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Through the Olive Branches . Theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. Thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. This region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. Fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. Hello. Hello. One focaccia. And durum wheat for pasta and bread. Grazie. Look at that. Im stanley tucci. Im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy t...

>> hello, im in puglia, which is the heel of -- can you see me through the olive branches? >> theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. >> hello. >> hello. one focaccia. >> and durum wheat for pasta and bread. >> look at that. >> i...

through the olive branches? >> theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. >> hello. >> hello. one focaccia. >> and durum wheat for pasta and bread. grazie. look at that. >> im stanley tucci. im fascinated by my italian heritage, so ...

Can you add some olive oil while i blend? >> me? yes. >> tell me when. >> thats it. >> thanks. >> youre welcome. >> look at this beautiful color. >> oh, its beautiful. >> fava beans are a favorite staple of puglia, but cooked with onions and blended with oil, they become smooth and creamy. >> and then well add orecchiette. mix everything together. the color is spectacular. here we have our orecchiette with fava beans. then well add the bitter element, the olives. then well add the sweet element,...

>> me? yes. >> tell me when. >> thats it. >> thanks. >> youre welcome. >> look at this beautiful color. >> oh, its beautiful. >> fava beans are a favorite staple of puglia, but cooked with onions and blended with oil, they become smooth and creamy. >> and then well add orecchiette. mix everything together. the color is spectacular. here we have our orecchiette with fava beans. then well add the bitter element, the olives. then well add the sweet element, the burrata. and the most important part ...