GIFTING 2013-14
Welcome
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mazingly, it’s 21 years since Annie and I sold everything we owned, bought two motorbikes and spent a year travelling around the Med, Levant and North Africa. We got back to Britain, flat broke, and ended up in a bedsit in Southampton. And that’s where the very first Olives Et Al jars and bottles were born from recipes and techniques we came across on the journey. The bite of the oils in Spain, the spice of the olives in Sicily, the earthiness of Greece and the warmth of the welcome in the Middle East are the elements we’ve tried to capture ever since. o, this is a small collection of the things we like to give and the things we think you’d like to give as well - you can find everything we do on the website and I really do hope you drop in there sometime soon. It’s a little different to most – a bit wordy but then words are part of our stock in trade and it’s difficult to tell a decent story without using a few juicy ones. Now, if you’re on the receiving end then perhaps you might spot something you’d like to be given in which case wave this under your nearest and dearest’s nose and drop a large hint.
n any event, hope you like the look and feel of what we’ve been up to and enjoy what you find at www. olivesetal.co.uk. If you’re still reading then thanks and, just for fun, check out the cloud bunny in the picture to the left. Spotted it on the road between Montefrio and Algarinejo, Andalucia during the Full Moon Harvest this year and, like every other picture we use, it’s one of ours from one travel or another and I just hope they provide you with a sense of what inspires us. ou’ll find loads more on the website, in fact, it’s littered with them and we’d like you to share some of yours, too. Drop in and you’ll see what we mean. All the best and let us know what you think
Giles & Annie Founders us@olivesetal.co.uk
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Spot the rabbit in the sky. Or is it a hare?
Us two somewhere in Morocco. Annie still has the trousers. In fact she wears them, mostly.
Middle East & North Africa
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very tight, carefully sourced and created range of top notch, hard to find and sought after ingredients from the Middle east and North Africa. All personally sourced by us or created from authentic recipes.
SUMAC
Rarely found but widely used in Middle East and North African dishes: Authentic and 100% pure Sumac sourced directly by us from the West Bank. Very sharp, lemony tang with incredible depth. Try with chicken, seafood or salads. Real. SM65 65g Jar £4.50
DUKKAH
Based on an Egyptian recipe and a real hero food - wonderfully versatile - dip it, rub it or scatter it: Toasted Nuts, Seeds and spices. Rub over meat, scatter on roasted vegetables or dip with bread and oil. Aromatic and powerful. MD10 90g Jar £4
CORIANDER & RED CHILLI PESTO (ZHOUG)
GRAPE MOLASSES
Move over Pomegranate - this is where it’s at: Reduced down from nothing but grapes: Syrupy, sweet, rich and deep: mix with olive oil for a dip, add to yoghurt with fruit, salad dressings, roasted veg. A little goes a long way. GM25 250ml Bottle £8
PRESERVED LEMONS
Proper lemons, properly preserved in salt. Adds a huge lemon kick to all manner of dishes. Salty, sweet and sharp. Rinse well and use whole with roast chicken, chopped finely in a salad or quartered in a casserole. Wonderful. PL40 400g Jar £6
RED CHILLI HARISSA
Based on Zhoug - a fiery sauce from the Yemen that’s big in Israel, too. We’ve toned ours down a tad but it’s still a hot and spicy sauce. Ideal with couscous, tagines, chicken and makes a great dip and marinade stirred into yoghurt. CC13 130g Jar £4
Staple ingredient for lots of North African and Middle East dishes. Add to yoghurt and use to marinade chicken, stir into rice or couscous and tagines. Mix a little Harissa with chopped Preserved Lemons to make a paste and use to flavour meat or roasted veg. HA18 180g Jar £4
Find more recipes on the website. Try the Eastern Hat Box on Page 5: all the above as a great gift for a keen cook who fancies dabbling in the East...
more recipes at www.olivesetal.co.uk
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Proper Hampers
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ith buckles and everything: Three thoroughly decent selections of proper hampers to delight those who love the happy creak of wicker and cheery guffaws about wicker knickers which, in my opinion and experience are both impractical and slightly breezy.
