Masseria Mirogallo Termite Olives in EVOO / 9.52 oz

Termite Olives from Basilicata Italy, are grown by the Belfiore family on their farm in Matera, in the heart of Basilicata. After harvest, the selected olives are cured in a brine of just water and salt, kickstarting the process of lactic fermentation. At 90 days, the olives are no longer astringent and instead are firm and meaty with a briny bite. Once ready, they are drained, washed, and packed in jars alla contadina (peasant style) in the Belfiore family’s own extra virgin olive oil enhanced with herbs and spices, including fennel seeds, oregano, bay leaves and spicy peperoncino. As always, Masseria Mirogallo never uses preservatives or dyes, showing the olives’ varying shades of purple, green and black on full display.

These olives still contain their pits.

How to use

Enjoy straight from the jar or serve on an antipasto platter with sliced salumi, crackers  and other pickled vegetables from Mirogallo, like their Mushrooms in Extra Virgin Olive Oil. These olives are great for cooking too—press them into focaccia dough before baking or toss them into a braise with chicken and lemon.

About the producer

The Belfiore family farm, known as Masseria Mirogallo, sits on 70 acres of land in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. The family specializes in cultivating heirloom vegetables, from which they handcraft exceptional pantry preserves—bright tomato sauces, sun-dried tomatoes packed in extra virgin olive oil and hand-peeled artichoke hearts.

Since the 1800s, one of the largest farms in Lucana Valley of Basilicata, Italy has been owned by the Mirogallo family, who specialize in the cultivation and preservation of heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetables from which they hand-make very high-quality pantry products. The Mirogallo brothers are quick to point out that everything they put in a jar comes from their fields, and that the only preservatives they use are vinegar and salt. Every summer, the Mirogallo farm is bustling with many farm-workers hand harvesting sun-ripe fruit and vegetables. Inside the old whitewashed farm building, a state-of-the-art kitchen transforms the bounty of every day into a wide array of jars of all color and sizes.

Basilicata is little known to most, but Matera is one of Italy’s main tourist destinations because it is home to the unique Sassi di Matera, a prehistoric settlement of stone houses built directly into caves. Today, the city is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites.

Net wt. 9.52 oz/270 g

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