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Smoked salt

Salt cold-smoked over wood — oak, alder, hickory, applewood — until it tastes of a campfire. A way to get smoke into a dish without a smoker.

smoky · salty · campfire

What to do with it

Ana Etxarri's ChawanmushiSmoked salt would season itRosa Ibarra's Clarified milk punch, mezcal and pineappleSmoked salt would season itTolu Adeyemi's Jollof, party styleSmoked salt would season itMira Kowalski's Pierogi ruskieSmoked salt would season it

Goes with

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Knowing it

Where to buy
Delis and good grocers. Check the label: real smoked salt is smoked, not sprayed with liquid smoke.
Worth knowing
Finish with it rather than cook with it; long cooking fades the smoke. Use it in place of some of the ordinary salt — on eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, caramel.

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