Fleur De Sel Flaky Sea Salt

Great finishing salt. I apply a pinch after cooking my steak and the flavor pops! Small amount and expensive but so worth it.

I recently made nut bars dipped in chocolate. The recipe called for salt to be drinker on to. This is the brand I chose and it’s perfect. The salt is a good flavor and easy to use. It takes very little but provides big flavor. This little package will last a long time.

Our household loves sodium and used to consume regular table salt for classic cooking, usually very fine salt from different brands. We discovered a few years ago the unusual taste of the ultra-fine grain (almost like dust!) of the raw unprocessed Himalayan pink salt, costing only a few bucks for a huge 5 Lb jar, which will probably last more than 10 years! Discovering specialty salts in our recent Amazon search for herbs, spices, cod liver pate, etc.. we found this "French Fleur de Sel" and decided to give it a try as the label said, "from Ile de Re"... which we know well! The Fleur de Sel is mostly produced in an artisanal way in the Mediterranean seaside countries: Spain, Portugal; in France, mainly in Camargue (Rhone delta). but also in the "Ile de Re" (Island of Re), off the French Atlantic coast, near La Rochelle, where the reviewed product comes from, and where it has traditionally been hand-harvested there ... since the XIIth century (according to the locals!). Linked to the mainland by a bridge (which replaced the old ferries), the island is also known as a famous holiday resort, hosting some Rich and Famous celebrities... A little Martha's Vineyard of France! The process: received from Amazon three weeks ago (2-day Prime/USPS) this tiny little jar (1.5 oz, 43 gr), costing $6.99 in appropriate packaging. Cf. picture 1. The appearance: very pure, white with a touch of grey, irregular light crystals, resulting from the hand-harvested evaporated seawater. Cf. picture 2. The taste: amazing, a shock, really! Very ... salty! Very strong taste, with a delicate and complex flavor, though. Crack under the tooth Our usage: not in large quantity of course, not every day, complementing our raw Himalayan pink salt, adding just a few flakes as a "finishing salt" to give a special flavor to the food at the last minute: salad, meats, fish, veggies, dessert to enhance the food... My personal treat as an appetizer: cut a (refrigerated) red radish in two, a touch of unsalted butter on each half and a pinch of white crunchy crystals of Fleur de Sel on top! Delicious! Cf. picture 3. Pros: great natural product (the label says: gluten- & GMO-free). It comes from the salty Atlantic ocean, not from inland salt mines. Unrefined, unprocessed, a very healthy choice! The caviar of the salts! Con: it is expensive, compared to the regular table salt: $6.99 for 1.5 oz. [There is another choice on Amazon: same product, same seller, 8 oz currently for $12.50 for a better ratio. Probably our next choice!]. Feb 2019.

SO GOOD

Taste amazing…tiny jar

It's wonderful for my chocolates and any sweet treats. Very small jar.

This salt was noticeably better than the other brand with the purple paper container. Being from the same location, what's happening here is that probably this company has a better collecting spot in the area, and or the workers do a better job collecting the salt. Having said that, Guerande salt is saltier than other Fleur De Sel from around the world, and not as good giving taste. I don't like it that much but still good. There are better alternatives. If you insist in getting salt from Guerande, definitely get this one.

Love it!