I’ve never made my own flavored sea salt before. Lately I’ve been more into making homemade crafty type gifts and I like to include something homemade in my Foodie Penpal Swaps. This month I decided to include Fresh Lime Sea Salt.
Don’t try to use lime juice from the bottle. You absolutely need fresh juice and the zest here or there’s no point making this salt. Trust me okay?
- 3 limes, zested and juiced
- 1 cup coarse sea salt
- Preheat oven to 200F.
- In a small bowl, combine sea salt with lime juice and zest.
- Spread out on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake in low oven for 15-20 minutes. It should not brown but appear dry.
- Let cool. Break up larger pieces that may have clumped together.
- Store in air-tight containers.
I buy my coarse sea salt from Costco. They sell the sea salt with a grinder built on the top. It’s $3.79 for about 2 cups (or more) worth of sea salt. You could also probably buy coarse sea salt or Kosher salt from Bulk Barn or your bulk foods store for a reasonable price too.
The fresh lime zest is so fragrant and beautiful.
I also tried to experiment with a homemade balsamic salt but I ended up with a gooey sticky mess that no matter how long I baked it for never did dry out. Weird. I think I know where I went wrong though. I should have left the oven door open a crack to let the moisture escape. Back to the drawing board on that one I guess.
What if you made the balsamic salt in a food dehydrator? Also, thanks! You’ve given me a great idea for Christmas gifts.
Mari that is an ingenious idea!!! I think I need to find myself a food dehydrator on the cheap and try it out. Thanks!
will you come take photos of my stuff? haha your posts are always SO PRETTY! I was wondering if your friends would be interested in spice blends? I use this one for taco season, and I have my own sazon blend I’d be happy to pass along! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Taco-Seasoning-I/Detail.aspx
Aww thanks Kate. That’s such a nice compliment. I am just learning how to use my new camera but have been trying to make my photos look more appetizing. Glad to know that I’m slowly improving.
Thanks for the link to the Taco Seasoning blend. I love spice blends so I’d love to hear what you use for Sazon too. Thanks for sharing!
What would you use this salt for? I think it might be good on baked crispy chick peas….any other suggestions?
That sounds like a brilliant idea Melissa. Honestly the only thing I cared about using this salt for was rimming some margaritas this summer. Sprinkling a bit of this lime salt on homemade tortilla chips would be pretty awesome too I think.