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Smoked salt
JurassicApiary:
Made a batch of smoked salt for Father?s Day gifts. It?s something I make a few times a year on our homestead. Simple, although for best results it needs to be turned frequently. I smoke it for 12 hours using a pellet tube in my BBQ and turn the salt every 30 minutes. I use compressed wood pellets as they?re easy to get in a variety of woods here. My favorite is Alder. If you?ve never had smoked salt before, it smells amazing and adds an earthy-smokey taste to food. I smoke coarse grained salt for food prep and fine salt for use on the table.
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The15thMember:
I have never heard of smoked salt. So you just use it anywhere you'd use normal salt, but it just gives extra smokey flavor? What are some good applications?
JurassicApiary:
--- Quote from: The15thMember on May 28, 2020, 05:26:21 pm ---I have never heard of smoked salt. So you just use it anywhere you'd use normal salt, but it just gives extra smokey flavor? What are some good applications?
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Yep. The coarse grained smoked salt is great for seasoning soups and broths while the fine smoked table salt is great with chicken, pork ribs (heck anything BBQ) and steak. Different woods blend better with different foods. I've done salts using Alder (my favorite), Maple, Cherry and Hickory, as well as blends of those too. Planning to try Mesquite and Apple this summer. Some of these work better with poultry while others with fish, pork or beef. Hence, you can end up with a variety of flavors to suit your taste. I keep Alder smoked salt on my dining table as my go-to. It's very aromatic and yet despite the intense smoke aroma, the flavor is more on the subtle side. If you want intense smoke flavor, smoke the meat itself or use liquid smoke, but this is a nice condiment variation that can be made at home by anyone and makes great gifts. I even sell jars of it at local fairs and pop-up markets on occasion. Most people have never heard of it, but once they smell it, they fall in love.
Acebird:
I never heard of smoke salt either but I can't stand liquid smoke.
Seeb:
Sounds like something I need to try.
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