The ”Taggiasche” olives are a ideal snack with an aperitif, excellent for flat bread and salads, extremely tasty in tomato sauce, in stewed rabbit and roast fish.
According to some historical sources, the spreading of the olive tree of Taggia in the western coast of Liguria is due to the Benedictine monks.
The olive tree of Taggia flourishes nowadays almost uncontested in the whole area.
A symbol of the laboriousness of many a generation of farmers who have built up a great work of walls and terracing just in order to cultivate it, this plant produces small and fragrant fruits.
The harvest-time lasts from November until January, and afterwards the olives are pickled with water, salt, thyme, laurel and rosemary so as to keep their unmistakable taste unchanged.
No chemical treatment is made and they contain no preservative.
Ingredients: Olives of Taggia 66%, water and salt 33.5%, aromatic herbs.