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y advice is not to try them at home - there are plenty of establishments where you can try them in the privacy of someone else’s home. Far safer. At least with these you get a very fine hamper to keep stuff in afterwards (great for hats, shoes, dressing up gear and so on).
HAMPER No: 1
What’s in it? Rosemary & Garlic Olives, Basil & Garlic Olives, Jalapeno Stuffed Olives, Smoky Chilli Nuts & Seeds, Habas Fritas, Chilli Puffs, Tomato and Red Pepper Pesto, Raspberry & Mint Dressing, Pink Mojo Dressing HM1 Hamper No: 1 £40
HAMPER No: 2
What’s in it? Beetroot & Thyme Dressing, Pink Mojo Dressing, Rosemary & Chilli Nuts & Seeds, Basil & Garlic Olives, Chilli & Garlic Olives, Tapenade Marocaine, Sesame Reganas, Chilli Puffs, Habas Mojadas, Olives Et Al Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Chilli Billy Jelly and a tub of Posh Pricks... HM2 Hamper No: 2 £50
HAMPER No: 3
What’s in it? Clamp jar of Chilli & Garlic Olives, Clamp jar of Basil & Garlic Olives, Rosemary & Garlic Olives, Garlic Stuffed Olives, Rosemary & Chilli Nuts & Seeds, Tomato and Red Pepper Pesto, Pink Mojo Dressing, Beetroot & Thyme Dressing, Tapenade Provencal, Habas Fritas, Chilli Puffs and a tub of Posh Pricks... HM3 Hamper No: 3 £60
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see them all at www.olivesetal.co.uk
Hat Boxes
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ur rather fine Olives Et Al hat boxes all filled with various selections of things loosely themed around some sort of loose theme. It’s all very relaxed. Do check The Eastern - great gift for a keen cook eager to experiment.
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ven better: you get a nice box to store all your knick knacks in afterwards. And what could be better than a decent knick knack box?
THE NIGHT IN
Things to munch on that evening à deux : Rosemary & Garlic Olives, Herbed & Pitted Olives, Rosemary & Chilli Nuts and Seeds, Habas Fritas, Chilli Puffs and a tub of Posh Pricks (To help you get stuck in to things). Nice. HBNT The Night In £20
More nuts than you can shake a large stick at. Why would you do that?
THE OLIVE LOVER
For olive lovers, clearly. Heart shaped olive wood Olive Dish, Rosemary & Garlic Olives, Cumin & Coriander Olives, Lemon & Coriander Olives, Garlic Stuffed Olives, Posh Pricks and a bottle of Olives Et Al Extra Virgin Olive Oil. HBOL The Olive Lover £35
THE PARTY
Party fodder par excellence: Harissa Almonds, Jalapeño Stuffed Olives, Coriander & Chilli Olives, Smoky Chilli Nuts, Tomato & Red Pepper Pesto, Sesame Regañas, Habas Mojado, Sesame Peanuts, Habas Fritas and Posh Pricks. HBPN The Party £30
THE COOKS BOX
For the one you love to chain to the aga/hob/sink or hostess: Basil & Pine Nut Pesto, Rosemary & Garlic Olives, Dukkah, Tapenade Marocaine, Pink Mojo Dressing, Chilli & Ginger Dressing, Olives Et Al Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Red Chilli Harissa. HBCK The Cooks Box £35
THE EASTERN
Everything for an authentic Middle East feast: Sumac, Grape Mollasses, Preserved Lemons, Coriander & Red Chilli Pesto, Red Chilli Harissa and Dukkah. All the ingredients needed for a spot of Eastern promise. Habibi. HBEA The Eastern £30
you can order online at www.olivesetal.co.uk
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Clamps & Kilners
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all them what you will - Kilners or Clamp Tops - either way they make wonderful gifts and are just simply the most practical storage jars to boot.
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his year we’ve selected five of my favourite olive recipes plus we’ve added three very fine snacks including my personal favourite: Cajun Nuts - a soft roast nut that even those with the bendiest of teeth should enjoy...
