Maldon smoked sea salt is pure and unique, made using only traditional natural methods. Add an extra dimension for seasoning meat, fish and poultry, enhancing the natural flavors. Using traditional smoking methods to gently cold smoke the salt crystals ensures a truly exciting taste. Its pronounced and distinctive 'salty' taste combined with a deliciously subtle smoky flavor, adds sophistication to your favorite dishes. Great on shellfish and meats, or for use in sauces, salsas, soups and marinades.
Produced on the family estate of the Spanish nobleman Marques de Valdueza, this extra virgin olive oil is the result of the first pressing of several varieties of olives, all pressed within an hour of picking. The combination of buttery Arbequina, tangy Picual, and smooth and fruity Hojiblanca, mixed with oil from the estate’s Morisca olives - unique to western Spain – creates a harmonious blend and unique style, with excellent fragrance, fresh, fruity flavor, stability and a full sweet flavor with just a hint of pepper.
Nori is a naturally nutritious food, used for wrapping certain varities of Sushi. Harvested in special farms, it is dried and roasted to keep it crisp. Nori is a staple in the Japanese diet and is traditionlly eaten by Asian cultures to strengthen the circulatory system and help lower cholesterol. Each 4.9 oz bag has 50 Nori sheets
Fish sauce is the single, most important flavoring ingredient in Thai cooking (also well-loved in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma and the Philippines). Used like salt in western cooking and soy sauce in Chinese cooking, good-quality fish sauce imparts a distinct aroma and flavor all its own. Large bottle will get you on the right track to start making all of your favorite Thai dishes. Simply put: if it doesn't have fish sauce, it can't be considered Thai. We are proud to offer Tiparos brand, made by one of Thailand's premier food companies, First Grade export quality. All natural.
The caper berry is the flower bud of Capparis Spinosa, a Mediterranean shrub, cultivated for its buds. The caper berry resembles a large grape with white stripes, or actually more like a teeny tiny watermelon. It has a much less intense flavor than a caper. They are preserved in water, vinegar, and salt. The caperberry can be eaten like an olive. The Caper Berries have become a very popular garnish for the Martini.
Verjus (pronounced vair-ZHOO) is the tart, fresh juice of unripe wine grapes. It is a culinary ingredient indigenous to the world's wine producing regions that is used in sauce making, for poaching fish and meat, and to dress lettuces, vegetables and fruit.
Verjus (pronounced vair-ZHOO) is the tart, fresh juice of unripe wine grapes. It is a culinary ingredient indigenous to the world's wine producing regions that is used in sauce making, for poaching fish and meat, and to dress lettuces, vegetables and fruit.
Gelatine is an odourless, tasteless and colourless thickening agent, which when dissolved in hot water and then cooled, forms a jelly. It's useful for many purposes such as jelling moulded desserts and salads, thickening cold soups and glazing pates.