Product Description

Fleur de Sel is an all-natural sea salt from Guerande in 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. 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 seawater. 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. 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. Add this gourmet finishing salt to your vegetables, sauces, meats and seafood creations. You'll join professional chefs worldwide in singing its praises. Burlap bag color determined by availability.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #595 in Gourmet Food
• Brand: Le Paludier
• Model: S4SelBag
• Ingredients: fleur de sel
• Dimensions: .50 pounds

Features

• Temporarily out of stock till the Dec 11th Try it in the jar
• The world's greatest salt.
• Naturally higher in calcium and magnesium.
• Brittany Sea Salt.
• Join the famous chefs signing it's praises!

Customer Reviews

Fresh from the Sea
Opening up a bag of Fleur de Sel is always a wonderful experience. This bag of salt is especially fresh and the salt is still slightly moist and has a fresh from the sea scent. The burlap bag is a nice touch and the salt comes in a little plastic bag inside.

Fleur de Sel gives more intensity to salad dressings and is the moist, caviar of salt that is hand raked and mailed to you for your enhanced enjoyment of life itself.

I've used this salt in so often, I've lost track. It is just one of the best ingredients you will find to instantly take your dishes up a notch. You can use it in on meats and vegetables or blended into unsalted butter with fresh rosemary.

I have been told I'm not supposed to be using this salt in any of my cooking, but to use it as a finishing salt. I will agree it is best when sprinkled on food just before serving. Especially on steaks or freshly steamed vegetables. I've found one chef who promotes this salt in cooking and baking and I have to agree. This salt can be substituted for any regular table salt and the results are impressive.

To use this salt, you may want to invest in a salt grinder or use a mortar and pestle to grind the salt to a finer texture.

Normal table salt will pale in comparison and almost has a chemical aftertaste in comparison to this highly prized salt. French chefs have known this secret forever and when I found this salt, I told everyone I knew about the flavor.

Want to taste the best caramels ever? Look for Fleur de Sel Caramels. They will not last long.

~The Rebecca Review

ooh la la
this is the stuff they used at villa mahana, in bora bora, when we went for our all-out dinner. we were so blown away with everything they brought out to the table, that we took pictures of every dish.
thankfully, there was a canister of this wonderful fleur de sel on the table, otherwise we wouldn't have remembered which brand, or even to get the fleur de sel from guerande. makes a very nice gift for foodie friends. and no more american salt in our pantry!

Best Salt
I forget where I originally heard about this salt, but it is great. I too use it as a finisher and one of my favorite things for this salt is edamame. Cook the edamame according to instructions and sprinkle this salt on the edamame while still wet. The salt is not salty like table salt.