Spoiler alert: Blueberry muffins and cottage cheese pancakes have never been healthier.
Agatha Relota Luczo is the purveyor of all things extra virgin olive oil. The model-cum-founder and chief executive officer of the Furtuna Skin beauty brand, olive oil sommelier and children’s book author shares her Wildly Potent Kitchen recipes using the oil sourced from her family estate in Sicily.
“I love cooking, and especially with extra virgin olive oil,” says Relota Luczo, who is also, with her husband Steve Luczo, a cofounder of Bona Furtuna, Furtuna Skin’s sister company. The Sicilian food line offers artisanal pantry staples, including a range of extra virgin olive oils and is carried by specialty grocers such as Erewhon and The Fresh Market.
Extra virgin olive oil is the only type of oil anyone should cook with, Relota Luczo believes. “It’s an ingredient that carries nutrients into your food and pulls nutrients out of vegetables in a form your body can actually absorb,” she says.
Her mother just used extra virgin olive oil when Relota Luczo was growing up, and now she herself bakes, roasts and cooks with it. Her recipes include blueberry muffins and cottage cheese pancakes.
“I’ve altered the cottage cheese pancake recipe a little bit, because I added a shot of extra virgin olive oil into the batter just to make it a little bit more silky and smooth,” Relota Luczo says. “I also have an olive oil cake recipe that I love making.”
She shares her recipes using the oils online through Instagram @agatharelotaluczo, more recently via her Substack Per Furtuna feed.
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