Products    Blackpearl Olives Tapenade                                                     

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•      Uses and Storage
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•     Product Facts  
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•    Are all Olive Tapenades Equal ?                                                               

          Product Range

   

  Our tapenade is sold in the following containers :

 

         Party Jar (250g)                                       Baby Jar (30g)                                Picnic Jar (130g)

         24 jars per carton                               48 jars per carton                        24 jars per carton

                                                     

                            

                             

            

•       Also available in 1kg and 3kg jars, and plastic containers to the catering   
•       Please contact us with any product queries.

   

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   Uses and Storage

   Uses

• Distributed to retailers, the hospitality industry, gift businesses and caterers.
•  Used to make snacks, often with crackers, or as a savoury spread on bread, fresh or toasted.
• Extremely versatile as a condiment, for flavouring meat, fish, chicken, pasta or virtually any other dish, with black olive or Mediterranean tones.    

   Storage

• Store in a cool, dark place, out of direct sunlight.
• Refrigeration is not required either before or after use. When refrigerated, the olive oil in the tapenade will congeal. The tapenade will be restored to its normal state after an hour or two outside the fridge.
• The full flavour of the tapenade is best enjoyed at room temperature. Storage on the shelf allows the product to be used immediately.  

   Product Facts

 

 

 

 

• Each jar of BLACKPEARL OLIVES T A P E N A D E  bears the 'superior quality' seal as confirmation of our constant commitment to producing a tapenade of exceptional quality with consistency of flavour, colour, balance, and texture.    

 

 

 

                              

• Our products are marked with a 'best before' date indicating the optimum use window.                                           

 

 

•  BLACKPEARL OLIVES T A P E N A D E is a natural product and contains no preservatives, colourants or thickeners.

 

• This tapenade will not become mouldy after opening, and can be stored on the shelf, provided the lid is replaced after use. 

 

• Our products do not contain anchovies and are accordingly regarded as 'vegetarian'.

 

• Many olive-lovers have a high regard for BLACKPEARL OLIVES T A P E N A D E. 

 

• We select only the best olives and other ingredients to ensure consistent quality.

 

  Are All Olive Tapenades Equal ?

  

 

No. Connoisseurs will tell you that olive tapenade, like wine, varies greatly in taste, colour, texture and quality from one product to the next. The variations are caused mainly by differences in the olives (cultivar, ripeness and quality), the process followed, and the influence of the maker.

 

As with wine making, curing olives is a natural process managed by the maker. The resulting product bears the maker's imprint, to the extent that no two people who cure olives picked in the same orchard, will produce cured olives of the same flavour, colour, texture and quality. When tapenade is made, the process is extended after curing, and further variation is likely in the final product.

 

Needless to say, recipes that rely on a given quantity of  ' black ( or green ) olives' for tapenade to be made in the kitchen, cannot have a predictable result unless the same olives are used every time. The characteristics of the cured olives used, their flavour, texture, colour and quality, will be the main determinants of the nature and grade of the resultant tapenade. 

 

Our process has been standardised and we take great care to produce tapenade that is consistent, and of a superior quality. The benefit of having had the same maker since our inception in 2001, has contributed to our success in this regard, providing our loyal cusomers with tapenade consistently made to the high standard which they have come to expect from us.

 

A good wine cannot be made from poor grapes, and good olive tapenade  can similarly not be made with inferior olives. We select only the best Mission olives from the Paarl area of the Western Cape, cure them unhurriedly, and then take pride in making a superior olive tapenade, sought-after, and enjoyed by many olive lovers.

 

Be aware of  the varation between different products when tasting tapenade. Tastes  differ as well, so search for the jar with "your name on it." It's out there some- where, and there's a fair chance that it's BLACKPEARL OLIVES T A P E N A D E.