Notes about Recipes in this book

• Watermelon and feta on a salt block

  • mjes on May 25, 2018

    This recipe is common - watermelon, feta, mint. The feta reminds me of my Father sprinkling salt on his watermelon. It is the presentation on a salt block that makes this an interesting recipe giving a bit of the salted watermelon flavor of preceding generations.

• Salt block cucumber salad

  • pandaPowder on January 12, 2014

    very delicious. we loved it. use for a few days afterward. put on bread with goat cheese

  • bching on August 23, 2014

    easy and delicious. Cucumbers retain crisp texture.

• Salt-cured candied strawberries

  • pandaPowder on February 26, 2014

    I made this last week and they were fantastic. The strawberries I used definitely took about 3 hours to cure. They would be good as a garnish to just about any dessert. My kids couldn't get enough of them.

• Preserved savage mushrooms

  • pandaPowder on February 03, 2014

    I accidentally added the lime juice before curing these, but they still seemed to turn out awesome. I threw them on my spaghetti and ate them with bread.

• Salt block preserved lemon slices

  • pandaPowder on March 24, 2014

    I used them in a couscous recipe and they were really good. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/pine-nut-and-preserved-lemon-couscous-recipe.html I preferred adding more lemons than the recipe called for. I can't wait to try it out in other things.

• Salt block smashed potatoes

  • pandaPowder on January 27, 2014

    this was really delicious. The potatoes were perfectly seasoned but not too salty. I liked this recipe because it was a bit simpler and didn't require actual cooking on the salt block. I barely heated my salt block before mashing and then microwaved the potatoes afterwards. I'm sure it would be better to have the warm block but it wasn't essential.

• Salt block seared kobe beef with tarragon-shallot butter

  • pandaPowder on February 03, 2014

    I used filet mignon and I over cooked it a bit due to a crying baby. However, despite being more medium-rare than rare, they were still very tender and yummy. Salty is good when it comes to steak I think. The tarragon shallot butter was divine.

• Salt crust scallops with Thai lime dipping sauce

  • pandaPowder on January 16, 2014

    this was very good. The sauce made the whole thing better. I still need to try and do something with the sauce. I didn't quite get the crust I wanted. Perhaps the block was not hot enough.

• Salt block rosemary potato chips

  • pandaPowder on January 27, 2014

    this was kind of a lot of work but they were really good. I thought I made too many but it turned out we didn't have enough. A bit of a mess if a chip fell off the block and then got burned onto the stovetop. I did about as thin as I could go without them collapsing like paper and it was still pretty thin because they thin out while cooking.

• Salt block asparagus rolled in pancetta with mostarda dipping sauce

  • pandaPowder on March 24, 2014

    I felt like the pancetta was already salty enough, so I didn't see the point of cooking on the salt block here. My vegetarian wife, who didn't eat the pancetta of course, thought that the asparagus was really good. I'm not sure if that was because of the salt block or the fact that she got some of the bacon flavor! haha! Next time I think I'll just do the asparagus. I'm not sure if I can count this one towards my goal because I didn't make the home made mustard.

• Salt-seared sweet potato pancakes with hot pepper honey

  • pandaPowder on February 03, 2014

    these were really tasty. We had them with wiener schnitzel. My son ate a bunch of them with blackberry jam. I preferred the hot pepper honey.

• Salt-seared pineapple steaks with curried agave drizzle

  • pandaPowder on March 03, 2014

    I used rootbeer in place of the rum. I think it would be good on or off the salt block. I over cooked my drizzle just a tad and it was more of a caramel when at room temperature but it still worked when rubbed on the pineapple..

• Salt-baked rustic apple-onion tart with blue cheese

  • pandaPowder on March 24, 2014

    also one of my favorite recipes I've made on the salt block. I would make it again. Add more blue cheese. I don't think the salt block actually made the crust any saltier.

• Salt block baked pretzel rolls with mustard butter

  • pandaPowder on March 24, 2014

    one of my favorites! Not as hard as I expected.

• Gold-crusted salty chocolate curls

  • pandaPowder on February 03, 2014

    we used tollhouse chocolate chips and curled them off the block with a cheese grater. We sprinkled the curls on pudding and it was very good. I liked the smoked salt.