Lavender Salt and other "flavored salts"

[big brown horse]

This weekend at a market day and plant sale, I had the most delicious sandwich that was sprinkled with coarse"lavender salt". The salt was actually light purple in color. The sandwich was made of toasted sourdough, smoked salmon, a cream cheese smear and lavender salt sprinkled on top.

How do you make it? Anyone know? I did a search first and could not find a recipe.

Other flavored salt recipes are welcome too.

Thank you!!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi big brown horse,

Working on the same principal as vanilla & lavender SUGAR I would go for packing a dark container with coarse sea salt with lots of fresh lavender. Maybe trying to use one of the darker varieties as you say it was light purple in colour. I would think shaking it a lot would help. Salt draws moisture out of things it's stored with or rubbed upon (like salting meat).

I have never heard about it before. Hope this helps. My lavender is just beginning to flower so I will give it a try.

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi again

I have come up with this -- Pretty quick, Huh? Sheer luck....!!

http://whatscookingamerica.net/TunaLavender.htm

I think this recipe holds a clue so I think my previous guess maybe pretty right...... ?

I will keep looking!


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[big brown horse]

Thank you Hattie!

It sounds like I will not need to dry the lavender out first then...same with other herbs I suppose too. HiDelight informed me that I can make vanilla salt and it is good too. Stick a vanilla bean into the coarse salt and set aside for a while.

 

[vfem]

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love to make flavored salts.... Mmmmm

 

[big brown horse]

Yes, they are!

Lets make sure to also add what they taste well with. For example I think the lavender salt tases very good with smoked salmon (that is all I know so far).

I will look up what HiDelight told me about vanilla salt and BRB.

ETA: seafood, vanilla salt is good on seafood. To make it, you put a vanilla bean into a container with coarse salt, sea or kosher and shake it up real good.

 

[vfem]

With the 'vanilla' bean you add, would you actually slice it up? How long would you let it sit?!

I bet you some of these salts would make AWESOME custom pretzels.

 

[vfem]

ooooooooooooh... I was just thinking a super sweet shortbread type cookie dipped in white chocolate and topped with a sprinkle of vanilla OR lavender sea salt. Sweet and salty, those are my favorite on snacks.

(P.s. - Don't forget I bake for a living! )

 

[big brown horse]

With the 'vanilla' bean you add, would you actually slice it up? How long would you let it sit?!

I bet you some of these salts would make AWESOME custom pretzels.

I think you would slice it open and that is all it will take.

 

[big brown horse]

ooooooooooooh... I was just thinking a super sweet shortbread type cookie dipped in white chocolate and topped with a sprinkle of vanilla OR lavender sea salt. Sweet and salty, those are my favorite on snacks.

(P.s. - Don't forget I bake for a living! )

Can I move in with you?? Pretty please?

The pretzel idea is good too. If I were stranded on a deserted island and I could take one thing, it would be pretzels!

p.s I just noticed that cute duck up there was yours.