Sliced aloe vera

Aloe reveals its culinary gift.

Aloe, a noble leaf of ancient magic, offers itself as precious nourishment. Traced in culinary art and beauty secrets from millennia immemorial, this leaf, not fruit, was revered by the Egyptians for its supernatural powers.

Cleopatra, legendary queen, intertwined the virtues of aloe with those of milk in her regenerating baths. This plant, with regenerative and soothing virtues, stands out as an elixir of elasticity and healing. No wonder its juice and ointments are allied against burns and beloved by the cosmetic art to caress the skin. Pliny the Elder, an ancient 1st-century A.D. vate, celebrated aloe as a remedy for stomach aches, constipation and headaches in his work “Historia Naturalis.”

Even the Kamasutra gives it aphrodisiac virtues. Dehydrated and juxtaposed with dried fruits, aloe is transformed into an extraordinary snack, inviting an unprecedented dance of flavors.