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Green olives (Spanish-style)

Fermented olive - Spain, Mediterranean. Salt, temperature, duration and pH as published, with the sentence each came from.

Parameters

Fermentation brine
1 to 10% salt in water

After the glucoside has been removed, the olives are placed in barrels with a 1 to 10% brine solution and allowed to undergo a spontaneous fermentation.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4

Optimum fermentation temperature
24°C

The optimum fermentation temperature is 24°C.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4

Fermentation period
two to three months

The fermentation period usually takes between two and three months.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4

Lye treatment
2% sodium hydroxide

Green olives are placed in a 2% sodium hydroxide (lye) solution at 21° to 24°C until the lye penetrates the flesh.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4

Lye temperature
21 to 24°C

Green olives are placed in a 2% sodium hydroxide (lye) solution at 21° to 24°C until the lye penetrates the flesh.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4

How it is made, step by step - 6 steps, each one quoted from FAO Bulletin 134 6.2.4.

Substrate

Region

Method

Same substrate

Same region

Fields on this page come from FAO 134. Nothing here is inferred from one field to fill another. What each dataset is, and what it is not allowed to supply, is on methodology.