Terre Exotique Fine Red Salt 300g

Tast­ing Notes from the Curator

The most promi­nent taste from this salt is nut­ty hazel­nut fla­vor. As com­pared to oth­er salts, this Fine Red Salt from Terre Exo­tique is mel­low­er and less salty in taste. It beau­ti­ful and char­ac­ter­is­tic brick red col­or obtained from a vol­canic Hawai­ian clay called alae, con­tains some 80 min­er­als and is said to be rich in iron oxide.

Prepa­ra­tion

This salt serves as a fin­ish­ing salt and goes well with fish, poul­try and most espe­cial­ly, foie gras. 

Part of Native Hawai­ian Culture

Fine Red Salt is a part of native Hawai­ian cui­sine and is used in tra­di­tion­al dish­es such as kalua pig, poke, and pipikaula (Hawai­ian jerky). It was also tra­di­tion­al­ly used to cleanse, puri­fy and bless tools, canoes, homes and tem­ples. Once export­ed to the Pacif­ic North­west to cure salmon, it saw a resur­gence in pop­u­lar­i­ty late in the 20^th cen­tu­ry in fusion style cui­sine of Hawaii both on Islands and beyond. There has been a surge of Red Salt pro­duced out­side Hawaii. True Hawai­ian-made alaea salt or fine red salt is often expen­sive due to the tedious and nat­ur­al process­es it goes to get it into every bottle. 

Storage Instructions

Store in a cool dry place.