November, marvellous month, due to the “birth” of the new extra-virgin olive oil and also for the use of the olives themselves.

Here is a very simple but excellent condiment for pasta, which can, or better must, be prepared in advance ( at least three/ four days ).

Stone about one kilo of black olives, cut them in little pieces and put in a glass pot. Now add some broken-up leaves of laurel, wide fennel, chinnamon powder, wild marjoram.

That’s all.

At the moment to season the pasta ( I suggest “pennette” ), open the pot, mix the condiment with pasta and add only extra-virgin olive oil.

In this condiment, everything.

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