Nui ka honua o ka aila ʻoliva a hiki ke huikau no ka mea he nui nā ʻano e koho ai. He maikaʻi ke manaʻo i ka nalowale iki, akā aia kekahi mau ʻōlelo maʻalahi e hiki ke kōkua. E alakaʻi kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo iā ʻoe e koho i kahi ʻaila ʻoliva āu e hauʻoli nui ai. Ma kēia ʻatikala, ʻaʻole ʻoe e aʻo wale pehea e kūʻai ai i ka aila ʻoliva akā e pili ana i kāna mau ʻano, pehea i hana ʻia ai, a me nā kumu i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ʻaila ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Hiki mai ka aila ʻoliva i nā ʻano like ʻole e like me ka puʻupaʻa keu, puʻupaʻa, a me ka aila ʻoliva maʻamau. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano kona ʻono a me ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o lākou hiki ke maʻalahi i kāu koho. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo e like me "cold-pressed" a i ʻole "first-pressed" hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa no kāu mau pono.
ʻO ka ʻāina kahi e ulu ai nā ʻoliva e hoʻopili i ka ʻono o ka ʻaila. Hoʻopuka kekahi mau ʻāina i ka ʻaila me ka ʻono ʻono a i ʻole nā hua, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he ʻono mālie. Hiki i ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i kēia mau ʻāina ke hoʻonui i kāu ʻike kūʻai aila ʻoliva.
Eia kekahi, e ʻike ʻoe i nā pono olakino e pili ana i ka aila ʻoliva a pehea e mālama pono ai e mālama i kona hou. E hāʻawi kēia mau ʻike iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ka wā e kūʻai ai i ka aila ʻoliva no ka kuke ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i kāu mau kīʻaha punahele.
He aha ka ʻaila ʻoliva?
ʻO ka ʻaila ʻoliva kahi ʻano wai ʻaila i hana ʻia ma ke kaomi ʻana i nā ʻoliva hou, e like me nā hua liʻiliʻi. Ke kuʻi ʻia kēia mau ʻoliva, ua kapa ʻia ka ʻaila i puka mai i waho. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele a he gula paha kona ʻano a ʻono ʻo ia e like me ka pata me kahi kī kīpī liʻiliʻi.
ʻO nā ʻāina e like me Italia, Helene, a me Sepania e hana i ka hapa nui o ka aila ʻoliva o ka honua. Hoʻohana nui ka poʻe ma laila i kā lākou kuke ʻana no ka mea he mea nui ia i ka meaʻai Mediterranean. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Kaleponi ka nui o nā mea hana aila ʻoliva.
Ua piha ka aila ʻoliva i nā mea maikaʻi e like me nā antioxidants, polyphenols, a nā omega-3 māmā. ʻAʻole ia no nā salakeke wale nō! Hoʻohana ka poʻe iā ia e hana i nā ʻaʻahu salakeke a ʻo kekahi poʻe e ninini liʻiliʻi ma luna o kā lākou ice cream no kahi ʻono kūʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻike paha ʻoe hiki i ka ʻaila ʻoliva ke hana i nā mea he nui? ʻAʻole ia no ka kuke ʻana—he nui nā mea hoʻohana ʻē aʻe!
Ka Hoomaopopo ana i ke Kiekie o ka Aila Olive Pua Pua Pua
ʻO ka ʻaila ʻoliva puʻupaʻa (EVOO) ke kū nei ma ke ʻano he ʻaila ʻoliva maikaʻi loa, i loaʻa ma ka ʻoki ʻana a me ke kaomi ʻana i nā ʻoliva me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kemika a me ka wela. Hoʻokaʻawale kēia kaʻina hana mai nā ʻaila haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Lawe ʻo EVOO i kahi hue ʻeleʻele, mai ka melemele gula a i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo hohonu, e hōʻike ana i kona waiwai a me ka maʻemaʻe.
