Salt Fleur

See also: Fleur (homonymy)

The flower of salt is the thin layer of white crystals which is formed on the surface of the saline Marais S, in general by the action évaporatrice of the wind.

The salt producer, called paludier (with Guérande) or salt maker in the south of the Loire (with D or Noirmoutier for example), collects it using a ladle out of wooden of Châtaignier, called " lousse" , very delicately. The bilge channel can be also out of resin or aluminum. Indeed, if the salt flower runs, it then changes approximately salt. Then it is drained and dried with the sun. The period of drying lasts one year, so that its water content goes down on an optimal level.

Its color sometimes rosy or salmon is due to the proliferation of the Dunaliella salina , a red alga microscopic, which gets to him a pleasant odor of Violette.

Rich person in Magnésium like in Oligo-élément S, his taste is much finer and delicate that the salt of table.

The salt flower of Guérande is very famous gastronomes and profits from a red Label, as well as charter of quality.

Use

The salt flower dissolves very quickly, which makes him well penetrate food that it seasons.

It is necessary to add it in all end of cooking and thus to be able to retain the perfect taste of it.

Salt Fleur

Use

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