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Recipes · At the table

Make the bottle
part of dinner.

Family recipes from Zoi and the Maroudas/Bambino's archive sit beside a few clearly labeled Maroudas table ideas: simple food, generous olive oil, and practical ways to use the bottle.

Rustic bread topped with ripe tomato and olive oilDarbyrides · CC BY 3.0 ↗01
Maroudas table · four ingredients

Tomato, bread, salt & olive oil

Operator-restored Maroudas table recipe

Ingredients

  • 4 slices rustic bread
  • 2 ripe tomatoes
  • sea salt
  • 3 tbsp Maroudas olive oil

Method

  1. Toast the bread until the edges are crisp but the center still has a little give.
  2. Crush or finely chop the tomatoes, season with sea salt, and spoon them over the warm bread.
  3. Finish generously with olive oil and serve immediately.
Israeli couscous from the Bambino's cooking archiveBambino's public social archive ↗03
Zoi's Bambino's archive recipe

Zoi's Israeli couscous

Published by Zoi with Sweet Spring Veggies and Maroudas olive oil. ↗

Ingredients

  • 8 Bambino's Sweet Spring Veggies stars
  • 3 cups water
  • 3 tbsp Maroudas olive oil
  • 2 1/4 cups Israeli couscous
  • 1/2 tsp curry powder
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/3 cup chopped green onion
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds

Method

  1. Warm 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan; add couscous and curry powder and stir until lightly golden.
  2. Make the vegetable broth with the Sweet Spring Veggies and water, add the couscous, cover, and cook gently until the liquid is absorbed; cool.
  3. Toss with the remaining olive oil, lemon zest and juice, green onion, raisins, and toasted almonds.
A bowl of vegetable soup used to illustrate Zoi's quick couscous soupThriving Vegetarian · CC BY 2.0 ↗04
Zoi's Bambino's archive recipe

Zoi's toasty couscous soup

Published by Zoi in the Bambino's public social archive. ↗

Ingredients

  • 5 Bambino's Filet Mignon Vegetable Stew or Sweet Spring Veggies stars
  • 10 oz boiling water
  • 2 oz chopped vegetables
  • 1 heaping tbsp couscous
  • sea salt
  • fresh lemon juice and zest

Method

  1. Add the Bambino's stars to boiling water and stir until they loosen into the broth.
  2. Add chopped vegetables, couscous, and a small pinch of sea salt; cook gently for about 10 minutes.
  3. Finish with fresh lemon juice and a little zest before serving.
Greek table with bread, feta, olives and vegetablesKhane Rokhl Barazani · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗05
Maroudas family serving tradition

Athina's bread with feta, olives & oil

Athina's Venetian Bread is publicly served with feta, Greek olives and Maroudas olive oil. ↗

Ingredients

  • 4 slices Athina's Venetian Bread or another rustic bread
  • 4 oz feta
  • 1/2 cup Greek olives
  • 3 tbsp Maroudas olive oil
  • oregano, optional

Method

  1. Warm or lightly toast the bread and place it on a shared plate.
  2. Add feta and olives alongside the bread.
  3. Pour olive oil over the feta and bread, add oregano if desired, and serve.
Spaghetti dressed with olive oil and garlic10Rosso · CC BY 2.0 ↗06
Maroudas table idea · weeknight

Simple olive-oil pasta

A simple Maroudas serving idea for keeping olive oil in the everyday kitchen.

Ingredients

  • 12 oz spaghetti
  • 1/3 cup Maroudas olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup pasta water
  • sea salt
  • chopped parsley and lemon zest, optional

Method

  1. Cook the pasta in well-salted water until al dente, reserving a little cooking water.
  2. Warm the olive oil gently with the sliced garlic, then toss in the pasta with enough reserved water to make it glossy.
  3. Finish with parsley or lemon zest if desired and a fresh pour of olive oil at the table.
Keep cooking

Use it often enough to finish the bottle.

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