It is possible to make good gourmet food from your home
kitchen using the right tools and correct ingredients. Definitely, the way
cooking is done matters, the most. If you are one among those who like to cook,
eat and also make others eat then surely you know the benefits of extra virgin olive oil. In case, you
watch cookery shows with full attention on the television then, you must have
learnt several recipes that advices the use of natural olive oil. In fact, fresholive oil is the most commonly used ingredients when it comes to Italian
food. Regular olive oil is used for daily cooking of common meals, while extra virgin olive oil is used in special salads and dips.
What’s The Need to Go Extra Virgin?
Olive fruits are processed in numerous ways to garner
diverse forms of oils. The name virgin comes from the fact that it is prepared
via natural cold oil extraction process. It is the traditional way of cold
pressing: The olives are put in between mat layers and thereafter a press
machine goes on top of it. It squeezes out olive juice from the olives. The
juice is allowed to drip out. The juice is subjected to the process of
centrifugation, in which solid particles and oil liquid is separated out. This
process is alike the one that takes place at cottage industries, where the
products is bottled right away. This process is not new, but has been into
practice for a few centuries now.
How will you understand if it is real extra virgin oil or not? There are a number of tests that you
can conduct. Nevertheless the easiest way by which you can probe the oil is via
its color. It has a light color. Its subtle flavor and aroma are other physical
characteristics. If you use this oil you will not see any spot of oil left
behind. It leaves a thick coating on the salad too.
The Healthy–Wealthy Oil
Who can dare to deny, that extra virgin olive
oil is the healthiest of all oils? It complements Italian food as it mirrors
their flavor and generally healthy ingredients. Olive oil is rich in
mono-unsaturated fats, which has the capability of reducing heart diseases. Owing
to the huge number of benefits, it is slightly costlier than normal oils. 
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