Gemlik olive
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Gemlik-Tirilye | |
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Zeytinbağı, Gemlik | |
Use | Table and oil |
A Gemlik olive, or Tirilye olive is a variety from the
Synonyms
Gemlek, Kaplek, Kivirak, Kaplik, Kara, Kivircik, Samsun Tuzlamalik, Tirilya, Tirilye, Trilia, Trilye, and Trylia.[2]
Production
The oil production is considered high, with a 29.9% yield.[3] There are many olive factories located in Gemlik that export to Western Europe.
A true Gemlik olive should be grown and cured in the Gemlik area. The Marmara sea area climate is considered ideal for olives, with high summer temperatures and cold winters. All Gemlik olives are hand picked between November and February, depending on the crop. A Gemlik olive tree can produce up to forty kilograms of olives in a good year.
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Marmara Region
Gemlik or Tirilye variety is the most widespread one. Of the regional olive groves, 75-80% consists of this variety (Gemlik, Erdek, Mudanya, Edincik, Tirilye), Edincik Su (Bursa, Yalova, Kocaeli), Beyaz Yağlık, Eşek Zeytini, Şam ve Siyah Salamuralık.
Curing methods
With the olive being high in oil, it makes it very versatile in the ways it can be cured. The various curings are as follows:
Yagli Sele – oil-cured (rotated in drums with a little salt, which agitates the olive and causes it to exude oil). These are then dry stored. Very hard to maintain as the containers need to be rotated on a regular basis. This is a rich, low-salt-tasting olive.
Duble – purely brine-cured olive. The traditional method of curing is to put the olives into two-metre-deep (6.6 ft) vats with weights on the top and brine circulating. The weights tenderize the olives. They are then stored in brine. The more commercial method is to use pressure vats, but this does not produce such a nice texture of olive. This is a firm, salty olive.
Salamura – this is a partially oil-cured olive and then stored in brine.
Kuru Sele – this is dried in a basket of
Cross Kuru Sele/Yagli Sele – this is partially dry-cured, then put through the Yagli Sele process, which leaves a crinkly, slightly bitter olive. This is also dry stored. These are only cured for personal use by the growers.
References
- ^ Yasal Uyari: Gemilik- Retrieved 2018-07-11
- ^ Olea Database: Gemlik- Retrieved 2018-07-11
- ^ Gemlik olive yield:Yasal Uyarı (2010)