Pairing Suberito Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Good Food

Just like many foods, extra virgin olive oil presents different flavors depending on the foods it’s paired with.

To achieve a good pairing between oil and food, it’s essential to create harmony between the dominant flavors in your dish and the extra virgin olive oil you choose.

A simple tip for testing flavors:

We recommend preparing a simple meal consisting of grilled meat, boiled potatoes, blanched vegetables like beets and greens, fresh bread, and a variety of cheeses.

Then, serve the meal with a variety of olive oils that range in flavor from mature and fruity to pungent and herbaceous. This way, you can experiment on your own and see how flavors complement or detract from each other.

This is also an excellent way to begin recognizing and exploring the flavor attributes of extra virgin olive oil.

Tips for pairing Suberito Extra Virgin Olive Oil with food:

Oils with high levels of green fruitiness, bitterness, and pungency pair best with foods that balance these strong flavors.

We recommend pairing our Francigeno Oil with fatty foods like burrata or grilled meat, as they will enhance the flavors of green fruitiness and create harmony with the oil’s pungency.

Adding an oil with high bitterness and pungency to already bitter foods like dandelion greens or chicory can lead to unbalanced flavors, as it will further enhance this taste attribute. An oil with ripe fruit aromas, such as our Giulia Oil, can complement bitter vegetables by enhancing this complex flavor.