Trapper's Mix

Name: Trapper's Mix
Brand: TERRE EXOTIQUE
SKU: TEEPTRAPPE
Price: 9.50 GBP
Availability: InStock

£9.50

Net: 70g Canada

A sweet, salty, and spicy Québécois seasoning built on maple sugar and sea salt with coriander, garlic, onion, red pepper, and black pepper. Born from Canadian trapping tradition — completely addictive on grilled pork, ribs, chicken, and roasted vegetables.

Trapper's Mix

£9.50

The story goes that a trapper in northern Québec accidentally spilled salt into his jar of maple sugar. Rather than waste it, he used the mixture on dried bison meat — and the trapper's mix was born. It has been a staple of Québécois cooking ever since: a simple combination of maple sugar nuggets and sea salt, rounded out with coriander, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and black pepper. The result is a seasoning that hits sweet, salty, and spicy notes simultaneously, with the deep caramel richness of maple running through everything.

The maple sugar at the heart of this blend is produced by evaporating maple syrup at 123°C — itself the product of an extraordinary concentration process that requires 40 litres of sap to yield just one litre of syrup, and 100 litres of sap for a single kilogram of sugar. Used as a flavoured finishing salt, the mix works beautifully on grilled and roasted pork, ribs, chicken wings, roasted root vegetables, sweet potatoes, and corn. It also makes an excellent dry marinade rub — press it into pork belly or shoulder before slow-roasting for a sticky, deeply savoury crust. Completely natural, with no added flavour enhancers.

Producer: Terre Exotique, a French spice house founded in 1998 after its founder discovered Penja pepper on a plantation in Cameroon. The company sources directly from growers worldwide and processes at its facility in France, maintaining close relationships with producers to ensure traceability and quality across its range.

Ingredients: Sugar, coriander (France), dehydrated vegetables (garlic, onion, red bell pepper), sea salt, black pepper, maple sugar, maple natural essence, vegetable oil (canola)

Storage: Ambient. Store in a dry place.

Net: 70g

Trapper's Mix works as both a finishing seasoning and a dry rub. No preparation needed — use straight from the tin.

As a finishing salt, sprinkle over grilled pork chops, chicken wings, roasted sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, or roasted root vegetables just before serving. The maple sugar nuggets give a subtle crunch alongside the salt and spice.

As a dry rub, press generously into pork belly, pork shoulder, or ribs before cooking. For best results, rub the meat and leave uncovered in the fridge for at least 2 hours (overnight is better) to let the salt draw moisture to the surface, which helps create a sticky, caramelised crust during roasting or grilling.

For a quick marinade, combine with a little oil and cider vinegar, then coat chicken thighs or pork steaks before grilling.

It also works well scattered over popcorn, mixed into a glaze for roasted carrots or parsnips, or stirred into melted butter for basting corn or grilled seafood.

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Description

The story goes that a trapper in northern Québec accidentally spilled salt into his jar of maple sugar. Rather than waste it, he used the mixture on dried bison meat — and the trapper's mix was born. It has been a staple of Québécois cooking ever since: a simple combination of maple sugar nuggets and sea salt, rounded out with coriander, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and black pepper. The result is a seasoning that hits sweet, salty, and spicy notes simultaneously, with the deep caramel richness of maple running through everything.

The maple sugar at the heart of this blend is produced by evaporating maple syrup at 123°C — itself the product of an extraordinary concentration process that requires 40 litres of sap to yield just one litre of syrup, and 100 litres of sap for a single kilogram of sugar. Used as a flavoured finishing salt, the mix works beautifully on grilled and roasted pork, ribs, chicken wings, roasted root vegetables, sweet potatoes, and corn. It also makes an excellent dry marinade rub — press it into pork belly or shoulder before slow-roasting for a sticky, deeply savoury crust. Completely natural, with no added flavour enhancers.