Preserving my olives

I picked our first olives about ten days ago, very exciting. It didn't look to be many but there were one and a half kilos. I did lots of research and decided to try and preserve them in the following manner. first I washed them all and then cut a small slit in each olive. I then placed them in a large bowl and covered them with water. I changed the water and rinsed them every day until today. Today i made a brine on salt and water, half a cup of salt to four cups of water, to which I added half a cup of red wine vinegar. I put the drained olives into the jars and filled them up with the brine. I poured a small amount of olive oil on the top and sealed them up.
I am going to keep one jar in the fridge and try them every so often to see how they are going.
I ended up with seven jars of Olive,s two of them a quite big jars so that will do us for quite a while. There is still about a half kilo on the tree so I'll pick them later today and process them in a different
manner. i know a lady who has an olive farm and they just wash them and pack them into containers in brine which they then leave for a long time! they sell their olives to the top end of the market.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Nice Post. This enter helped me in my school assignment. Thanks Alot
July 18, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

An abundance of eggs

Image
Silkie eggs Duck eggs Turkey eggs Hen eggs With five silkie hens, seven regular hens of mixed breed, four ducks of indeterminate sex and ten turkey hens we generally have an abundance of eggs. Despite the fact that several of the turkeys and hens are not laying, as they are broody the, there seem to be more than ever. Certainly more than two people can eat. Peter generally takes them to work and either sells them or gives them away. The turkey ones have not been that popular though. Today he said someone asked him for more turkey eggs as they had made an omelet with them and it was the best they have ever made. I find they rise up really well in omelets and Frittatas. I plan a big cooking evening sometime this week to turn the eggs into little herb quiches to put in the freezer for over the holidays when we will have a house full.
Read more

On my mind

Image
Puppy proofing my garden so the adorable Elle does not do too much damage! This is the result of my leaving a pot plant at ground level on the back porch. She is having a rest after her gardening!
Read more

A Bumper Citrus Harvest

Image
We have six old citrus trees here, two mandarins, two oranges, two lemons. They have fruited quite well most years since we have been here but this year they have the most extraordinary crop. They are loaded. We probably should have thinned them out but left it a bit too late. We have been eating the mandarins for a few weeks now, they are a bit tart but nice nevertheless. they are getting sweeter every day. We will have to give lots away and find some good mandarin recipes. I might have a go at preserving some segments as well. The oranges are not quite as prolific but will still keep us going for many months. The great thing about the winter fruit is that you can leave it on the tree and just pick it as you need it. We have planted some new citrus trees as well. they are very slow to grow but the ruby grapefruit tree has a decent crop this year. I really like grapefruit for breakfast. I will have to look after the other small citrus a bit more this winter and hopefully th...
Read more