The Fleur de sel obtained in the traditional way is something very special. It comes from the primordial sea in northern Spain, enclosed in the mountains of the Pyrenees and has a very high mineral content. Mined on a traditional salt works 400 meters above sea level.

There are a great variety of chiles or peppers which are are consumed unripened or dry. Among the dry ones consumed, the most popular in Europe are the so-called “Bird’s eye chilis”, a variety of small and very spicy chilis. Powdered cayenne is obtained by grinding some little red chiles of the “Capsicum Frutenses variety”. This results in a very spicy...