How to Cure the Perfect Olives / Come curare le olive perfette / Cómo curar las aceitunas perfectas
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Curing olives in brine. I hope you enjoy this 10 minute how-to video where I explain the process of preserving olives at home.
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00:00 Introduction
01:06 Olives explainer & when to harvest
03:02 Pitting
04:21 Curing
07:18 Jarring
09:02 Pruning
09:23 The final product, 200+ jars of Olives!
Here's some more details:
First up collect jars!
Sliced Olives will take 6-7 weeks to cure with this method, pitted olives 3 weeks. Some people whack them with a hammer but I’ve not tried that method.
You are going to need lots of salt, so buy it in bulk! It’s best to cure olives in a sealable container to minimise air contact, a catering bucket with a lid or a straight sided home brew drum works well.
You will need a plate or bowl that snuggly fits inside your container to sit on top of the olives to keep them submersed.
Greens olives are more bitter and will take longer to cure than ripe (black) olives. It’s OK to mix them together in the same batch but you will need to continue curing until the green olives have lost their bitterness.
When the olives are picked keep them in water until they can be sliced/pitted, discard any with blemishes. Taste one before they are cured, this will give you some idea how bitter they are!
Slicing: Each olive needs a slice down one side to allow the brine to work its way in and break down the bitterness. Cut olives length ways to the pip with a small paring knife. Place sliced olives into a bucket of water until salt is added.
Pitting: If you have a pitting tool I recommend using it. It takes the same amount of time, the olives cure quicker and you fit more in each jar … win, win.
Brining: Once all sliced olives are in the bucket rinse and drain before re filling with tap water.
You don’t need to be too accurate here, 1½ cups of salt per bucket of olives is good.
[Note: the video graphic at 04:33 says "1.5 cups salt per 10 litres". This is not per bucket of water but per bucket of olives, enough water is poured in to cover the olives with enough room to submerge them with a plate.]
Fill with water and mix through well to dissolve the salt as it sinks to the bottom. Be sure there is enough liquid to cover and submerge the olives with a plate, bowl casserole lid or whatever you can sneak out of the kitchen without “Her In-doors” finding out. Put the plate on top of olives and submerge. If you have a lid for the bucket put in on … if not seal the top with a bin liner or bag to minimise contact with the air.
In the first week the brine needs to be changed 3 times as a foam will develop on top of the brine during malolactic fermentation. When draining the brine I recommend rinsing once before refilling and adding the next lot of salt. After the first week the brine will only need changing once a week … remember to rinse the olives when changing!
Pitted olives: at the end of 3 weeks taste, you will know if they are not right.
Sliced olives: test after 5 weeks. Keep going with the process until you are happy the bitterness is gone, this may be 6 or 7 weeks with sliced olives. As long as you keep changing the brine you can go as long as you like until you are ready to put them in jars.
Jars: Clean jars thoroughly in hot soapy water and rinse well.
When they are ready give your olives one last rinse just before placing into jars.
Mix a weak brine: ⅓ cup salt to 8 cups (2 litres) water … heat this in the microwave on high for 10 minutes. Line up all the jars and use a strainer to lift the olives out of the drum, then place in jars.
Per medium sized jar (300 ml): add ½ teaspoon dried herbs, 1 tablespoons white wine vinegar.
Pour heated brine into jars, top with extra virgin olive oil & seal lid. The warm solution should help seal the lids when it cools & contracts.
Thanks for watching .... preserve your olives today!
Пікірлер: 652
This is a perfect example of youtube at its best. A great recipe delivered in a beautifully produced video. I followed everything to the letter. Now I have many jars of fabulous infused olives to enjoy and gift. Thank you so much!!
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words, I feel warm & fuzzy inside! I’m very glad your olives have turned out so well.
