{"id":90033,"date":"2022-04-11T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=90033"},"modified":"2022-04-11T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T08:24:16","slug":"willow-creek-olive-estate-puts-mother-nature-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/willow-creek-olive-estate-puts-mother-nature-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Creek Olive Estate Puts Mother Nature First\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mother Nature is Willow Creek Olive Estate\u2019s greatest supporter. In an effort to give back to the environment, Willow Creek takes great pride in conducting all their harvesting, processing and bottling operations in a sustainable manner.<\/p>\n

Willow Creek\u2019s Hand-Harvesting Technique<\/h4>\n

During their harvest season from March to August, Willow Creek prefers a hand-harvesting technique rather than an automated method. This technique involves stripping each individual branch of olives with a rake, almost like combing hair! This allows them to create approximately over two-hundred seasonal work opportunities for their local community.<\/p>\n

\"WillowThis hand-harvesting technique reduces Willow Creek Olive Estate’s overall fuel consumption while increasing product quality and community benefits, and as one of their company principles states, Willow Creek wants to create win-win situations for both their company and their loyal customers.<\/p>\n

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Willow Creek\u2019s Sustainability Initiatives<\/h4>\n

Willow Creek\u2019s sustainability initiatives are not only limited to the agriculture sector but also play a large role in their manufacturing process. Willow Creek\u2019s famous Estate Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil attests to this.<\/p>\n

\"WillowThis product’s unique bottle is made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and is reinforced with an oxygen scavenger and UV barrier. While creating the same shelf-life protection capabilities as glass, its lightweight structure is also carbon-neutral and easier to transport. The PET bottle and Aluminium\/Linear Low-Density Polyethylene pourer caps are also 100% recyclable!<\/p>\n

\"WillowIn other words, every time you purchase Willow Creek Olive Estate products, you not only take care of yourself but you also support Mother Nature. Pretty cool, right?<\/p>\n

Pampoenkoekies with Willow Creek Blood Orange, Naartjie & Thyme Caramel Sauce<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What better way to welcome the season of autumn, than with an authentically South African pampoenkoekie recipe with a Willow Creek twist? Pampoenkoekies are traditionally made with pumpkin, but Willow Creek decided to turn to another member of the gourd family \u2014 butternut.<\/p>\n

The blood orange olive oil complements the naturally sweet butternut fritters with a pleasant bitter note, while ensuring you get that satisfying golden brown exterior.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To top it all off, the beautifully fragrant naartjie and thyme hints in the caramel sauce ooze decadence and deliciousness.<\/p>\n

\"Willow\"Willow<\/a>Fritter <\/strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

750ml Butternut, cooked, mashed and cooled
\n2 Eggs
\n500ml Self raising flour
\n15ml Baking powder
\n5ml Salt<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Place the cooked butternut, eggs and salt in a stand mixer and whisk until well combined.
\nAdd the flour and baking powder and mix through.
\nFry teaspoon fulls of batter in medium hot oil until golden brown. Pour hot sauce over before serving.<\/p>\n

Sauce <\/strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

250ml Sugar
\n250ml Cream
\n750ml Full cream milk
\n100ml Butter
\n10ml Vanilla essence
\n2 Tangerines, zest and juice
\n10g Fresh thyme, leaves stripped from stalks
\n50ml Willow Creek Blood Orange Flavoured Olive Oil<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Place the sugar, cream, milk and butter in a saucepan and heat to boiling point.
\nBoil for 10 minutes on a low heat and add the vanilla, tangerine zest and juice, thyme leaves and olive oil.
\nPour over the fritters just before serving.<\/p>\n

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Mother Nature is Willow Creek Olive Estate\u2019s greatest supporter. In an effort to give back to the environment, Willow Creek takes great pride in conducting all their harvesting, processing and bottling operations in a sustainable manner. Willow Creek\u2019s Hand-Harvesting Technique During their harvest season from March to August, Willow Creek prefers a hand-harvesting technique rather than an automated method. This technique involves stripping each individual branch of olives with a rake, almost like combing hair! This allows them to create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90033"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90407,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90033\/revisions\/90407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}