We often forget how much important is the choice of a good sea salt, the reason is very simple. Indeed it is one of the food we eat every day and, contrary to the tendency to the demonization of this product, that if eaten in the correct quantities contains very important nutrients. We of OIP propose you a raw sea salt Thin Raw Sea Salt Picked by shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande, extracted naturally, picked by hand by the only producers of the Trapani Salina, a natural surfacing plant which dates back to the 11th century. Further contributing to the quality od the raw sea salt of Salinagrande in Trapani is the fact that the area of surfacing is a Natural Protected Sea Area, as a consequence it come in contact with less polluting substances.

Today we’re talking about a product which is often seen badly on the nutritional side, but it is always in the table throughout the world, salt. Not all the salts are the same, some are very refined and have a lower cost certainly, but a negative effect on our health, while others due to natural process are endowed with great properties, without the need of artificial processing as washing, drying and chemical additions. The last one is the case of Cuor di Sale, the Raw Sea Salt from Trapani salt pan, a self-sustaining open air tanks system, with a thousand-year old history, which is working still nowadays and is eco-sustainable. As it is a raw salt, cuor di sale contains “alive” magnesium and potassium, inorganic salts that are more precious than the ones sold at the pharmacies, but above all the alive iodine, which act positively on the thyroid gland without the problems deriving from the dead iodine (the one inserted artificially in the iodized salts). It has a stronger salt power compared to the normal kitchen salt, so smaller quantities of salt will be needed with benefits on health, moreover the packaging is designed in order not to let slip the posit element of salt, which are volatile and photosensitive. Available in two formats Raw Sea Salt Picked by Shoulder - Cuor di Sale - Salinagrande and Thin Raw Sea Salt Picked by shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande.

Today we're going to introduce you one of the greatest classics of the Northern Italy cuisine: his majesty the Risotto alla Milanese. The legend says that the birth of this recipe dates back to 1574. Indeed it was created during a wedding banquet as a kind of joke due to the passion of the bride's dad, a famous painter of Flemish origin, for the yellow colour. But surprisingly all the guests came up to fell in love with this unusual combination. Now we're going to give you our personal recipe. Ingredients: Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio, Saffron from San Gimignano - IL Vecchio Maneggio, white onions, calf osso buco, Butter - Az. Agricola Frascio, white wine, meat broth (in this case we used the one obtained from the boiled meat we cooked the day before), Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, flour, Thin Raw Sea Salt Picked by shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande. First mince the white onion and put it in a pan with some butter. When it will be golden add the ossibuchi and down them on both sides seasoning with salt. Then simmer some white wine turning up the fire to make alcohol evaporate until reduced, so add some meat broth and make it cook for one hour and a half nearly. Take some chopped up onion and make it brownish with some butter in a pan, add the rice to make it toast for 1\2 minutes. Pour with the meat broth and make it cook for the time written in the box. Almost at the end add the saffron pistils. Cream with some butter and parmesan, finally take a soup plate, put the risotto ad the bottom flattening it out and put an ossobuco on it.