Mediterranea Foods

Cold extracted, delicately fruity, organic extra virgin olive oil, obtained from a selection of organic extra virgin olive oils produced in Calabria (Southern Italy). The regional cultivars used are mainly Carolea, Cassanese and Rogianella. The oil obtained has a gold colour with green reflections and a sweet and delicate scent. It presents accents of sweet almond, golden apple with distant hints of wild grass. The taste is enveloping and delicate, with a harmonious slightly spicy aftertaste. Mediterraneò is appreciated by adults and children who love the refined taste of a delicately fruity and light oil. Excellent for raw use, thanks to its delicacy it is excellent for preparations that also require long cooking. - - - Capacity 750ml, 1l, 3l, 5l

Delicately fruity organic extra virgin olive oil coming from the Anastasi family farm. Appreciated for its distinctive characteristics, the blend is largely made of the “ottobratica” and “sinopolese” cultivars. Its medium intense fruity sensory profile, typical of green picked olives, is the result of a perfect balance between the characteristic scent of the two varieties. Enveloping and vegetal taste, with a harmonious bitter and spicy aftertaste, it has hints of grass, golden apples, and unripe tomatoes with notes of wild thistle. Excellent for raw use and for preparations that require short cooking. It enriches every dish, enhancing its taste and organoleptic properties.

Our Millenarium extra virgin olive oil is unique and special, because it is produced from the millennial olive trees that have dominated our “Cannavà” estate since ancient times. They belong to that place, where they express the profound essence of a story told by the wind blowing through their silver leaves as early as the eighth century BC. Our olive culture has its roots in a millennial history that has come down to us through plants that have lived for centuries and millennia. This is our MILLENARIUM Biodynamic Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Each bottle contains the ancestral energy of an experience that has left its mark. Producing this millennial oil means to us saving and safeguarding over a hundred millennial olive trees that are difficult to care for and protect. Producing this biodynamic oil has meant to us seeing our land and our trees as part of a complex universe, understanding the cosmic laws and influences, stories and forces that govern all living beings, planets and moons, trying to create the right interconnection among land, history and sky. Each bottle is unique, marked with a distinctive number, and is the result of a sensory research as this oil is produced exclusively with Ottobratica olives, a native variety. Its medium-intense fruity profile of green-picked olives has a perfect balance. The characteristic scent of the Ottobratica variety has accents of field grass, golden apple and unripe tomato with distant hints of wild thistle. It has an enveloping and vegetal taste, with a harmonious bitter and spicy aftertaste.

The intense taste of Sicilian lemons and our delicately fruity biodynamic extra virgin olive oil are combined in an excellent union. The result is our flavoured oil, whose aroma, both intense and delicate, makes it a refined and versatile ingredient for the preparation of special recipes. Its warm and spicy notes with a citrus touch, create a balanced fragrance rich in summer fresh tones. The uniqueness of our lemon oil is its exceptional versatility in sweet and savory recipes, and it is also an excellent substitute for butter in all shortcrust pastry preparations. USE: It is ideal for enhancing taste to both sweet and savoury dishes: from fresh green salads, steamed vegetables, grilled aubergines and courgettes, fruit salads, especially with apples and citrus fruits, to grilled fish and meat. The distinctive feature of our lemon oil is its exceptional versatility in sweet recipes, cakes, cookies, ice creams and fruit salads, and as an excellent substitute for butter in all preparations with shortcrust pastry. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, biodynamic lemon essential oil.

In the Allium Sativum variety, garlic, whose beneficial, antibiotic, and purifying characteristics have been known since ancient times, is infused in biodynamic extra virgin olive oil to obtain this tasty dressing. The entire process takes place on the family farm, where the oil is produced and pressed and the garlic is harvested, peeled, dried, and left in infusion. The simplicity of two ingredients: EVO oil and biodynamic garlic, create an infused oil whose strong flavour enhances taste to dishes without necessarily adding salt. USE: Its intense aroma and strong taste give the right balance to make all Mediterranean cuisine dishes, from legume soups to potato salads, pizzas and focaccias, to the preparation of first courses and fish sauces, or to be enjoyed plain on toasted bread. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, dried biodynamic garlic.

The biodynamic basil grows lush and fragrant in our farm, where, in the mild climate, between the coast and the hinterland, found the best environment. As soon as it is dried, the basil is infused in our biodynamic extra virgin olive oil for different days and afterwards filtered. From this union comes a light, natural and tasty dressing, whose delicate aroma makes it a refined and versatile ingredient for the preparation of special recipes. USE: Ideal for dressing tomato and Caprese salads, pizzas, potatoes in any preparation and Mediterranean sauces; it is also excellent for enhancing taste to focaccias or to be enjoyed plain on toasted bread. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, biodynamic dried basil leaves.

Extra virgin olive oil becomes an extraordinary condiment thanks to our recipe flavoured with bergamot, an exclusive and ancient citrus fruit, rich in vitamins and with energizing properties, coming exclusively from our region, Calabria. The result is a unique condiment, whose aroma makes it a refined ingredient for the preparation of special sweet and savoury recipes. USE: Recommended for enhancing taste to risottos, fresh salads, enriching the flavour of fish and vegetables, but also for the preparation of exquisite desserts, cakes, biscuits, and fruit salads. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, organic bergamot essential oil.

Our Italian herbs seasoning is an extraordinary and tasty recipe which, thanks to its intense and distinctive character, allows an important reduction in the use of salt in food. Basil, oregano, parsley and lovage, which grow lush and fragrant in our farm, are the ingredients used to prepare this specialty. Once dried, spices are left to macerate for several days in our biodynamic extra virgin olive oil and then filtered. From this union comes a healthy and intense, refined, and versatile dressing ideal for the preparation of special recipes with an important reduction in the use of salt. USE: Ideal for flavouring pizzas, potatoes in any preparation, Mediterranean sauces, vegetables, and meats of all kinds, it is also excellent to enhance taste to focaccias or to be enjoyed on toasted bread. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, biodynamic basil, biodynamic oregano, biodynamic parsley and biodynamic lovage.

Our oregano, in the variety Origanum Vulgare Hirtum, grown in our farm, is harvested, dried, and left to macerate in our biodynamic extra virgin olive oil. The purity of our delicately fruity Principe di Gerace EVO is enriched in this flavoured specialty with oregano intense aroma, prepared by infusion thanks to ancient family recipes. From this union comes a fragrant and delicate dressing, refined and versatile for the preparation of special recipes. USE: Ideal for flavouring tomato salads, pizzas, boiled and baked potatoes, for the preparation of Mediterranean sauces, it is also excellent for enhancing taste to focaccias or to be enjoyed plain on toasted bread. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, dried biodynamic oregano.

The Habanero chili pepper, grown on our farm, is dried and infused to enrich our biodynamic extra virgin olive oil with taste and spiciness. From this combination was born our naturally spicy oil, with its intense aroma and a strong taste, ideal for giving character and spiciness to all dishes of the Mediterranean diet. USE: Ideal for enhancing taste to every dish for those who love spiciness it is excellent for legume soups, quick first courses and full-bodied sauces, vegetables, and meats or to be enjoyed plain on toasted bread. Ingredients: 100% Italian biodynamic extra virgin olive oil, dried biodynamic Habanero chili pepper.