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mportant Note: The jars are sealed with a vacuum and unless you pull the orange tab to the left of the clamp you won’t get them open. So: to open - pull the orange tab firmly to release the vacuum. After that it’s childs play. Have fun.
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see a few more recipes at www.olivesetal.co.uk
ROSEMARY & GARLIC OLIVES
Sunshine: A real bright and sunny favourite that’s been on the menu since the very start: a recipe of mixed olives with rosemary, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes. SU79 800g Kilner Jar £12
CHILLI & GARLIC OLIVES
Classic: Another one of our original recipes discovered in Ragusa - this is a proper Sicilian style of mixed olives with chilli, garlic and black pepper. Suitably Godfather-ish. CL79 800g Kilner Jar £12
BASIL & GARLIC OLIVES
LEMON & CORIANDER OLIVES
Verde: A Spanish style breakfast olive that’s great any time of day: Green olives in lemon infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil with coriander and garlic. Zesty and fresh. Like Annie. VE79 800g Kilner Jar £12
CUMIN & CORIANDER OLIVES
Moorish: Still my personal favourite - a Moroccan recipe of Kalamata olives with cumin, coriander and cardamom. Absolute perfect partner for red wine. Then, so am I. MO79 800g Kilner Jar £12
Pistou: Nice and simple French recipe of green olives with fresh basil and garlic. Great with a glass or two of a nice chilled white and a light pasta lunch. PS79 800g Kilner Jar £12
CAJUN SPICED NUTS
Peanuts, Almonds and Cashews all freshly kiln roasted to a Cajun style recipe and technique. Soft roast and mildly spiced. Ace with a cold something or other. NB45 450g Kilner Jar £10
SESAME PEANUTS
Crunchy and mildly spicy our Sesame Peanuts are great company for boisterous times, good friends, drinks and more besides. I leave the more up to you. Boisterous is enough. SP30 300g Kilner Jar £9
CHILLI PUFFS
Another one of our LapSnacks but in a decently large jar: Nicely puffed rice spiced with chilli - ever so good to munch on with friends or just eat all on your lonesome. Sofa so good. CP21 210g Kilner Jar £9
full selection online at www.olivesetal.co.uk
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NEAT & DIRTY olives
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nother roaringly good invention of ours: the world’s first ever olives steeped in infused and 100% neat alcohol. Boy, oh boy - are these good.
eep them in your freezer and dirty up classic cocktails by adding a spoonful of the liquor. Serve the olives on a bed of crushed ice and eat as icy cold as you can bear.
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lease eat responsibly as these really are the world’s first genuinely and properly boozed up olives.
hatever you do - just make sure you serve them after chilling them thoroughly. You wouldn’t want a warm cocktail, would you? No. So don’t serve a warm NEAT & DIRTY Olive. I thank you.
LEMON GIN OLIVES
Nocellara Olives preserved in botanically infused lemon gin. Perfect served on crushed ice or straight from the freezer. NDGLO 165g Jar Lemon Gin Olives £10
ORANGE GIN OLIVES
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Annie’s favourite Spanish Urn. My favourite is Spanish Juanita.
