Easy Olive Oil Recipes for Your Home Cooking

California Extra Virgin Olive Oils
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Winner of the Good Food Award, Bondolio’s extra virgin olive oil is an elegant, aromatic blend that is equally at home in simple, comfort meals as it is in special occasion dishes.

We are delighted to share our exquisite oil with you in these unique and delicious recipes.

From our farm to your table, enjoy!

Pumpkin Hummus with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

Thinking of what to serve before a big dinner? Try this light, delicious Mandarin Orange Pumpkin Hummus.

Oranges with Olive Oil & Chocolate | Chef Alice Medrich

This dish is the perfect balance of sweet, tangy, and bitter. Use good fruit, good chocolate, and your special finishing oil. (Karen's note: Our Mandarin Orange Olive Oil carries the flavors without overpowering.)

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California Corn & Tomato Risotto

Most of my recipes come from Italy, but I actually made this one up especially for my friend's birthday.

Bowl of bean suup with plate of olive oil, olive sprigs, and bread on cutting board

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Bondolio Bean Soup

On a cold November day at the start of the harvest at Bondolio Olive Farm in Winters, California, olive oil artisan Karen Bond makes a large pot of this soup. The olio nuovo poured over the bowl in a cross adds a special blessing to the harvest season. Ingredients …

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Fava Bean & Artichoke Soup

We love visiting Umbria. Geographically, Umbria is roughly in the center of Italy sitting between Tuscany and Lazio. We have stayed in agritourismos (farm B&Bs) and riding our bikes many times along vineyards and olive orchards from Torgiano to Montelfalco. A couple of Christmases ago, we were…

Pasta dish with penne pasta, broccoli and cheese

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Broccoli & Ricotta Pasta

Here's a great recipe for a meal that is healthy, fast and inexpensive to make: Broccoli and Ricotta Pasta Our friend, Lavinia lived in Davis for a year. She grew up on Forli but now lives in Cesena, Italy with her husband, Marco. She invited Malcolm and I to dinner and made this wonderful pasta that…

Mandarin Orange Olive Oil, Recipe

Baked Halibut with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

(Serves 4) 4 each 6-8oz Halibut filets Bondolio Mandarin Orange Olive Oil Panko Sea Salt Pat dry the fish and rub lightly with Bondolio Mandarin Orange Olive Oil. Put Panko in a bag or dish and coat fish with Panko. Place fish on baking pan and drizzle more oil on top. Add a pinch…

Bottle of Bondolio California Mandarine Orange Flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil 250ml

Mandarin Orange Olive Oil, Recipe

Vanilla Ice Cream with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

(Serves 4) Ingredients 1 pint high-quality vanilla ice cream Drizzle of Bondolio Mandarin Orange Olive Oil Sea salt Sprigs of fresh mint Place scoops of vanilla Ice Cream in a glass dish or Martini Glass. Drizzle Bondolio Mandarin Orange Olive Oil and finish with a pinch of sea salt. For a beautiful…

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Roasted Potatoes with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

I love anything with potatoes, I cook them in many different ways. This particular recipe I made up by just experimenting. I am sure if you were to look up this recipe you would find it in many different sites with lots of alternative directions to follow, it is such a quick and easy recipe to…

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Sherry & Olive Oil Pound Cake | Chef Alice Medrich

Extra virgin olive oil with a hint of fresh orange zest produces a subtle and flavorful cake, not overly sweet, with the satisfying texture of a pound cake. This cake improves over 2 or 3 days and toasted slices are nice for breakfast, even as much as a week later. Don’t be afraid of the olive oil….

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I Must Love You Cookies

My friend Cathy Kennedy who lives in Napa, loves to cook just like me. I think she is very creative in cooking. As we were bottling oil in February of this year, we were talking about what could we make with olive oil that is normally made with butter. We discussed truffles and other candies. She said…

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Roman Artichokes

One of my favorite foods is Carciofo Romano, or Roman Artichoke and one of the best interpretations of this dish can be found at the Antipasti Bar at Ristorante La Campana, on Vicolo della Campana, 18, Rome, Italy. I can tell you that I’ve had dreams about having a couple of them on my plate. A lot…

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Lemon Pasta Recipe

There is an all glass restaurant at the top of the hill on the via Veneto in Rome, just before it changes its name it enters the villa Borghese Gardens is the Café Veneto. The restaurant has one of its dining area’s inside a building that looks a lot like an old diner car. If you have ever eaten…

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Karen’s Jacket Potatoes

Bondolio's Inexpensive Recipe of the Day: Jacket Potatoes You can put anything you want on the jacket potatoes, but this is our recipe of the day. It's very filling. Recipe for 4: Ingredients: 4 large Russet potatoes 1lb of ground turkey or chicken 1 yellow or green onion chopped 2 carrots,…

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Sword Fish Sicilian Style

Had this special treat in Cefalu on Christmas Eve one year with Malcolm’s mother. Cefalu is a very tiny fishing village outside of Palermo. This is a typical Sicilian dish and the fish is so moist if you do not overcook. “Sword Fish Sicilian Style” Ingredients 4 Each 1 1/2 to 2 inch thick…

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Minestrone Soup

It’s a cold November day here in California, with the first days of heavy rain. For those of you who don’t live in California, it never rains here from May until October and we Californians go into a little shock this time of year. So after a long day at work, I love to make a large pot of my…

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Chocolate Truffles | Chef Alice Medrich

Inspired by the house truffle at Cocolat, these simple chocolates showcase quality extra virgin olive oil, which adds flavor and complexity, while freshly grated orange zest makes a fragrant finale. Recipe courtesy of Alice Medrich, dessert chef, chocolatier, and award-winning author. Makes 80-100…

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Scrambled Eggs with Meyer Lemon Salsa Verde | Chefs Gayle Pirie & John Clark

Bondolio plays a delicious cameo in this video recipe featuring Gayle Pirie of Foreign Cinema.

Mandarin Orange Olive Oil, Recipe

Mandarin Orange Olive Oil Salad Dressing

Try an Orange Avocado Salad or Orange & Fennel Salad with thinly sliced red onion and black olives. This Bondolio dressing is delicious over persimmons and pomegranates, too.

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California Extra Virgin Olive Oils

Pumpkin Hummus with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

Oranges with Olive Oil & Chocolate | Chef Alice Medrich

California Corn & Tomato Risotto

Bondolio Bean Soup

Fava Bean & Artichoke Soup

Broccoli & Ricotta Pasta

Baked Halibut with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

Vanilla Ice Cream with Mandarin Orange Olive Oil

Roasted Potatoes with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

Sherry & Olive Oil Pound Cake | Chef Alice Medrich

I Must Love You Cookies

Roman Artichokes

Lemon Pasta Recipe

Karen’s Jacket Potatoes

Sword Fish Sicilian Style

Minestrone Soup

Chocolate Truffles | Chef Alice Medrich

Scrambled Eggs with Meyer Lemon Salsa Verde | Chefs Gayle Pirie & John Clark

Mandarin Orange Olive Oil Salad Dressing

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