Olive harvest

olive harvest in Rovinj

Arrive in Rovinj in time to help friend with olive farm to start harvesting olives. It is a bit early, but one species of olive is being attacked by olive fly and in 7 days the fly will eat 1/4 of the fruit. So need to rush to harvest those olives first.

Olive harvest in Rovinj

 

The olives are pressed mechanically in a mill within the same day, to ensure no oxidation and that the oil is of top quality. Luckily still get 10.4% oil yield for the early harvest.

freshly pressed olive oil, still has the colour of chlorophyll

Excellent evening harvest meal, cooked by friend's mother, traditional meat and vegetable stew slow cooked in wood fire. 

traditional meat veg dish slow cooked in wood fire

traditional meat veg dish slow cooked in wood fire

traditional meat veg dish slow cooked in wood fire