Picholine
Olea europaea 'Picholine' · Fruit
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Picholine is the classic French green table olive — slender, firm and almond-shaped, a smooth medium-green drupe with a small pointed tip. It is prized for its crisp, meaty flesh and a clean, briny, faintly nutty and anise-tinged flavour that stays bright and savoury rather than sweet, the quintessential apéritif olive of southern France.
Picking a good onedrag
Firm and glossy under a bright brineSlack and dull, the brine turned
SettledEveryday bestIt has dulled but stays dense. Use it in tapenade, pizza, roast chicken or braises.
The olivesA shade duller, skin still whole
Brine, jar or open tinSediment below, fruit still under
Squeeze one, once openGives a little, flesh still dense
Smell the open packSalty and sharp, a little vinegary
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What you get from one
100%
Edible part
2.7 g drained · USDA records no refuse
2.7 g
Weight each
each one