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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

46 Olive oil Recipes From 19 Cuisines.

The liquid backbone of Mediterranean cooking — cooking fat, dressing, sauce and finishing condiment in one bottle. Extra virgin oil, pressed without heat or chemicals, ranges from buttery to aggressively peppery; that bite is a mark of fresh polyphenols, not a flaw. Contrary to myth it handles everyday sautéing fine. Keep it away from light and heat, and use the good bottle raw where you can taste it.

46 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Shallow bowl of coarse Maltese bigilla broad bean dip with olive oil, parsley and chilli flakes

Malta13 hr 45 min

Bigilla

Maltese Broad Bean and Garlic Dip

A bowl of dense toasted barley flour paste with a well of olive oil in the centre, dates and fennel seeds alongside

Libya40 min

Bsisa

Toasted Barley Flour Paste with Dates

Bowl of caldo verde with thin ribbons of greens, creamy potato broth and seared chouriço coins

Portugal55 min

Caldo Verde

Portuguese Green Soup

Bowl of Argentine chimichurri with chopped parsley, garlic and chile flakes floating in vinegar and oil

Argentina2 hr 15 min

Chimichurri

Argentine Parsley, Garlic and Vinegar Sauce

Plate of jet-black Croatian cuttlefish risotto scattered with chopped parsley and a lemon wedge

Croatia1 hr 5 min

Crni Rižot

Croatian Black Cuttlefish Risotto

A deep bowl of Greek fasolada, creamy white beans with carrot coins in tomato broth under a slick of olive oil

Greece9 hr 50 min

Fasolada

Greek White Bean Soup

Bubbling clay dish of Albanian fërgesë, browned curd cheese over red pepper and tomato with bread alongside

Albania50 min

Fërgesë Tirane

Pepper, Tomato and Curd Bake

Golden Genoese focaccia in a tray, its deep fingertip dimples glossy with olive oil and coarse salt

Italy3 hr 45 min

Focaccia Genovese

Dimpled Olive Oil Flatbread

Wide bowl of warm crushed fava beans topped with olive oil, diced tomato and parsley beside flatbread

Lebanon25 min

Foul Mudammas

Warm Fava Bean Breakfast

Two ring-shaped Maltese ftira loaves with dark blistered crusts, one split open on a wooden board

Malta15 hr 50 min

Ftira

Maltese Ringed Sourdough Flatbread

Shallow bowl of mashed fava beans glossy with olive oil, topped with diced tomato, parsley and cumin, with lemon wedges and flatbread beside it

Egypt14 hr 40 min

Ful Medames

Egyptian Slow-Cooked Fava Beans

Garlic shrimp sizzling in bubbling olive oil in an earthenware cazuela with sliced garlic and parsley

Spain18 min

Gambas al Ajillo

Sizzling Garlic Shrimp

Every recipe on this route.

All 46 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

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