Brine Cured Olives
by Big Paw Olive Oil Company
Size: 16 oz
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Discover Big Paw’s hand-picked brine cured olives, carefully cured the traditional way in a saltwater brine to create a smooth, savory flavor and tender bite. These Castelvetrano olives in brine are left with the pit intact for a more old-fashioned olive experience and a fuller, richer taste. Known for their mild, buttery character, these green olives in brine are perfect for snacking, serving as an appetizer, adding to charcuterie boards, or tossing into your favorite salads, pasta dishes, and Mediterranean recipes. If you enjoy naturally flavorful, briny olives with a clean finish, these are a pantry staple worth keeping on hand.
FREE HOME DELIVERY IN THE BAY AREA.
Enjoy Free Delivery Throughout the Bay Area:
- Fridays: Milpitas, Santa Clara, and San Jose (Eastern and Southern).
- Saturdays: Morgan Hill, Milpitas (Northern), Fremont, up through San Ramon, and Dublin.
- Sundays: Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Palo Alto up through San Francisco, Cupertino, Saratoga, San Jose (Downtown and Western).
Why You’ll Love These Brined Olives
Our brined olives offer a delicious balance of savory, buttery, and slightly salty flavor. They are versatile enough for everyday snacking and elegant enough for entertaining. Whether you are building a cheese board, garnishing cocktails, or adding depth to a home-cooked meal, these cured olives bring authentic olive flavor to the table.
Made with premium Castelvetrano green olives
Traditionally cured in saltwater brine
Mild, buttery flavor with a pleasantly briny finish
Pit-in olives for classic texture and taste
Perfect for snacking, cooking, and appetizers
What Are Castelvetrano Olives?
Castelvetrano olives are a popular Sicilian green olive variety prized for their bright color, meaty texture, and naturally mild taste. Compared to stronger or more bitter olives, Castelvetranos are known for their smooth, buttery flavor, making them an excellent choice for both longtime olive lovers and people just beginning to explore different types of olives.
Their gentle flavor pairs beautifully with chicken, fish, fresh bread, cheeses, salads, antipasto platters, and Mediterranean-inspired dishes.
What Are Brine Cured Olives?
Brine cured olives are olives that have been preserved in a mixture of water and salt, often called olive brine. This traditional curing process helps remove the natural bitterness found in fresh, raw olives and transforms them into the flavorful, enjoyable olives most people know and love.
Because olives in brine spend time soaking and curing, they develop a smoother taste, balanced saltiness, and tender texture. This method is one of the most common and time-honored ways of preparing green olives in brine for the table.
What Do Olives Taste Like?
Many people ask what do olives taste like. The answer depends on the variety and curing method. These brine cured green olives have a mild, buttery, slightly salty flavor with a fresh, clean finish. They are less sharp than some other cured olive varieties, making them especially approachable and easy to enjoy.
If you prefer salty olives that are flavorful without being overpowering, Castelvetranos are an excellent choice.
Serving Ideas for Brine Cured Green Olives
These olives cured in brine are incredibly versatile and easy to serve. Enjoy them straight from the jar or use them to elevate everyday meals and snacks.
Serve with cheese, crackers, and cured meats on a charcuterie board
Add to pasta salads, grain bowls, and leafy green salads
Pair with roasted chicken, fish, and fresh bread
Use as a garnish for cocktails or green olives for martini presentations
Include on appetizer platters with nuts, dips, and marinated vegetables
Should You Rinse the Brine Off Olives?
Since olive brine helps preserve and flavor the fruit, many people enjoy eating them straight from the jar. However, if you prefer a lighter salt level, you can rinse your olives briefly under cool water before serving. This can soften the salty edge while still preserving the delicious flavor of the olive itself.
Do Brined Olives Spoil?
Like other preserved foods, olives in brine can spoil over time, but they generally have a long shelf life when stored properly. Keep unopened olives in a cool, dark place. After opening, refrigerate them and make sure the olives remain covered in brine for best quality.
Proper storage helps maintain flavor, texture, and freshness so you can enjoy your naturally cured olives longer.
Why Choose Big Paw Olive Oil Brine-Cured Olives?
At Big Paw Olive Oil, we believe great olives should taste authentic, simple, and satisfying. That is why we offer premium brine-cured olives that are selected for quality, flavor, and versatility. Our Castelvetrano olives are a customer favorite thanks to their mild taste, beautiful color, and easy-to-love texture.
Whether you are stocking your pantry, building a gift basket, or searching for high-quality green olives for entertaining, these olives are a delicious addition to your kitchen.
About Big Paw Olive Oil Company
The Big Paw Difference
- Extra Virgin: The highest-quality, most flavorful, and unrefined type of olive oil.
- New Harvest: Enjoy the freshest selection of EVOO right after harvesting from the first olives of the season.
- Original Taste: Savor various flavors and aromas that feature a range of profiles.
- A Delicate Blend: A contrasting selection that includes high-end herbs and fruit.
Big Paw stands for fun, good health, excitement, and family engagement. We’re smart, with a sense of humor, a sense of honor, and an obvious appreciation for quality, fun, and life in general. We’re honest and approachable, hiding nothing, and respectful of the land and its resources. We’re excited about inspiring you with our products, recipes, and a new way of thinking. We’re proud of this stuff. And we want you to have as much fun with it as we are.
What does a big paw have to do with delicious, high quality olive oil and flavored vinegars? We get that question all the time. It all started with a great dog named Tio and what we thought would be just another terrific hike in the California highlands. When Tio took off after a jack rabbit and suddenly lost its scent completely, we were stumped. So was he. Turns out that crafty jack rabbit had run through a huge stand of wild sage-powerfully fragrant stuff. We picked some to take back to the camp site and started thinking. The rest is history.
As with fine wines, Big Paw differentiates the particular characteristics of a flavoring not just by the olive or herb alone, but where it has grown. These 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oils are first, cold pressed from such pedigreed California olives that many are California Olive Oil Counsel certified (a.k.a. the good stuff). So tasty and pure we almost can’t bear to mess with them. Try our California Gold blend or our Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil for a mouthful of fragrant, green perfection. And don’t miss out on our Late Harvest Gold-it’s rich and flavorful, and completely addictive. Our philosophy is based on producing small lots of the highest quality possible.
