Olive Oil Experience includes a lifetime experience where you discover the secrets of virgin olive oil and its culinary identity.
Article curation: Katerina Karsioti
The “Olive Oil Experience Santorini” is the next experience
which you will look for at the island!
The “fiddling” of exploring extra virgin olive oil commences with the “Olive Oil Experience Santorini” by Panigyri Festival Food Restaurant and Olive Epitome.
The Olive Oil Experience Santorini is a comprehensive service designed by Panigyri Festival Food and Olive Epitome. Primary goal is the holistic approach of the extra virgin olive oil, the designation of Greek olive varieties as well as the brands of the Greek market, their combination with the appropriate food pairing along with olive oil tasting.
Greek and foreign travellers who visit the island welcome the once in a lifetime chance of discovering Santorini and indulging in such an experience of culinary philosophy through a comprehensive service directly linked to the tourist experience. It is an authentic “journey” to explore the green gold of Greece, from which its enormous value emerges. An experience that unfolds in the most narrative and educational way, introducing visitors to the olive culture as well as the whimsical world of olive oil gastronomy.
Create your own experience with Olive Oil Experience Santorini
Welcome to a world where the aromas of green apple, marjoram, herbs, chamomile and almond as well as an assemblage of spices are “hidden” behind the green treasure of the Greek Land.
With the guidance of the Olive Oil Sommelier as well as the Executive Chef, visitors encounter a literally unforgettable “tour” traveling through the world of EVOO and its inherent relationship with the Mediterranean diet, famous for its health and culinary benefits. Visitors have the opportunity through careful and active exercises to distinguish a defective from an exceptional virgin olive oil, uncover what process should follow to taste the olive oil, to become accustomed to varieties from all over Greece but most importantly to unearth every secret of their culinary value when combined with a subversive degustation menu.
Through the Olive Oil Tasting, first and foremost lie around history and culture of the olive, the acquaintance with quality olive oil and its uses, the factors that affect its quality, the principles of cultivation, oil extraction and storage, the organoleptic evaluation and of course the important condition of its connection with gastronomy as well as restaurants# olive oil bars.In a wonderful, traditional, island-style organic garden with flowering fruit trees and local vegetables, visitors design their own experience, activating all the senses.
An original gastronomic “tour” in Santorini with the olive heritage and extra virgin olive oil as the ultimate star. The Olive Oil Experience Santorini sets olive oil gastronomy in the foreground by creating the most experiential table for its guests.
Combined with the interactive olive oil tasting, every visitor gains the opportunity to become familiar with special local products from Santorini and the surrounding areas which are launched through the creative recipes. Each recipe that orchestrates a dish is combined with the appropriate olive oil label which each time promotes and appoints a different variety of olive as well as a different local producer. A genuine “cakewalk” of flavor and scents through which you first explore and then discover.
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