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Travel Salt Box
dimensions 2 3/4 in  x 1 1/2 in

Gourmet Sea Salt
Introducing Fleur de Sel and Sel Gris

Fleur de Sel is an all natural sea salt from Brittany France.  Unprocessed, unrefined, unadulterated. This salt is unlike any you've ever tasted, more like a condiment than a spice, it highlights food flavors and is never too salty, in fact it is almost impossible to overdo it. That is the simple and delicious truth.  How it is made is much more difficult.

In Brittany near the town of Guerande are marshes and low lying areas suitable for salt fields.  There is a mini climate that is much milder that the rest of Brittany.   The currents of the Atlantic run cleaner there than many salt harvesting locations.   This confluence of nature makes for an ideal area for a salt farm region. Guerande has no peer in Europe for the quality of salt produced.

The salt fields of Guerande are long and narrow so that an artisan paludier (craftsman salt harvester) can sweep the top of the evaporating sea water to harvest the precious sel gris de Guerande (hand harvested salt with a grey cast).  On warm breezy afternoons when there is no rain, that single days evaporation of salt crust on top of the salt pond is harvested as the Fleur de Sel.  It is the least salty, purest part of the saline.  The harvest is usually May to September.  For every 80 pounds of sel gris produced, there is one pound of Fleur de Sel that is harvested.

The taste of Fleur de Sel is the complex balance of the sea and her minerals with  small flaky crystals, a moist texture and slightly grey/pink cast.   It is used to finish a dish.  It is a natural compliment to fresh raw vegetables and salads.

Wooden travel salt box with inlaid details and sliding lid.  Perfect for restaurateurs who can't leave home without their
Fleur de Sel.  Holds enough pinches of salt to treat a table full of gourmet food lovers.  Great gift with Fleur de Sel.

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