Black olives
Name Variations[]
- ripe olives
- aleppo olive
- alphonso olive
- amphissa olive
- black cerignola
- gaeta olive
- black Greek olive
- kalamata olive
- Kura olive
- ligurian olive
- lugano olive
- moroccan dry-cured olive
- niçoise olive
- nyons olive
- ponentine olive
- royal olive
About Black olives[]
Wikipedia Article About Black Olives on Wikipedia
Black olives are the ripe, small fruits of trees that are native to Mediterranean Europe. Ripe black olives such as French Niçoise, Greek Kalamata, or Italian Gaeta varieties are cured in salt, seasonings, brines, vinegars, and oils and have a pungent flavor. Moroccan olives are ripe fruits that have first been dried in the sun, then packed in oil. Large pitted black olives are available canned. Cured black olives are sold by the pound and in bottles or cans.