Fascinating….
Georgia Olive Farms Oil, A Must-Have in Sean Brock’s Pantry
This Georgia state olive oil is distinctly Southern
Sean Brock takes the idea of local very seriously. He gets his truffles from Tennessee and sources his cured country hams from Kentucky. Now, for his Husk restaurants in Charleston and Nashville, the chef doesn’t have to look very far for olive oil, either.
Georgia Olive Farms released their incredibly smooth, clean-tasting oil ($32 for 500 ml) in 2011.
Brock likes what’s being pressed from Peach State olives.
“We treat it like gold,” the chef says. “The flavor of this oil is very fruity and has little to no spice, which makes it much more versatile.”
Georgia’s actually no newcomer to homegrown oil.
“Spanish settlers were growing olives on the coast as late as the 1860s,” says Georgia Olive Farms owner Jason Shaw. “We don’t know why it stopped.”