The Father's Table
Someone thought of you.
A bottle of Olea Reserve, a cast iron mortar and pestle, black garlic salt and a reason to slow down at the table. Your card has one way to start. Here are a few more.
The heart of your box
Olea Reserve
Early harvest extra virgin olive oil from a five-generation family estate near Kalamata, Greece. Unflavored, bitter, peppery and complex: the olive oil that needs nothing added to it.
This year's harvest: September 2025
1,307mg/kg Polyphenols
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1,030mg/kg Oleocanthal
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0.2% Acidity
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Producer analysis (NMR/HPLC) of the finished olive oil. Your bottle's harvest and best by dates are on the sticker on the back.
How to taste it
- Pour a spoonful into a small glass and warm it in your hand.
- Smell first: olive leaf, arugula and wild herbs.
- Sip and let it coat your mouth: green olive, then bitter, then peppery.
- Notice the finish: pungent, dry and lingering.
That peppery catch at the back of your throat comes from oleocanthal, one of the polyphenols in fresh olive oil. If it makes you cough, that's a good sign.
Where it comes from
A five-generation family estate in Mani, near Kalamata in southern Greece. It is pressed from a single variety, the Kalamata olive. The olives are picked by hand and milled the same day on the family's own farm, then we bottle it by hand in our Crown Point, Indiana tasting room.
How to use it
Use it raw, where nothing gets between you and the flavor. Pour it over grilled meat right before serving, finish a bowl of beans or soup, dress a hearty salad, or pour it into a bowl with warm bread. Gentle heat is fine, but the peppery bite is strongest straight from the bottle.
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Start with the meal
Every recipe here finishes with Olea Reserve, poured on at the end.
From your card
Fire-Crushed Black Garlic Steak Finish
Made for the cast iron mortar and spooned warm over steak straight from the fire.
- 1 tsp Black Garlic Finishing Salt
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- A small handful of fresh rosemary leaves or cilantro
- Optional: a pinch of chili flakes
- 3 to 4 tbsp Olea Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil, to finish
- Add the salt, garlic, pepper and rosemary to the mortar.
- Crush slowly with the pestle until fragrant and a little paste-like.
- Pour in the olive oil and stir right in the mortar until glossy.
- Pour from the mortar's spout over sliced steak, grilled bread, roasted potatoes or charred vegetables. Let the warm meat carry the flavor.
Crush slowly. Pour generously. Share warmly.
Mortar & Olea Reserve
Mortar Salsa Verde
A bright green sauce for steak, fish, eggs or roasted potatoes. 10 minutes.
- 1 garlic clove
- Pinch of Black Garlic Finishing Salt
- 1 cup fresh parsley leaves
- 2 tbsp fresh mint or basil
- 1 tbsp capers
- Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/3 cup Olea Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Crush the garlic and salt in the mortar into a paste.
- Add the herbs a handful at a time and crush until finely broken down.
- Add the capers and lemon zest and crush a little more.
- Stir in the lemon juice and olive oil. Taste and add another pinch of salt if needed. Spoon it on just before serving.
Olea Reserve & Black Garlic Salt
Burrata with Black Garlic and Cracked Pepper
The simplest way to taste what a great olive oil can do. 5 minutes.
- 1 ball of burrata, at room temperature
- 2 tbsp Olea Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- A pinch of Black Garlic Finishing Salt
- Cracked black pepper
- Grilled or toasted bread
- Set the burrata on a plate and gently tear it open.
- Pour the olive oil over the top so it pools around the cheese.
- Finish with the salt and pepper and serve with warm bread for swiping.
Olea Reserve
Vanilla Ice Cream with Olive Oil and Sea Salt
The dessert that surprises everyone at the table. 2 minutes.
- 2 scoops good vanilla ice cream
- 1 tbsp Olea Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- A pinch of flaky sea salt
- Optional: shaved dark chocolate
- Scoop the ice cream into a chilled bowl.
- Pour the olive oil over the top. The peppery finish against the cold cream is the whole point.
- Finish with the salt and chocolate.
Olea Reserve
Turkish Eggs (Cilbir)
Soft poached eggs on garlicky yogurt with warm pepper oil spooned over the top. About 20 minutes, and the one to pull out the good bottle for.
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Black Garlic Finishing Salt
Roast Turkey Breast with Leeks
All the holiday flavor without the whole bird. A pinch of the black garlic salt over the sliced turkey right before serving is the part people notice.
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Cast Iron Mortar & Pestle
- Crush garlic and fresh herbs, then stir them into olive oil.
- Grind spices for the table.
- Pour straight from the built-in spout, no extra bowls.
Black Garlic Finishing Salt
- Sprinkle it on just before serving.
- Finish steaks, roasted vegetables, popcorn or eggs.
The keepsake insert
Before the meal begins, ask one of the questions and let someone share a story. That is the part of the gift that lasts.
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Keeping them fresh: store the olive oil at room temperature with the cap on, away from heat and direct light. Keeping it in its box between pours helps. No need to refrigerate. Enjoy it by the best by date on the back of your bottle. Keep the salt in a cool, dry place.
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Every olive oil and balsamic we carry is open to taste at our tasting room.
794 N Main St, Crown Point
Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday 12 to 3, closed Monday
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The Outward Olive is a family business, started at farmers markets in 2020, with our tasting room in Crown Point since 2022.
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