How is olive oil made

It’s not an exaggeration to say that olive oil is one of the foundational building blocks of cooking. Oil of some kind is crucial for many cooking processes, and olive oil is one of the most popular in the world.

It’s light, it’s relatively low in calories compared to some other oils, and of course, it’s delicious. Yet one thing you definitely can’t say about olive oil is that it tastes like olives—to many this is probably a relief, olives being such a controversial food and all.

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But while we may enjoy it as a component of countless recipes or as a tasty thing to dip for bread at an Italian restaurant, what do you really know about olive oil? Let’s dip in. 

How is olive oil made?

In essence, you smoosh olives to extract the oil.

And that, my friends, is how olive oil is made! 

Okay, to get a little more technical, the first step to make olive oil is to harvest the olives, and then clean them. After that, olive oil makers grind the olive fruit into a paste.

Then, the paste is put in a trough with a mixer in it known as a malaxer. As Oliveoil.com explains, “This mac

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