Flavoured Salt Recipes | Chew Town Food Blog (2024)

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How to create flavored salt? ›

Combine flavorings and salt: Start with 1 teaspoon flavorings and 1/4 cup salt. Combine using your fingers, a mortar and pestle, or pulse in a coffee or spice grinder or food processor. Mix well but avoid pulverizing the salt. Taste and increase the amount of flavorings, if desired.

It's no secret that salting meat before cooking retains its moisture, so why not use a flavored salt. You can flavor your rib eye with Espresso Brava or roast chicken with Spanish Rosemary, all while preserving its natural juices. You can salt your mashed potatoes with Roasted Garlic Sea Salt or Toasted Onion.

Just add salt (preferably flaky sea salt), and depending on the magnitude of spiciness, add the desired number of tablespoons of salt. For medium spiciness, add two tablespoons of chilli for every cup of salt. Add lemon zest to the mix to give a tangy flavour, and mix it up. Your chilli salt is ready to be eaten.

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.

If dried properly, your flavored salt can be stored for up to a year. That's why it's important to bake it. When using just herbs and salt, many people skip that part. But unless you're using perfectly dried herbs, the flavored salts obtained this way don't usually last more than 3 weeks.

Place dried flavoring in the bowl of a clean coffee or spice grinder. Give it 2-3 quick pulses to break up the flavoring. Add 1 tablespoon of sea salt and pulse another 2-3 times to incorporate, then add remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons salt and pulse once more to combine. Transfer to a decorative tin or jar.

Dhokla, a lentil cake, and idli batter use fruit salt to make a lighter and fluffier batter. Fruit salt is also used to soak pulses, helping to soften them and reduce their tendency to creat flatulence.

With 25 varieties, flavored salts turn the salting ritual into a mindful and creative part of your cooking rather than an afterthought. Some are sweet, some are savory, some pack a powerful punch, and some are more modestly magnificent.

What is the best salt for coffee? ›

To "help take the bitterness out of your brew," Brown suggests using a quarter teaspoon of kosher salt for every six tablespoons of ground coffee.

“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.”

LIQUID FLAVORINGS: Mix 1/2 cup kosher salt and flavoring in small bowl, then spread on large plate and microwave, stirring every 60 seconds, until only slightly damp (salt mixture will continue to dry as it cools).

There are low sodium options or salt alternatives but use your talents to create your own. It is much more fun and safer for your diet. Things like cinnamon, turmeric, curry powders, fresh ground peppercorns, sage, tarragon and dill can all pick up where you left the salt out.