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.”
