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Beans are a dish that cannot be missing in our gastronomy because they allow us to prepare them in many different ways in many different dishes. This time we bring you a delicious recipe that is very appetizing this season. Ingredients Red kidney beans 250gr Half a large onion 1/2 units Garlic 4 units Red pepper 1 unit Fresh chorizo sausage 200gr Hot paprika 1 teaspoon Salt To taste Summum extra virgin olive oil To taste Preparation In first place, try to leave the beans to soak the day before, this will make it easier to cook them.The next morning, cook the beans together with the pepper, half an onion and garlic (You can use the pressure cooker as it works best for you). While the beans are cooking, we will take the chorizo with our hands and we will try to break it up until we get the texture…

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avocado and tomato tartare

This avocado and tomato tartare recipe is undoubtedly original and very easy to make, your guests will be very surprised by the flavor explosion of such a simple but delicious starter. The secret to do it is the cut of the tomato and avocado, as it must have total precision to get an excellent presentation when assembled. It can be done in layers that are very beautiful, or mixed, but that is up to personal taste. INGREDIENTS Ripe tomatoes 4 units Small red onion 1 unit Ripe avocados 2 units Lemon 1 unit Fresh coriander Ceramic Beneolive extra virgin olive oil Red wine vinegar Balsamic vinegar of Modena to decorate, by Señorío de Jaime Rosell Salt and ground black pepper PREPARATION Firstly we have to peel and cut the avocados into small cubes, and consequently we will sprinkle them with the lemon juice to prevent them from turning black. Subsequently…

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Cream of chanterelles

We will take advantage of this time to offer you a dish for this autumn season, we are in the perfect time for collecting mushrooms so it can help us to prepare this delicious dish, either as a first starter or directly as a main dish depending on the diners. We are going to make this cream with mushrooms since they are very easy to identify and collect this season, especially after the rains. INGREDIENTS One chopped and peeled potato 150gr garlic cloves 2 units mushrooms 500gr chicken broth 250 ml Liquid cream 250ml Pepper Pepper Salt Extra virgin olive oil PREPARATION Once we collect or buy the mushrooms, we must clean them very well, but avoid putting them under the water tap to clean them, they must be done with a toothbrush or a damp cloth and remove all the sand that may have, but very carefully. We cut…

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We have no doubt that this recipe will allow us to enjoy, apart from a delicious dish, all the flavor of an oil that will enhance its taste such as our Beneolive olive oil with Basil flavor. It is also very simple to prepare and in a few minutes we will have a delicious and fast meal. The ingredients that we will use for two people are: Pasta (the one you prefer) 200gr Beneolive basil olive oil 80ml Pecorino cheese 30gr Parmigiano reggiano cheese 30gr Garlic (without the core) 1 clove Fresh basil 50gr Pine nuts 20gr Sea salt To taste PREPARATION  We will boil the pasta following the manufacturer’s instructions. When we have it ready, we put it aside in a strainer while it drains.  We proceed to wash the basil by removing the leaves from the stems and then we will only dry the leaves.  In a mortar…

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The recipe we’re goint to show you today became very popular one year ago, but we want to add our personal touch to it by using our flavored oils, such as our truffle flavoured beneolive or our ceramic extra virgin olive oil red line, depending on the flavor you can use any of our flavoured oils. Besides that the preparation is very simple. The ingredients that we will use are: Feta Cheese 150gr Cherry tomato 600gr Pasta 200gr Garlic 3 units Ground black pepper Oregano Fresh or dry chili flakes Truffle flavoured Beneolive or Ceramic extra virgin olive oil red line PREPARATION In a large glass dish, place the feta cheese in the center and the cherrys tomatoes around the feta cheese throughout the tray. Place the garlic and then cut the chilli, if it is used fresh, cut it into very small pieces, and if it is used dry…

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Without a doubt, there are many benefits that we can obtain when consuming extra virgin olive oil, but now we will list our favorite nine proven ones. We are going to list the most significant in this article: 1.- It improves cardiovascular health and reduces cholesterol It helps us prevent heart disease by reducing inflammation, strengthening the lining of blood vessels and preventing unwanted clotting. It reduces bad LDL cholesterol since EVOO contains phytosterols that raise good cholesterol (HDL) which helps to balance it, which also reduces the appearance of thrombosis. 2.- It prevents type II diabetes A study that has been known worldwide, showed that any Mediterranean diet that of course includes EVOO is capable of reducing type II diabetes by 50%. 3.- Improves weight loss This is because consuming healthy fats speeds up metabolism, in fact it has been seen that diets that are low in fat are…

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Congratulations! If you want to learn new things about gastronomy, recipes and specially oils, you have found the best place to do it! We are Beneoliva, an olive oil company focused in the supreme quality of our products, and we are conscious that a good cooking recipe must be accompanied of an premium extra virgin olive oil, and viceversa, which is the reason to start this blog. What will you find in our blog? This blog is divided in three main blocks and they all have the same purpose, help and add value to our customers in different ways. In the news section, we will talk about the day-to day of Beneoliva and all the information related to general olive oil faqs. You will be able to learn different things about olive oil such as his composition, how is it produced, differences between the types of oil, etc. The recipes…

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