Olive Oil Producers in the Province of Savona

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top 1000Recipes from Paradise: Life and Food on the Italian Riviera
Recipes from Paradise

By Fred Plotkin

Published 1997

  • About
ANTICO FRANTOIO SOMMARIVA
  • Via G. Mameli 7
  • Albenga (SV)
  • tel 0182/559222 fax 0182/541143

It is possible to visit here during the season (typically mid-November to early February) to watch the oil being made. In addition to Taggia olive oil, other products include Limolive, a combination of ground olives and Ligurian lemons; Oliverde, olives crushed with Ligurian herbs; and Diavolino, olives crushed with hot red peppers. There are also whole olives in brine, homemade anchovy paste, artichokes and other vegetables packed in oil, formaggetta sott’olio (aged ricotta cheese packed in oil), pesto, and salsa di noci. Olive oil has been made at this spot for at least three hundred years.