• Gift Baskets - We will work with you selecting  products from our inventory to create a personal gift. Whether it's one special basket or multiple baskets, we'll do our best to accommodate your ideas, stay within your budget, and provide a superb presentation that will leave a lasting impression. We supply fresh olive oils, vinegars, gourmet foods, and gifts. Our offerings represent products from all over the world. We will, on your behalf, fill each basket with quality and freshness.
  
• Gift Boxes - Two Bottle Gift Set in Hand-Crafted Wooden Box. Choose two bottles from our inventory to fill the hand-made wooden box branded with the il Fustino logo by the Work Training Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the training and vocational needs of adults with disabilities. The perfect gift for national and international shipping. The secure structure guarantees it will arrive at its destination as beautiful and tasteful as when it left California.
  
• Kitchen Fusti - We are the only store in the United States offering this kitchen appointment -TOTALLY UNIQUE! Available in 3 and 5 liter, imported from Italy. Perfect for storage of olive oils, vinegars, or wine, these tanks minimize exposure to air and light, and keep contents fresher longer. Purchase this attractive and unique tank in conjunction with gift certificates for olive oil.
  

Cilantro Pesto

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4 cloves, garlic - whole
  
• 6 ounces, il Fustino Arbequina EVOO
  
• 1/2 cup, pine nuts - toasted and cooled
  
• 1/4 cup, lemon juice - freshly squeezed
  
• 2 pinches, salt
  
• pepper to taste
  
• pinch, cayenne pepper
  
• 1 bunch, cilantro leaves - whole, stems removed
  
• 1/2 bunch, parsley - whole, stems removed
  
• 7 or 8 leaves, fresh basil
  

Method

1. Gently roast whole garlic in olive oil in small sauce pan, allow to cool (Make sure to use enough olive oil to cover garlic cloves.)
   
2. Remove garlic and set aside as soon as garlic turns golden brown, reserve garlic oil and allow to cool
   
3. Turn on a food processor fitted with the steel blades and drop in the cooled roasted garlic
   
4. When it is chopped and adhering to the sides of the bowl, stop the machine and scrape down the bowl
   
5. Add cooled pine nuts and process with the garlic
   
6. Scrape down the sides of the bowl
   
7. Add lemon juice, salt, pepper and cayenne to the bowl, process to a puree
   
8. Add the cilantro, parsley and basil and puree, stopping the machine to scrape down the sides several times
   
9. Gradually add 5 tablespoons of cooled garlic roasting olive oil to puree, continue to process until smooth
   
10. Transfer to a bowl and let sit for one hour
    

Basil Pesto

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 cups, packed, fresh basil leaves - stems removed
  
• 4 cloves, garlic - peeled
  
• 1/2 cup, pine nuts - toasted
  
• 2/3 cup, il Fustino Arbequina EVOO - divided
  
• salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  
• 1/2 cup, Pecorino cheese - freshly ground
  

Method

1. Toast pine nuts in frying pan until golden brown. Allow to cool.
   
2. In a small sauce pan add olive oil and garlic. Bring to medium heat and roast garlic until golden. Remove garlic with slotted spoon and allow cool.
   
3. Combine the basil, garlic and pine nuts in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped
   
4. With processor running, slowly pour in 1/2 cup of the cooled olive oil and process until fully incorporated and smooth
   
5. Season with salt and pepper
   
6. Transfer the pesto to a serving bowl and mix in the cheese