Potato chips with vanilla salt.
Vanilla salt consists of any type of clear or ground salt combined with vanilla seeds to enhance the salt with the flavor and aroma of vanilla. This type of salt is available from a number of manufacturers, using a variety of different salts, although it can also be made quite easily. While fine salt or table salt can be used to make this product, coarser salt, such as kosher or sea salt, generally works better and provides more flavor and texture. Vanilla salt can be used in baking sweet dishes like cookies and cakes, but it can also be used in savory dishes.
vanilla salt.
While the idea of vanilla salt may initially seem unusual, as salt is often associated with savory dishes, it can add a lot of flavor to many different types of food. The salt alone intensifies the flavor and can be used in everything from cookies and candies to fried fish and steamed vegetables. The use of vanilla salt only adds the aroma and flavor of vanilla to the enhanced flavors of the dish. If too much salt, of any kind, is used, the flavors can become overpowering, so moderation should be used.
The cracked vanilla pods with the salt can be combined to make vanilla salt.
Vanilla salt can be purchased from a number of different manufacturers, who use different types of salt and add vanilla bean or flavoring. These salts can make great gifts, although they can also be made quite easily. To make vanilla salt, someone simply takes salt from a packet and puts it in a bowl. A vanilla bean is split along the length of the pod, and then the seeds inside the pod are scraped out. These seeds contain the strong aroma and flavor associated with vanilla.
Table salt can be used to make vanilla salt with a lighter flavor.
Bean pod seeds are added to the salt in the bowl and mixed well. This vanilla salt can be stored in an airtight container and used as needed. Salt with fairly large crystals is usually best for this, so kosher salt, sea salt, or even Himalayan ground rock salt will work well.
Vanilla salt can be used in a variety of dishes, both sweet and savory. When added to baked goods that typically require salt, such as panettone, cookies, cakes, and even some pie crusts and fillings, it adds extra vanilla flavor. This salt can also be used with savory dishes to add an unexpected accent flavor, bringing surprising depth to foods like French fries, boiled vegetables, and corn on the cob.