Name: Club des explorateurs #206 : SEL
Brand: Milou Chocolate Co.
SKU: EX-SALT
Price: 31.95 CAD
Availability: InStock

Club des explorateurs #206 : SEL

Le sel est physiquement essentiel à la vie humaine, mais il a également joué un rôle central dans les contextes historiques, culturels et économiques, ayant servi de monnaie, influencé les routes commerciales et la croissance des villes, déclenché des guerres, renforcé des empires et inspiré des révolutions. Sa capacité à rehausser les saveurs en fait l’ingrédient indispensable dans toutes les cuisines du monde et à travers l’histoire. Pendant la majeure partie de l’histoire de l’humanité, le sel était également essentiel à la conservation des aliments et continue d’être utilisé à cette fin malgré la réfrigération moderne. Sa composition minérale unique, qui varie selon la source et le traitement, confère des saveurs et des textures distinctives, servant à une gamme d’utilisations culinaires. Dans cette collection, nous avons voulu mettre en valeur trois barres de chocolat très spéciales qui mettent en valeur trois sels uniques.

$31.95

$35.50

Club des explorateurs #206 : SEL

$31.95

$35.50

ÓBOLO CÁHUIL SAL DE MAR 70%

Pays du producteur : Chile
Cacao : Direct Source, Organic
Poids : 80 g

Salt production in the town of Cáhuil began at least 500 years ago and methods of harvesting from the cold Humboldt Current waters has hardly changed since the pre-Columbian era. Today some 20 people work in the salt pools, having inherited the trade from their fathers and grandfathers, still producing the salt one hundred percent by hand, through laborious manual work. In 2011, these workers were declared Living Human Treasures by UNESCO, for their contribution to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Chile. Cáhuil sea salt has also been given its own designation of origin (D.O) seal by the government of Chile. But this bar arguably does more to highlight Peru - the bright, distinctive, fulfilling qualities of Pangoa cocoa are what really stand out, with flavours of dried cherry, fig, bay leaf, malt, and fudge in addition to those tasty flakes of sea salt.

MONSOON SONORAN SEA SALT DARK 69%

Pays du producteur : United States
Cacao : Direct Source
Poids : 50 g

The unrefined, naturally sun-dried sea salt that garnishes this bar is harvested from a remote and pristine estuary where the Sonoran Desert meets the Sea of Cortez. This salt's journey begins with the Colorado River, which travels through the majestic Grand Canyon, eventually reaching a narrow strip off the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland. Its taste and texture augment an already decadent chocolate full of hazelnut ganache, coffee bean, and pantry spice flavours.

CUNA DE PIEDRA COMALCALCO TABASCO W/ ANCIENT SPRING SALT 73%

Pays du producteur : Mexico
Cacao : Direct Source, Made at Origin
Poids : 60 g

Cuna de Piedra joined Slow Food Mexico to support the preservation of Pre-Hispanic salt mines in the Oaxacan town of Zapotitlán Salinas. This salt's historical, cultural, and gastronomic value was recognized by Slow Food International in 2018 with the Presidia designation. Today there are less than 100 farmers left harvesting salt using a technique unchanged for generations - the stairs and rock walls of the wells go back so many hundreds of years that no one knows for sure when they were actually built! The use of this special salt can be pleasantly appreciated without distracting too much from the dark, fruity distinctiveness of the cocoa and its notes of black plum, bruised mint, and coffee.