ʻO ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā EVOO ʻo kona ʻono ʻoliva i ʻōlelo ʻia a me kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻala i loaʻa i nā ʻano ʻano kiʻekiʻe loa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo chef kaulana ʻo Wolfgang Puck e kūʻē i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia aila maikaʻi no ka kuke ʻana ma muli o kona ʻano paʻi anu, i loko o nā ʻāpana palupalu hiki ke wela ke ʻike ʻia i ka wela. Akā, e mālama i ka EVOO ʻono no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā salakeke, nā kīʻaha iʻa, a i ʻole nā mea ʻai e pōmaikaʻi ana i ka ʻaila o kēia aila nani.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hana ʻana o EVOO e pili ana i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e hōʻoia i kona maikaʻi. Pono nā ʻoliva i hoʻohana ʻia i ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe, a ʻo ke kaʻina o ka unuhi ʻana e pili pono i nā ʻano kuʻuna, e mālama ana i ka maʻemaʻe o ka ʻaila a me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa.
Hāʻawi ka poʻe kūʻai i ka EVOO ʻaʻole wale no kona ʻono ʻono akā no kāna mau pono olakino hiki ke loaʻa, loaʻa nā antioxidants a me nā momona olakino e pili ana i nā pono olakino like ʻole ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka meaʻai kaulike.
ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka ʻōmole i ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaila ʻoliva
ʻAe, he mea nui ke kala o ka ʻōmole i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻaila ʻoliva. ʻO nā ʻōmole ʻeleʻele, e like me nā mea i hana ʻia me ke aniani ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ka tin, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka lā mai ka hoʻonā ʻana i ka ʻaila. Kōkua kēia i ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaila no ka manawa lōʻihi.
He mea pono ke koho i ka aila ʻoliva puʻupaʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ke aniani ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā pahu pahu no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana mai ka ʻike ʻana i ka mālamalama. ʻO nā ʻaila ʻoliva maikaʻi loa e hele mai i loko o nā hue aniani, ʻoiai ʻo nā tins he koho maikaʻi loa. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomanaʻo i hiki i nā pahu alumini ke hoʻololi iki i ka ʻono o ka ʻaila.
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻoiai ka makemake o nā ʻōmole ʻeleʻele, loaʻa kekahi o nā ʻaila ʻoliva hou loa i loko o nā ʻōmole aniani. Akā, pono e hoʻohana koke ʻia kēia mau mea e pale aku iā lākou mai ka pōʻino ma muli o ka ʻike māmā.
No ka kuke ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka koho ʻana i nā aila ʻoliva liʻiliʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ke aniani ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ka tin. Kōkua kēia i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou maikaʻi ʻoiai ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā mahana kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka hue hiki ke hoʻololi nui i ka hou a me ka ʻono o ka ʻaila ʻoliva āu e hoʻohana ai i kāu kuke ʻana a i ʻole no ka hoʻoulu ʻana.
He aha kāu e nānā ai ma nā Lepili ʻAila ʻOliva ma mua o kou kūʻai ʻana
ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana i nā lepili ma nā hue aila ʻoliva hiki ke maʻalahi, akā ʻo ia ke kī e hōʻoia ai e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻaila maikaʻi loa. Eia kahi alakaʻi kikoʻī e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i ka ʻike:
1. Hooiaio Pua Puapaa
Ke ʻike nei ʻoe i ka lepili "extra-virgin", ke hele nei ʻoe ma ke ala pololei. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomanaʻo i loko o kēia māhele, hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka maikaʻi.
2. Mea nui ka lā ohi
Hōʻike ka lā o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka wā i ʻohi ʻia ai nā ʻoliva. He mea nui e hoʻohālikelike i kēia lā me ka lā "maikaʻi loa". No ka hou a me ka maikaʻi maikaʻi, e ʻimi i kahi ʻaila kahi e pili pono ai ka lā ohi me ka lā "maikaʻi loa" a me ka makahiki o ke kūʻai ʻana.
3. Noonoo ka aina kumu
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, makemake ʻia ke koho ʻana i ka aila ʻoliva mai Kaleponi. E ʻimi i ke sila ʻo California Olive Oil Council no ka mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻono kikoʻī a me nā kūlana maikaʻi. ʻAʻole paʻa ka maikaʻi o nā aila i lawe ʻia ma muli o ka huakaʻi, no laila ke koho ʻana i nā koho kūloko hiki ke hōʻoia i ka ʻono a me ka ʻono maikaʻi.
4. Hoʻomaopopo i ke Kaʻina Hana
'Ōlelo pinepine nā lepili i ka "cold-pressed," akā no nā aila puʻupaʻa, ua hāʻawi mua ʻia kēia. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo he pono ke hele mai ka ʻaila ʻoliva puʻupaʻa mai ka kaomi mua ʻana me ka ʻole o ka wela.
