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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 to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as unique as the people and their pas...

>> hello, i'm in puglia, which is the heel of -- can you see me through the olive branches? >> they're hard to avoid in puglia, a region that's home to 60 million olive trees. that's one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine that's 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'm stanley tucci. i'm fascinated by my italian heritage, so i'm traveling across italy to disco...

through the olive branches? >> they're hard to avoid in puglia, a region that's home to 60 million olive trees. that's one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine that's 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. >> i'm stanley tucci. i'm fascinated by my italian heritage, so i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as...

Can you add some olive oil while i blend? >> me? yes. >> tell me when. >> that's it. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. >> look at this beautiful color. >> oh, it's beautiful. >> fava beans are a favorite staple of puglia, but cooked with onions and blended with oil, they become smooth and creamy. >> and then we'll add orecchiette. mix everything together. the color is spectacular. here we have our orecchiette with fava beans. then we'll add the bitter element, the olives. then we'll add the sweet element, the burrata. and the most important part of the dish, the olive oil. >> yeah. >> it creates a...

>> me? yes. >> tell me when. >> that's it. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. >> look at this beautiful color. >> oh, it's beautiful. >> fava beans are a favorite staple of puglia, but cooked with onions and blended with oil, they become smooth and creamy. >> and then we'll add orecchiette. mix everything together. the color is spectacular. here we have our orecchiette with fava beans. then we'll add the bitter element, the olives. then we'll add the sweet element, the burrata. and the most important part of the dish, the olive oil. >> yeah. >> it creates a marriage of the flavors. >> yeah. >> and ...