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RURAL COMMUNITY

Live the authentic peasant experience of harvesting and pressing olives

DATE

October / November

DURATION

3 hours

LANGUAGES

English / Italian

PRICE x PERSON

55€

INTRO

Live the authentic peasant experience of harvesting and pressing olives. Discover the traditional process of producing extra virgin olive oil with an excursion to the Badolato countryside where farmers and farm owners produce extra virgin olive oil
  • Experience of harvesting olives by hand and with mechanical means
  • Typical peasant lunch with tasting with active participation in the organization and implementation of the convivial moment
  • Traditional recipes workshop: learning to make “allivi rutti” and “allivi ‘e giarra” with Mrs. Sisina, a local woman, among history, traditions, dialect and taste.
  • Tasting-sensory-olfactory visit to the oil mill, explanation of the olive pressing process with the guided accompaniment of the oil mill operator, oil tasting with explanation and final gift of a culinary souvenir
  • Traditional recipes workshop: learning to make “allivi rutti” and “allivi ‘e giarra” with Mrs. Sisina, a local woman, among history, traditions, dialect and taste.
  • Tasting-sensory-olfactory visit to the oil mill, explanation of the olive pressing process with the guided accompaniment of the oil mill operator, oil tasting with explanation and final gift of a culinary souvenir

Guests will meet, in the countryside of Badolato, farmers and owners of agricultural companies (from the countryside to the oil mill) that produce extra virgin olive oil, to discover the traditional and authentic harvesting and pressing of olives with the following program: welcome and introductory greetings , narrating and regenerating walk in the olive grove among monumental historic trees and young plants, hugging the trees, relational meeting with farmers and workers, experience of harvesting olives by hand and with mechanical means, immersive listening on the various harvesting methodologies etc., typical farmer aperitif in the olive grove, olive harvesting for typical traditional recipes.Relaxation break, typical lunch with tasting with active participation in the organization and realization of the convivial moment.

Traditional recipes workshop: learning to make “allivi rutti” and “allivi ‘e giarra” with Mrs. Sisina, a local woman, among history, traditions, dialect and taste. At the end, a sensorial visit to the oil mill, explanation of the process of pressing the olives through the guided accompaniment of the oil mill operator, tasting of the oil with tasting-sensory-olfactory explanation etc., final meeting with the elderly owner of the oil mill with a final gift of a culinary souvenir (for each guest, a small bottle of extra-virgin olive oil and group photo).

Dove: Badolato (CZ) / Aziende Agricole locali ubicate nel territorio comunale

This experience respects anti-COVID-19 safety protocols.

MEETING POINT

Via Nazionale, 52/54, Badolato CZ, Italy

GALLERY

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