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Language: French
Description: A variety of mainly green olive, though they are occasionally available black, from Languedoc. The green ones are a bright, fresh green. Lucques are elongated in shape and curved. They have a smooth skin and sweet, warm, buttery flavour. The black ones, actually reddish brown, are harvested ripe from the end of November to January.
| Wonderful Lucque olives, amongst other varieties, with many thanks to the Cambridge Cheese Shop in All Saints' Passage in Cambridge |
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Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: France
Most frequent region: Languedoc-Roussillon
See places: French food and cuisine, Languedoc, Languedoc-Roussillon
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