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Nicola and Paola DeLaurentiis, the creators of the Casina Rossa products, strive to maintain artisan–quality products that have flavor, innovation and aesthetic product appeal. These Italian sea salts are aromatic and flavorful – a wonderful addition to any cooks kitchen and a secret weapon for adding a flavor boost to endless combinations of dishes.
 

  Seasonello (Vignalta) Herbed Sea Salt

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Northern Italian cooks are known for using flavorful, all natural ingredients, especially wild- grown herbs such as rosemary and sage. Vignalta herbed salt is unique, as it is made from Sicilian sea salt infused with fresh herbs that are grown in the Veneto region of northern Italy. This very aromatic salt is a household tradition in Venice and the Veneto, and is a perfect match when grilling or roasting pork, lamb, chicken and salmon. It adds flavor without being intrusive or overpowering and is also 'fantastico' on asparagus, artichokes and grilled potatoes. Contains - sea salt, rosemary, garlic, sage and black pepper.

Seasonello (Vignalta) Herb Sea Salt

We have a very limited supply of this special mineral-rich salt that we hand-carried back from our recent trip to Korea.

Each bag contains 250 grams, about 2 cups of soft, pearly white velvet ( finely powdered salt). The texture of this salt is soft and fine and the flavor is subtle but delicious.

Bamboo salt has a slight minerality to the flavor that is enhanced by the roasting process. Minerality in foods and beverage is an important component of taste in Asia, but something that we in the West have little exposure to or familiarity with. For example, most of the best teawares in China, Japan and Korea are made of high-quality, fine-textured unglazed clay because the clay body will influence the flavor, sweetness and aroma of the tea and impart a slight minerality to the overall taste of the tea liquor.

In Korean mineral bamboo salt is known as Juk-Yom. Historically, this salt was made in Buddhist temples to flavor a simple diet rich in local greens, wild roots, and forest products. This unique sea salt is made by filling splits of fresh bamboo (that are cut at about 3 years of age so they are slender and flavorful) with coarse, sun-dried sea salt and then capping the ends with natural, yellow clay. The bamboo tubes are then roasted over pine wood fires in specially designed salt furnaces from 1 to 9 times. Before each new time that the salt is put over the fire the salt is put into a new, freshly-cut bamboo tube. The more times over the fire the more costly the salt. After roasting, the salt is released from the bamboo tube and ground into a gossamer powder.

What makes bamboo salt so special is that the salt naturally contains minerals and trace elements (phosphorus, potassium, copper, and zinc ) from the sea water and the high roasting temperature of 1300-1500°C eliminates impurities from the salt. This process also allows the bamboo juice, pine resin and the aroma of yellow clay to contribute flavor to  the salt.

Bamboo salt that has been roasted one, two or three times (1x, 2x, 3x, etc) is used for culinary purposes; bamboo salt that has been over the fire 4x to 9x is consumed for healthful benefits and is used in cosmetics and skin care products. In general, bamboo salt is appreciated in Korea for its flavor and the health advantages that it is believed to possess from its high mineral content.
 

  Sal de Ibiza - Grano

For over 2,700 years, a sea-salt of premium quality has been harvested in the saline fields on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. The island's inhabitants have always been very proud of their marine salt, regarded as one of the best of its kind. Sal de Ibiza Grano (coarse) sea salt is 100% natural and contains neither anti-caking agent nor any other additives. Produced solely using traditional artisan methods and dried by the sun Sal de Ibiza Grano is ideal for daily use in natural and healthy cooking.
 

Sal de Ibiza - Grano

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