Dress up your regular salad with torn lettuce by drizzling some homemade tomato vinaigrette, made with good quality olive oil, on top.
Olive oil and garlic enhance the bright, sweet flavours of cherry tomatoes to serve on slices of crusty market-fresh baguette.
Extra-virgin olive oil adds a glossy sheen to this dipping sauce. It's also tasty with fried shrimp or grilled chicken.
Simple, clean-tasting fresh goat cheese, anointed with fragrant olive oil, is enlivened with hot pepper flakes, a favourite seasoning of sunny Sicily.
Celery root and truffle oil add exotic flavour to mashed potatoes. If you can't find truffle oil, use extra-virgin olive oil.
Asparagus develops a caramelized flavour on the barbecue, which is accented nicely by this citrusy, olive oil–based version of classic herb-infused béarnaise sauce.
A delicate sauce made with fresh tomatoes, olive oil, lemon and fragrant herbs lightly coats tender shrimp and penne in this perfect summer meal.
From the term bagno caldo, Italian for “hot bath,” bagna cauda is a traditional anchovy, garlic and extra-virgin olive oil–based dip for vegetables.
If you are not accustomed to eating leeks, this is a tasty introduction. Serve with cherry tomatoes lightly sautéed with minced garlic and olive oil.
One pillar of Cuban cuisine is sofrito — onion, green pepper and garlic sauteed in olive oil. Here it lays the flavour base for a dish appreciated everywhere in Cuba.
