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Home » Preserves » Olives » Oil Olives » Ortice Olives

Ortice Olives

Ortice Olives are long, curved olives that mature to a red wine colour.

They are grown for both oil and table olives.

They are grown in Molise and Campania.

Language Notes

The shape of the olive is thought to resemble the spur on a rooster’s leg, thus one of the alternative names is “Sperone di gallo”, “spur of rooster”, with “gallo” meaning “rooster.” You can likely translate on your own one of the other alternative names, “Testicolo di Gallo.”

Other names

Italian: Coglioni di Gallo, Olivastro, Oliviello, Olivo San Giorgio, Olivone, Ortice Gentile, Sperone di Gallo, Testicolo di Gallo

This page first published: Aug 4, 2004 · Updated: Jun 7, 2018.

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Tagged With: Campania Food, Italian Olives, Molise Food, Table Olives

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