@justpeace1156
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video....you've made it so easy to understand. What's the shelf life of the olives from that point and what's the best way to store them? Thanks again. 😊
@susananderson5061
2 жыл бұрын
Agree great production Trying it now Thanks so much
@konoeyoshito6105
Жыл бұрын
i agree fully ,i'm doing my own olives right now following the guide everything is so simple and clear. thanks
@kaimachineschannel
Жыл бұрын
Only one thing better than a farmer and that's the engineers that come up with the ideas for these machines
as a man from Tunisia, olives and olive oil are things in the genes since Carthage till today a heritage of 3000 years. I never imagine a meal cooked in an oil other than olive oil .I daily dip bread in olive oil with harissa or with white cheese . As a family of 3 we use nearly 6 liter of olive oil per month ..half of it me dipping the bread with olive oil ...
I come here every year or two to get a refresher course.
I like this no nonsense no rambling to the point information.well done with the olives, this is my reference video.Thank you
Great! Educational. One very important factor is that to actually have olives ripening, you have to live where the climate is warm/sunny enough for the olive fruits to develop and ripen. Otherwise you may get an olive tree to survive, but it will be just decorative. Also ... Different olive varieties are +/- suited to different climate and conditions e.g. Kalamata are from Greece (adapted to warmer climate) and Arbequina from North East of Spain (adapter to milder climate) so they "behave" differently (also taste different).
For decades we cured our olives with lye but the last few years they just haven't done well and we just gave up. Your video has given me hope and I'm looking forward to next fall's harvest. Thank you.
I have been trialing olives for yrs.. And this is the best method I have seen. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. I have a bunch I'm bringing at the moment can't wait to give your way ago.
Have to agree with all the other comments here. This is the best olive video I’ve seen. Last year was my first year I actually managed to eat some of my olives without spitting them out. I feel this year with this video I understand it better and will be an olive pro. Thank you
I have 8 mature olive trees, so the capacity to produce a lot of olives, though it's been a few years since I did anything with them, so this video was a great reminder of how to do it right. Didn't get many olives this time around, but appropriate pruning will sort that for next season. BTW, I still have olives stored in oil and herbs from over 10 years ago - tried a few the other day - extraordinary in every positive sense. Thank you for this video - well done - enjoyable, and with all the right instructions and tips. David.
@scottimage1
Жыл бұрын
8 trees will keep you busy! Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked the video!
This is the best video I've found on curing olives! Thank you!
Typical high end production from Steve whilst being informative and interesting.Well done!
I had the pleasure of tasting these very olives in Scotty’s chilli and garlic flavour and they were easily the best I’ve had. Scotty has perfected his craft, this method is a winner!!
Superb production - both the video and the olives.
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
12 trees in my back yard . Gee I'm gunna be a busy boy for a while .. great info and definitely deserves a sub . Thank you
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Wow 12 trees, let me know how it goes. All the best.
@lidijabirsa7768
3 жыл бұрын
You're a lucky guy 👍😅Good luck!
I tried the red wine and garlic olives. They are the best olives I’ve ever had. Highly recommend.
Followed this method exactly and they turned out better than I expected, everyone like the way olives tasted, all that labour was well worth it,thanks for uploading this method on KZread it was a great help.
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
I’m very happy it worked out so well for you. Enjoy!
I've been watching olive curing videos this morning as we are blessed with one olive tree that is dropping its fruit, and came across this beautiful video with all the extras. It was a pleasure to watch and most informative and complete, and now I am finished watching anymore olive curing videos. I am taking notes from your notes. Many thanks!!!!
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lovely feedback. No need for notes it’s all in the description, just copy & paste.
This is a really good video. Instructive, both from the script and the visual aspect. And quite entertaining
I cured olives at my house for the first time & it's a great success! Thanks for the easy, foolproof video that produces great results!
@scottimage1
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure, I'm glad they have turned out so well. Enjoy!
