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By Caroline Conran

Published 2012

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This variety looks a bit like an acorn, hence the name (the French for acorn is gland). Picked while still green, at the end of November, the Aglandau makes a green-tinted olive oil with a flavour of apples or newly mown hay. It is elegant, excellent for salads, endives, asparagus and artichokes.