5. Ke ʻimi nei i nā moʻolelo ʻono
Hoʻopili ka manawa o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻono. Hiki i nā ʻaila mai nā ʻoliva ʻoʻoleʻa ʻole, nā ʻoliva ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke loaʻa i kahi ʻono a me ka peppery. Ua wehewehe ʻo Alice Waters, he chef kaulana, he kīkī liʻiliʻi ma ke kua o ka ʻāʻī, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻai mehana. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻono i ka ʻaila ma mua, e nānā i ka lepili no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā memo e ʻike ai i kona ʻono.
Pehea e kūʻai ai i ka ʻaila ʻoliva maikaʻi e like me ka ʻoihana Chef
I ka wā e kūʻai ai i ka ʻōmole ʻaila ʻoliva maikaʻi loa, hiki i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa no kāu mau meaʻai. He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻaila ʻoliva i loko o nā kīʻaha he nui, akā ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea kūpono e like paha me ka paʻakikī ma muli o ka nui o nā koho i loaʻa. E luʻu kākou i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi e maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi kāu ʻike kūʻai aila ʻoliva.
- E koho i nā hale kūʻai kūikawā: E makemake e kūʻai ma nā hale kūʻai kūikawā ma mua o nā kaulahao meaʻai nui. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi i ka ʻaila ʻoliva, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i nā mea hou aku. Manaʻo nā mea kuke e mālama maikaʻi ʻia ka ʻaila ʻoliva ma kahi ʻoluʻolu, a ʻo nā hale kūʻai kūikawā a i ʻole nā mea ʻai meaʻai e hoʻomaka i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou koho aila ʻoliva.
- E koho i nā ipu liʻiliʻi: E noʻonoʻo e kūʻai i ka aila ʻoliva i loko o nā ipu liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka ʻaila ʻoliva puʻupaʻa. Kōkua kēia koho i ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaila ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ea a me ka māmā, e mālama i kona ʻono a me ka hou.
- Nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole: E ʻimi i nā ʻano ʻaila ʻoliva ma ka hoʻāʻo ʻana iā lākou. Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻaila nā ʻōlelo pepa, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kahi ʻono huaʻai. No ka ʻike ʻana i kāu moʻolelo ʻono i makemake ʻia, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻokipa i kahi hanana ʻono aila ʻoliva. ʻAʻole wale kēia e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai i ka wā e ʻono ai i loko o kahi hui, akā hiki i nā mea āpau ke haʻi pū i kā lākou makemake ʻono.
- E ʻimi i nā koho Organic: E koho mua i ka aila ʻoliva me nā lepili organik a i ʻole e hōʻoia i nā hana mahiʻai me ka mea kanu a mea kūʻai paha. E hōʻoia ka lepili organik i kekahi maʻamau o ka mahiʻai ʻana, hiki ke kūlike me kāu mau makemake no ka maikaʻi a me ke olakino.
- Hoʻomaka mua i ka Hou: E nānā i ka ʻōmole no ka makahiki alemanaka o ka ʻōmole a manaʻo e hoʻohana i ka ʻaila i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki no ka mea hou a me ka ʻono maikaʻi loa.
- E noʻonoʻo i nā ʻano like ʻole: E noʻonoʻo e loaʻa i ʻelua ʻano ʻaila ʻoliva ma ka lima: kahi ʻaila māmā no ka kuke ʻana i ka wela nui a me kahi ʻaila momona ʻono no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kīʻaha. Hiki i ka wela ke hoʻopili i ka ʻono a me ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaila, no laila ke koho ʻana i ka mea kūpono no ka hoʻohana i manaʻo ʻia e hiki ke hoʻonui i kāu ʻike culinary.
- ʻO ka mālama pono ke kī: Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōmole, e pale i ka hoʻomake ʻana ma ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻaila ma kahi anuanu a pouli. ʻO ka oxidation, ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ka wela a me ka māmā, hiki ke hoʻemi i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaila. E hoʻohana i ka ʻaila i ka hikiwawe e mālama i kona ʻano hou a me kona ʻono.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka ʻaila ʻoliva maikaʻi loa no ʻoe ka mea kūpono i kāu makemake a me nā pono culinary. Ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau alakaʻi a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā koho like ʻole, e mākaukau ʻoe e ʻimi i ka ʻaila ʻoliva kūpono no kāu mau kīhini.
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