Thank you. One of the best video on making cured olives. I miss Sicily. My first time making cured olives with my Sicilian friend. There are so many olive trees there that people don't even pick them off the tree and left to fall and go to waste. We went on a journey and saved some and made the best homemade olives ever. You brought back these special memories. Canada 🇨🇦 unfortunately is too cold for olive trees. Thank you again.
This is so cool!! It makes me want to grow an olive tree!!
Inspiring video bro! This year was my first season curing Olives and it went perfectly! Using only this video as a guide I have wild harvested from 4 different trees, including one tree at the playground I take my toddler. She loves olives so much I decided to produce my own, the irony is she will only eat the store brought olives! 🙄 Oh well, more for me! 😅
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, I’m glad it went so well. Your toddler will come round to the good olives!
Great heartfelt homecookin knowledge here. You have passed this tradition on to many by sharing your success. Thank you
@scottimage1
8 ай бұрын
My pleasure, thanks for your feedback & enjoy the olives!
Great video - great inspiration and motivation
Wow. Amazing presentation, production and information! Was searching for olive related vids stumbled across this. Was really heartening to hear a fellow Aussie 🇦🇺 voice greet me! Homemade olives remind me of growing up with my Greek 🇬🇷friends in Melbourne. Great memories with good people eating amazing food. Fantastic stuff mate. Thanks for the video and the surprise bout of nostalgia, Scott 👌
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the feedback, thank you.
Wow!! Heathy olives. Thank you for sharing.
The best Olive cureing video out there. Thank you!
Love this I purchased my first olive tree recently 🎉
Love this Scotty, well made. Can't wait for the next one :)
Very good video, many thanks. If anyone needs any olives we have many hundres of kilos as olives trees grow like weeds here. 😅
Best video I've seen on olive curing! Thank you
Love your work Scotty cannot wait to try this!
We were lucky enough to taste the finished product from the master himself and we believe Steve's method and recipe has produced one of the best olives 🫒 we have ever tasted..... wow wow wow
We used Steve's method last year and I was a bit nervous as it was my first time bottling olives. We followed the directions exactly and received so many rave reviews and amazed looks from friends and family that we are back this year to rewatch the video so we can refresh our memories and repeat the exact same process. I'm not even looking at any other way of curing olives as this method works so well I don't want to change. Thank you Steve for taking the time to share your experience. It is most appreciated.
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your lovely feedback, I’m very happy you’ve had such success!
One of the more beautiful experiences life has given me was working for farmers in a Cretian Village. Harvesting olives in the hill's and citrus fruits in the valley. Dipping bread into the actual first pressing at the local olive oil factory is such a clear memory 50 years later. I yearn to buy oil that delicious. Every house hold was proud of their own prepared olives and home made cheese.
@scottimage1
3 ай бұрын
My crop is so big this year I can barely look at another olive but once I’ve finished I will be ever so popular! It warms my heart to think my video took you back to such fond memories, thank you for your enchanting reflection. Good, wholesome food is a delight which can transport us to a meaningful place and time, yet be a constant if we keep it alive. Thank you for watching my video and sharing your story.
Complete and through explanation, no nonsense... Thank you.
Thanks for a great demo on picking and preserving olives.
Great vid thank you I will now pick some olives here in the south island nz
Awesome videography Scott! And wonderful commentary!
Thank you!! So straightforward it really encourages me to have a go!
Fantastic video, thanks for taking the time to make this !!!
You made it into and art !!! So much love and passion. Sell me a few jars if you live in Perth 😃
First time here preserving olives. Thank you for passing on knowledge 🙏
Having tried these olives I can vouch for the results, delicious!
Thank you! My favorite parts- when you spit the 'not ready yet' olives out! Great video!
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Ha! It’s what I do best.
Great presentation...Well done !!!👌👍👍
Top job Steve - mouth watering!! - Bruce
Nicely produced video. Thank you!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing, can't wait to try this on my olives.
