Olive Oils from Spain can be used both raw and cooked, but… Do you know the names of the different cooking techniques you can use them for? Today we’re bringing you this master class so you can learn these techniques in-depth. Plus, we include some recipes using these techniques so you can practice.
Using Raw Olive Oil
A technique generally using raw olive oil that consists of blending spices and other condiments, including extra virgin olive oil, to highlight or strengthen a product’s flavor.
This technique is most commonly applied in salads.
Homemade salad dressing
Combining two ingredients that are, in principle, incompatible, to create a homogeneous, voluminous mixture with a texture that is different from each ingredient’s texture separately. Extra virgin olive oil is recommended for these recipes.
Mayonnaise is a clear example of this technique.
Mayonnaise with ingredients
Smoking is a culinary technique in which foods are exposed to smoke to provide them with different flavors, colors, and textures, depending on the recipe.
Almost all foods can be smoked.
This technique began in the past to preserve foods and today continues to be used both to preserve as well as to enjoy the special flavor provided by smoking.
Finishing off this technique with a glug of olive oil on top intensifies the food’s flavor, in addition to providing all of the benefits of olive oil.
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