The best Italian stuffed olives! #olive #italianfood #shorts

These delicious deep fried olives are a holiday must-have in Marche, central Italy. They’re called ‘olive all’ascolana’ and Anna shares her recipe. They form part of a platter of deep fried mixed meats and veg (and custard, a throw back to the Roman origins of this dish). The olives are the most popular and people have their favourite butchers who make them for the Christmas and Easter holidays. If you want to have a go yourself, you’ll need big green fleshy olives. Gordal olives (from Spain) are a good swap because you are unlikely to find the local variety called ‘oliva tenera ascolana’ outside Ascoli Piceno.