Cheater Basic Smoked Salt

Name: Cheater Basic Smoked Salt
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons kosher or coarse sea salt; 1 teaspoon bottled smoke

January 24, 2012

We use smoked salts on everything that begs for a nuance of mysterious flavor. The gourmet hardwood-smoked sea salts are little brown bombshells of flavor. Our simplified cheater is quick to make and lasts indefinitely. Add an herb or a spice to complement a special dish or drink, like Hazy Marys (page 33) rimmed in smoked salt with celery seed.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons kosher or coarse sea salt

1 teaspoon bottled smoke

Preparation

Step 1
COMBINE the salt and bottled smoke in a small dish or a jar. Cover. The smoked salt will keep indefinitely.
Variations
Step 2
Add 1 teaspoon smoked paprika—sweet or bittersweet.
Step 3
Add 1 teaspoon celery seed.
Step 4
Add 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper and 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest.
Step 5
Add 1 teaspoon curry powder.
Step 6
Add a pinch of cayenne pepper.

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