Nocellara Olives preserved in botanically infused orange gin. Take a spoon of the gin and add to a Gin and Tonic. Lovely. NDOGO 165g Jar Orange Gin Olives £10
LEMON VODKA OLIVES
Nocellara Olives preserved in botanically infused Lemon Vodka - makes simply the best Dirty Martini. Amazeballs. NDLVO 165g Jar Lemon Vodka Olives £10
NEAT & DIRTY THREESOME
Couldn’t resist. One jar each of the above all wrapped up with a NEAT & DIRTY Martini Recipe Card. Perfect for getting in a good book or two, or three. NDT 3 x Jars N&D Olives £30
order me about at www.olivesetal.co.uk
Gift Boxes THE BIG DUO GIFT BOX
Two very nice jars of olives, stuffed olives or nuts gathered together in a very natty and rather stylish outer. Choose From:
THE BIG TRIO GIFT BOX
Three decently chunky jars proudly jostling for attention with each other in another very natty and stylish box. Choose From:
THE MINI TRIO GIFT BOX
Guess what? Three slightly smaller jars nudging along together in a smaller but equally natty and stylish box. Choose From:
Olive Lover
Olive Lover
Olive Lover
Stuff Lover
Stoned Lover
Food Lover
Nut Lover
Nut Lover
Nut Lover
Two jars of our most popular olives rubbing along nicely with each other: Rosemary & Garlic + Lemon & Coriander olives ZGP01 2 x Jars £9 A couple of my personal favourite stuffed olives - jolly good: Jalapeno stuffed + Garlic Stuffed olives ZGP13 2 x Jars £9 A brace of nuts in a jar. Warm and smoky. Much like my singing: Chilli Harissa Almonds + Smoky Chilli Nuts ZGP03 2 x Jars £11
Three jars of our favourite olives: Rosemary & Garlic, Basil & Garlic + Cumin & Coriander olives ZGP08 3 x Jars £12 Three jars of pitted olives: Pitted Kalamata, Herbed & Pitted + Pitted Amphissa olives ZGP07 3 x Jars £12 Three jars of our favourite nuts: Rosemary & Chilli Nuts and Seeds, Chilli Harissa Almonds + Smoky Chilli Nuts. ZGP09 3 x Jars £12
Three smaller sized olives: Rosemary & Garlic, Basil & Garlic + Cumin & Coriander olives ZGP05 3 x Jars £10 For the budding chef: Chilli Harissa Sauce, Chilli Billy Jelly + Dukkah Rub ZGP12 3 x Jars £10 Rosemary & Chilli Nuts and Seeds, Harissa Almonds + Cajun Spiced Nuts ZGP06 3 x Jars £10
see them all at www.olivesetal.co.uk
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Olive Wood
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live would what? Sounds intriguing. Anyhow, All of our Olive Wood things are still hewn from ancient Tunisian olive trees by ancient Tunisians in deepest Tunisia. Each piece is slightly different which makes them even better. They’re easy to care for, pleasant to use and make a great gift. To bring out the grain and make them shine just rub in a little olive oil - makes your hands soft, too. What a bonus. Shiny wood and soft hands.
OLIVE PESTLE & MORTAR
Chunky, practical and very good for pestling and mortaring whatever comes to hand or needs a good pounding every now and again. Just wipe with a little olive oil after use. HWT04 Pestle & Mortar £30
OLIVE CHOPPING BOARD
Large olive wood boards approx 40cm long - no two are quite the same. Great for chopping on and I promise you’ll never get bored with it... HWT471 Chopping Board £45
HEART SHAPED DISH
If your heart really is this shape then you should worry a bit. Anyway, this little dishy is perfect for olives and whatnots. Why not get one each for a his and hers whatnot depository. HWT01 Olive Wood Dish £15
SALAD SERVERS
We all know what these are for and these do it in a very olivey sort of a way. Come as a pair - one spoony one, one forky one. Lovely for when things need either spooning or forking. HWT05 Pair of Servers £10
COASTERS
Personally, I think it’s time the humble coaster made a comeback. These are perfect for the odd Dirty Martini and the old keys in a bowl game. Perfect. HWT805 Set of 6 Coasters £20
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Small Print: Ladle pictured no longer available but we thought it made the picture look balanced. In hindsight we should have left it out but then we wouldn’t have had anything to type here so we left it in to give you something to read. Yodel on, little old ladle.
see all of me at www.olivesetal.co.uk
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ORDERING
The brochure shows only a handful of everything we have - for the full selection please do visit the website. To order anything in the brochure either order online or choose any of the methods below... WEB:
www.olivesetal.co.uk
EMAIL: hello@olivesetal.co.uk POST:
Jot down what you’d like and send it to: Olives Et Al, North Dorset Business Park, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 2GA
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01258 474301
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Olives Et Al Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 2GA hello@olivesetal.co.uk 01258 474300 www.olivesetal.co.uk
Olivey Bubble and Squeak Find the full recipe and loads more on the website...
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Olives Et Al
Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 2GA hello@olivesetal.co.uk 01258 474300 www.olivesetal.co.uk
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