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L'Argan
"Argania
spinosa"
Argan oil is an oil
produced
from the fruits of the Argan
"argania spinoza".The argan tree exsists since the tertial era,
it is a prehistoric tree.In the 16th century Hassan el Wassan
(alias Leon the African) travelling in
Essaouira (morocco) describes
the making of the argan oil as a traditional and
family affair
( the first use being for the family).
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Extracting the
argan oil is done in several phases.
After the removal of the soft pulp
- the hard nut is cracked open by two stones
-roasting gently the seeds are then removed from the nut
-the roasted seeds are then ground with a little water to a
paste,
in a stone dish -the paste is then squeezed by hand to release the
oil.
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Notice that olive oil is
obtained from the pulp of the fruit but argan
is from the seeds.It takes 100 kilos of argan fruits to make an
average of 3 litres argan
oil and
one argan tree gives an
average of 8 kilos of fruits.
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