Provencal olives

With its warm Mediterranean climate and rugged landscape, Provence has been a centre of olive production since the ancient Greeks first colonised the coast over 2,500 years ago. Over the centuries a unique Provencal cuisine evolved, combining olives with garlic and aromatic herbs such as oregano, rosemary and thyme: a cuisine perfectly encapsulated in these fragrant, garlic-stuffed green olives. Succulent morsels of red pepper add a burst of colour and sweetness