Oil, and paste in the kitchen... ’s Protected Designations of Origin OIL, OLIVE, OLIVE PASTE olives and extend on a terroir of 99 villages, in slopes PDO Nice Olive Ideal for aperitifs, the Nice olive is an and hills, from Grasse indispensable ingredient in the composition and Nice olive oil to Menton, from sea to of many Nice and Mediterranean culinary specialities. From the stockfish through to the mountain. Nice specialities Pissaladière and the Niçoise Alpes-Maritimes Salad, the Nice olive will add a touch of authenticity to your south Mediterranean dishes. Nice olive paste is simply enjoyable on a good piece of bread as an aperitif, with raw An olive between sea vegetables, or in dishes cooked with fish, game and mountains or pasta.

Menton

Nice Grasse

You will recognize the products by the official acronym of the PDO, AOP in french.

Syndicat Interprofessionnel de l’Olive de Nice Box 58 MIN Fleurs 6 06296 NICE CEDEX 3 Tél. : 04 97 25 76 44 - Fax : 04 93 17 64 04 Email : [email protected] Website : www.olivedenice-aop.com Nice olive oil can be used cold as well as hot. Website : www.olivedenice-aop.com Huile It is unavoidable in the Pan Bagnat sandwich and matches salads, fish, poultry, fresh cheese, and even some desserts with delicate aromas. Demand a Protected 1 The Cailletier Designation of Origin! Variety Huile 2 Protected Designations of Origin

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The Nice olive is the fruit of the Cailletier olive tree variety. The PDO Nice olive matures slowly and naturally in a brine A specification From this fruit full of sun, olive of sea salt, without chemical treatment to remove bitterness. defines the producers develop virgin oli- Its aromas of candied fruits, “clafoutis” and its old wine and conditions of ve oil and table olives. Com- leather smells will surprise you. production and bining these development of two authentic The PDO Nice oli- products. products, they ve paste is obtained created a spe- only from the pulp ciality, the olive paste. of Nice’s PDO oli- ves, after at least Find the list of a six month sal- Nice’s PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) the olive growers t i n g process. olive oil comes from olives gathered from No- and mills for This creamy paste vember to April. Harvesting is traditionally olive oil and is blended with Ni- achieved by shaking the branches of the trees. table olives from ce’s PDO olive oil. Through a cold extraction process, this pure oil the Protected juice is extracted in mills identified within the de- Designations of This Nice speciality signated area. Origin (PDO) on has all the aromas Nice’s PDO olive oil is fruity and mature. It will the web : of its olives, and enchant you with its aromas of (green, the flavor and the fresh or dried ), broom flowers, raw ar- www.olivedenice- creamy taste of its tichoke, hay and pastries. aop.com oil.