Thanks for very easy to follow instructions- looking forward to putting into action in next small harvest👌and sharing with others😊
Nice video. I think I need to adjust what I’ve done. Really appreciate the time you took
Loved this can’t wait to try
Absolutely brilliant practical advice. Method very similar to traditional home method used by Greek families from olive growing areas in the Peloponnese. Scrumptious result. Thanx 😁❣️❣️
Love this! So easy to understand & follow your instructions… will be giving it a go this year.
This video was perfection! Thanks Outstanding olive Scott. Even had the lady taste test the bitter fresh olives … she’s a keeper
@scottimage1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it.
An entertaining and very informative video. Excellent Thanks
Thank you , looks fantastic!!
Very nicely done! Thank you.
Amazing video! Love it!
Thank you so much for this! Can't wait to do this with our two trees!
Brilliant. Thank you. Will do this next season.
Thankyou very much that was very helpful. It's great seeing the video as you get to see and hear exactly how you do them. 🎉🎉😊😊
Every thing explained .. awesome
This guy is Amazing!!!!! Soooo easy to understand and what awesome table Olives he's produced.
@scottimage1
4 ай бұрын
Many thanks for you kind feedback.
Brilliant! And so informative! Thank you
Thank you for this very informative video. I'm very new to the whole olive curing. Three years ago my neighbor gave an Arbequina Olive tree and today I noticed the tree is loaded with olives🫒 They won't be ready till October/November, but I'll be ready when it's time to cure them. I live in New Orleans, Louisiana.
@scottimage1
4 ай бұрын
Start collecting jars! All the best with it.
Fantastic video. I am inspired to go and try your method. My olive tree is 14 years old, every year it is heavy with olives which we have just let go to waste as I have read recipes and given up on curing because it sounded to hard. I know what I am going to be doing this Easter. Thanks.
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
I’m very happy this has been an inspiration for you, let me know how it goes.
Great production!
Great lesson, thanks!
Thank you, just got my first harvest so will follow these steps. Very well explained !
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I hope yours turn out well.
Thank you very much for this. Very informative
Finally found this gold after hours of searching Cheers
Well Done 👍🏻 quite informative video. Thank You So Much for sharing🙏🏻💜
finally! a straightforward well done tutorial!! thankyou sir!
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, enjoy!
Only one thing better than a farmer and that's the engineers that come up with the ideas for these machines
Very CINEMATIC vid !!!
amazing quality of this video.
such a useful video - thank you !
Great video, congratulations! Very informative without being too sophisticated, just right for the amateur enthusiasts. Nice filming too! Thanks! 👍
@scottimage1
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure & thanks for the feedback, I hope you find it helpful.
Great job...with everything!! Thanks for taking the effort to make this great video.
@scottimage1
Жыл бұрын
Cheers, I hope it helps. Enjoy!
I've been following your recipe for months now and it is amazing.
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I’m glad it’s working for you. Enjoy your olives!
Terrific video! Thanks for sharing, hard not to like the way you're doing it.
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
So glad you you liked it, enjoy your olives!
this is just beautiful and genuinely done thank you
@scottimage1
3 жыл бұрын
Kind of you to say, enjoy your olives!
Thanks for sharing your experiences and successes!
A great video, Thankyou. We are south east of Melbourne and have 2 young olive trees that I just got 1 jars worth of olives to try and cure. Great tip about pruning the Olive tree too after picking.
Excellent, very informative.
Very nice & informative, thankyou so much!
Beautiful video!
in Greece we put them in water for 40 days to remove the bitterness and then in brine for 60 days , but i will try your method too.
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
I hope they turn out well.
This is a great recipe, quick, easy and tasty. Thank you 😊
@scottimage1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found it helpful.
Excellent video!
Excellent, thank you.
Loved that video ❤️
Great photography! Very well done instructional video!
@scottimage1
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it, thank you.
Best video thanks so much!!!!
Super helpful! Thanks!
Awesome video. Thanks!
Thank you so much for doing this video.
Great video, great job
Great presentation.