Fleur De Sel De Guerande - Artisans By ChefShop.com
"Fleur de sel," which literally means "flower of the salt," refers to the highest grade of natural sea salt. This fleur de sel is harvested by hand from the salt marshes of Guérande in Brittany, France, a salt-producing mecca for over a thousand years. This fleur de sel has fine, white grains with subtle violet aromas. It is essentially a finishing salt, ideal to enhance dishes from simple to elaborate. Our supplier, Sylvain Leduc, operated a family salt farm in Guérande for 20 years. He was the first instigator of the artisan charter "nature et progrès" (nature and progress), which defines a strict mode of production and a guarantee of origin for the salt. This charter aims to preserve the particular identity of the Sel de Guérande, including the natural environment and the traditional artisan work that goes into harvesting this salt. Fleur de sel is the particular salt that forms at the very surface of the water. This occurs in the early afternoon, when evaporation from the sun's heat is intense. The small crystals congregate in a corner of the shallow basins, called "oeillets," where they can be delicately hand-harvested.
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Updated on 8-15-2008.
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