Maldon
The Osborne's have been making salt at Maldon for four generations. That's a long while and a lot of
The Osborne's have been making salt at Maldon for four generations. That's a long while and a lot of salt for a family both custodians of an ancient culinary tradition and creators of a brand recognized the world over. It is unchanging yet ever-changing, constant yet continuously challenging. The salt stays the same, but there are always new cooks to bring in to the Maldon fold, new recipes that will benefit from the magic of the perfect pinch.
You could contend that Maldon Salt is really made by nature, with just a little helping hand from man to release it from the clutches of the environment. Certainly the "process," if you can call it that, is about as natural as these things can be.
Seawater is filtered and boiled which, reassuringly, removes any impurities, and then heated until the salt crystallizes. If this sounds easy, there's an art in temperature and timing and in particular, the traditional "drawing" of the salt by hand from the pans, that confounds anyone without a salt maker's skills. The result, for those with the know-how is the pure white crisp clean crystals that can only be Maldon salt.
You could contend that Maldon Salt is really made by nature, with just a little helping hand from man to release it from the clutches of the environment. Certainly the "process," if you can call it that, is about as natural as these things can be.
Seawater is filtered and boiled which, reassuringly, removes any impurities, and then heated until the salt crystallizes. If this sounds easy, there's an art in temperature and timing and in particular, the traditional "drawing" of the salt by hand from the pans, that confounds anyone without a salt maker's skills. The result, for those with the know-how is the pure white crisp clean crystals that can only be Maldon salt.