warm water And to gain consistency.
- Mix everything and Incorporate the EVOO.
- Keep it fresh in a jar.
We hope you liked our recipes
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