Sea salt, hand-harvested weekly
Artisanal Sea Salt
The everyday workhorse, our sea salt elevates your food's flavour in the purest of ways. Coarse, irregular crystals that season deeply.
Coming soon.
Our Salt
Two artisanal salts: infinite possibilities
A joy to cook and eat with: from marinades to grills, and cakes to bakes, our artisanal sea salt has a mellow, oceanic flavour profile that enhances your ingredients' traits without overpowering.
Flor de sal, hand-harvested daily
Flor de Sal
Often called white gold, our flor de sal accentuates the flavour of anything it touches. Fine, delicate crystals that dissolve on contact.
£14
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Coming soon.
Produced at nature's pace
Salty Duo
The workhorse and the finishing touch. Use them together to brighten your dishes to new levels of flavour.
£20
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Coming soon.
Atlantic water
Naturally filtered by sea algae beds, and evaporated by the sun.
Hand-harvested
The sun slowly creates complex salt crystals as we rake our salt pans daily.
Mellow, bright flavour profile
With a wide spectrum of naturally present minerals, for deeper flavours.
A pinch above the rest.
From the salt pans of Figueira da Foz. Algae-filtered, slow-crystallised and hand-harvested. A mineral richness that makes every ingredient taste more like itself.
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Mineral-dense, slow-crystallised, and hand-harvested.
Our entirely natural process creates a traditional sea salt that brightens your ingredients in the purest of ways.
Artisanal sea salt
The everyday workhorse that makes every ingredient taste more like itself.
Best forTo season as you cook, brightening the character of your ingredients and elevating your dishes to a new level.
Flor de sal
The finishing salt that accentuates the flavour of anything it touches.
Best forTo sprinkle just before serving, the final touch that gives every dish that extra oomph.
Produced with sea and sun at nature's pace.
Salt farmers in Figueira da Foz have been working to nature's rhythm since the 12th century.
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Atlantic water in
Naturally filtered through beds of sea algae on its way to the pans.
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Sun works at its pace
Water slowly evaporates under the sun, and salt crystals begin to form.
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Tending daily
The waters are raked throughout the day to ensure even crystallisation.
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Harvesting weekly
Salt is then gathered into pyramids to dry naturally, then stored.
Fond childhood memories.
Behind every grain, a farmer tending the pans from sunrise to sunset.
Hot summers, big family gatherings, and lots of delicious food.
A beautiful way of life
The joyful summer gatherings.
The joyful summer gatherings.
Sharing good food and good times.
The peace and quiet.
The dusk-to-dawn beauty of the region.
Worked here since the 12th century
To see the salt gardens glisten once again.
For centuries, the engine of this coast. At its peak the region had over 1,000 salt pans.
Where once over 150 farmers worked, now we have fewer than 50.
We honour the salt farmers by paying a fair price for their hard graft.
Buying from more producers in the region.
Bringing the salt gardens back to life.
Silva Kitchen
At our table there's always room for one more.
Come for the salt, become part of the family. Recipes, interviews and updates from the salt pans.
Recipe
Whole salt-baked celeriac
Interview
The chef who cooks with the tide
Journal
A summer table beside the pans
Explore Silva Kitchen
Coming later in the Winter.