Molino de La Paca is de perfecte plek om de kunst van het maken van hoogwaardige olijfolie te ontdekken. Achter elke druppel gaat een eeuwenlange traditie schuil. En in elk detail voel je de band tussen de lokale producenten en hun olijfbomen, die van generatie op generatie is doorgegeven.
De excursie begint met een wandeling door de olijfgaarden rondom de molen. Je komt hierbij meer te weten over de verzorging en teelt van de olijfboom en waarom deze vruchtbare grond enkele van de beste olijfolies van de regio voortbrengt.
Terwijl je je verdiept in het culturele en sociale belang van de olijventeelt in Zuid-Spanje, geniet je in de schaduw van de olijfbomen van vers sinaasappelsap uit de Guadalhorce vallei en een selectie rijpe olijven.
Daarna ga je naar het hart van Molino de La Paca waar je ontdekt hoe elke olijf wordt omgezet in extra vierge olijfolie van hoge kwaliteit, van het persen tot de extractie.
Vervolgens proef je twee soorten olijfolie en leer je de smaken en aroma's te onderscheiden die elke soort uniek maken — en waarom, in tegenstelling tot wijn, de smaak niet beter wordt naarmate de olie ouder wordt. Het is een uitstekende kans om smaken te vergelijken en te leren hoe je de kwaliteit en versheid van een echt goede olijfolie herkent.
De dag wordt afgesloten met een kookdemonstratie waarbij je leert hoe je porra antequera maakt, een geliefde traditionele soep waarin olijfolie de hoofdrol speelt. Natuurlijk proef je wat van deze lokale specialiteit. En je ontdekt waarom dit gouden ingrediënt van het mediterrane dieet en de mediterrane cultuur zo belangrijk is voor een gezond en lang leven.
Nat Geo Day Tour: Andalusische olijfolie, van boomgaard tot tafel
- Duik in het levende erfgoed van de olijfboom en de mensen van Zuid-Spanje tijdens deze National Geographic Day Tour
- Geniet van een proeverij van hoogwaardige olijfolie bij Molino de La Paca, een familiebedrijf waar traditie en expertise al generaties lang worden doorgegeven
- Wandel tussen de olijfbomen rond Molino de La Paca en kom meer te weten over de teeltcyclus van de olijfboom en waarom deze streek zo geschikt is voor de productie van de beste olijfolies van de regio
- Proef verse sinaasappelsap uit de Guadalhorce vallei en olijven terwijl je praat over het culturele en sociale belang van de olijventeelt in Zuid-Spanje
- Leer hoe je porra antequerana maakt, een geliefd Andalusisch gerecht en ontdek waarom olijfolie zo goed is voor een gezond en lang leven
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