Flavoured Salt Recipes | Chew Town Food Blog (2024)

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What can you do with flavored salt? ›

Alder- or applewood-smoked salt is a nice finish for, say, grilled shrimp or scallops, or other similarly quick-grilled items that cook too fast to pick up smoke flavors (or when you rill with a gasser); smoke-, herb-, or chile-flavored salts are nice on or in egg dishes; herb- or citrus-flavored are good on fresh or ...

Place 1/4 cup of the salt, oregano, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a spice grinder or food processor. Pulse about 5 times until the oregano turns into small pieces. Combine with the remaining salt in a medium mixing bowl. Add in the espresso and stir until the espresso is absorbed.

For the most part, fancy sea salts and artisan salts are used as “finishing salts.” This just means that instead of measuring them into cakes or stirring them into soups like we do with table salt or kosher salt, we sprinkle them over our finished dishes for one last burst of salty goodness before digging in.

Store: Store salt in an airtight container.

Ideally, let it sit at least a day before using. Intensity of flavor will diminish over time, but it can last for up to a year.

Making the flavored salt is an easy process, simply pulse the dried flavoring in your (clean!) coffee or spice grinder to break up the large pieces, then add your sea salt and pulse to evenly incorporate. Literally 10 seconds and you're done.

Coarser, flakier salts are recommended because they have better texture and appearance. Kosher salt is affordable, but you can upscale with fleur de sel, sel gris, or Maldon salt. Store always in an airtight container in a dark place, and let it sit for a couple days after mixing to allow flavours to infuse.

“The addition of salt in coffee dampens bitterness without using other additives,” she says. “Salt naturally brings out the sweetness of coffee and maintains pleasant aromas. If people are sensitive to bitterness, even in specialty coffee, adding salt is a good alternative to using milk and sugar.”

salt to 12 Tbsp. freshly ground coffee (to yield a 6-cup pot of joe). If your pot is a little larger, that's okay—like salting anything, we recommend starting small and increasing to taste. Adding a tiny pinch to an already brewed cup of coffee can work just as well.

Celtic sea salt also known as sel gris or grey salt is a simpler, less mucked-around kind of salt. It hails from the coastal stretches of France. There are a few special things about it that seal its uniqueness from other salts.

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Potassium chloride looks the same as sodium chloride and tastes very similar. Potassium-enriched salt works to lower blood pressure not only because it reduces sodium intake but also because it increases potassium intake.

Salt and Pepper

In his kitchen, Bobby opts for a rotation of different salts and freshly ground black pepper. “I use kosher salt most of the time, and I grind my own black peppercorns and I just put 'em in a bowl as opposed to having it in a pepper mill,” he says.

Sea salt is the noblest seasoning used in cooking, and in particular French gastronomy. Over several decades, Guérande salt is one of the most used ingredients at French and foreign restaurants, thanks to its nutritional qualities and its rich flavour.

How is it used? People use this type of salt and common table salt in the same way: As part of cooking, to season meals, and to preserve food. Blocks of pink salt sometimes become serving dishes, cooking surfaces, and cutting boards. Some people also use pink Himalayan salt in place of bath salts.

Vanilla salt is so very versatile, and the sweet/savory flavor profile is the perfect addition to just about any dessert. Sprinkle on brownies, homemade caramels, popcorn, soft and chewy homemade pretzels or even in your favorite hot cocoa. Of course, you can't make vanilla sea salt without vanilla!

Umami Salt will do the trick. We collaborated with our friends at Oaktown Spice Shop to create the essence of umami in an easy to use spice blend. Try it as a rub. We also like it on eggs, fried rice, sandwiches, fried chicken, and pretty much everything else that goes in our mouths.

Some popular ways to use sea salt include sprinkling it on roasted veggies, adding it to chocolate-based desserts, and using it to season steaks, burgers, and fish. Finally, you can prepare a salt bath by adding 1 cup (230 grams) of sea salt to warm bathwater.