Last Updated April 25th, 2024 at 02:02 pm by Lisa
Flavored Finishing Sea Salt Recipes; Sriracha, Pinto Noir, Mustard, Celery, and House Seasoning. This Savvy Kitchen Tip includes step-by-step instructions, recipes, and ideas on how to use your finishing salts.
They will take your cooking to a new level, and make a great homemade food gift. So easy, and so pretty...
You'll Love To Make Flavored Finishing Salts
These pretty little jars of homemade finishing salts are a fun project.
- Try these flavors, or create new ones you're inspired to make.
- Be sure to make a few extra jars to share with friends and family to enjoy in their kitchens.
- Salt improves the flavor of any dish and is a secret of all pro chefs.
- Makes a great (inexpensive) gourmet food gift for the hostess or for holidays!
Finishing salts are coarse and bring out the flavors of the food after preparing or cooking the dish. Usually, you salt before or during cooking. Finishing salt like these flavored ones are sprinkled on the dish AFTER cooking and really add zip and zing to your cooking!
For each salt recipe below, take a look at dishes to enjoy with them and try to experiment with the combinations you create at home.
I am currently in love with the sriracha salt, just amazing on avocado toast in the morning!
How To Make Sriracha Salt
Recipe: In a small bowl, mix ⅓ cup Sriracha sauce + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
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Instructions: Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.
Sriracha salt will be slightly damp and will continue to dry as it cooks. Let it cool and dry for several hours on the counter overnight. Store in small spice jars, or mason jars.
What Is Sriracha Salt Used With?
Enjoy With: avocado toast, guacamole, roasted vegetables, french fries, grilled fish, or try fruit: mango, pineapple, watermelon.
How To Make Mustard Salt
Recipe: In a small bowl, mix ⅓ cup Dijon Mustard + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
Instructions: Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.
Mustard Salt will be slightly damp and will continue to dry as it cooks. Let it cool for several hours on the counter overnight. Store in small spice jars, or mason jars.
What Is Mustard Salt Used With?
Enjoy With: fish, roast beef, salad, grilled pork, and homemade pretzels.
How To Make Pinot Noir Salt
Recipe: In a small bowl, mix 7 tablespoons pinot noir + 1 cup kosher sea salt.
Instructions: Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.
Pinot Noir Salt will be slightly damp and will continue to dry as it cooks. Also, let pinot noir salt air dry 2 more days on the counter. Store in small spice jars, or mason jars.
What Is Pinot Noir Salt Used With?
Enjoy With: braised beef, grilled steak, sprinkle on cheeses, pork loin, or pasta with marinara.
How To Make Celery Salt
Recipe: In a small bowl mix ½ cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
Instructions: Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.
The color of the celery will fade over time.
What Is Celery Salt Used With?
Enjoy With: Salads, corn on the cob, the rim of a bloody mary glass, coleslaw, and tuna salad.
How To Make House Seasoning
Recipe: In a small bowl mix 2 cups kosher sea salt + ½ cup fresh cracked pepper (grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder) + ½ cup garlic powder.
Instructions: Mix, no drying necessary.
What Is House Seasoning Used With?
Enjoy With: All around seasoning ready to use on chicken before roasting, put on fish and grill, great on pork roasts, season BBQ ribs before grilling or smoking, or add amazing flavor, or try my Grilled Hamburger Seasoning!
More Seasoning Recipes
Mix your own Pumpkin Pie Spice. You can certainly buy it, but it is a great way to use pantry spices and tastes so much better homemade.
Burger Seasoning makes the juiciest flavor-filled Grilled Hamburgers. Mix up a batch of hamburger seasoning for your next cookout, grill, or BBQ party.
Grill and BBQ Rub is an easy spice mix and seasoning to make at home. Use as a rib rub, steak rub, dry rub for chicken, or dry rub for pork.
Pickling Spice is easy to make and a great way to use up spices you have on hand. Add it to pickles, corn beef, stews, rice, or use in brine to flavor meat.
Make your own Cajun Seasoning mix with a simple spice mix. Use on shrimp, oven fries, or in recipes for jambalaya, and classic gumbo.
5 Flavored Finishing Salt Recipes
Ingredients
Sriracha Salt
- ⅓ cup sriracha sauce
- ½ cup kosher sea salt
Mustard Salt
- ⅓ cup Dijon Mustard
- ½ cup kosher sea salt
Pinot Noir Salt
- 7 tablespoons pinot noir
- 1 cup kosher sea salt
Celery Salt
- ½ cup celery leaves very finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- ½ cup kosher sea salt
House Seasoning
- 2 cups kosher sea salt
- ½ cup cracked pepper grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder
- ½ cup garlic powder
Instructions
Sriracha Salt
- Recipe: In a small bowl, mix ⅓ cup Sriracha sauce + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
- Spread sriracha salt mixture on a microwave-safe dinner plate, a paper plate works best, and spread evenly. Microwave 1 minute at a time, stirring every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total. The salt mixture will continue to dry as it cooks. Stir and fluff with a fork. Let cool and dry for several hours on counter or overnight.
- Try Sriracha Salt On: Avocado toast, guacamole, roasted vegetables, french fries, grilled fish, or try fruit: mango, pineapple, watermelon.
Mustard Salt
- Recipe: In a small bowl, mix ⅓ cup Dijon Mustard + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
- Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.Mustard Salt will be slightly damp and will continue to dry as it cooks. Let it cool for several hours on the counter overnight. Store in small spice jars, or mason jar.
- Try Mustard Salt On: Fish, roast beef, salad, grilled pork, homemade pretzels.
Pinot Noir Salt
- Recipe: In a small bowl, mix 7 tablespoons pinot noir + 1 cup kosher sea salt.
- Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.Pinot Noir Salt will be slightly damp and will continue to dry as it cooks. Also, let pinot noir salt air dry 2 more days on the counter. Store in small spice jars, or mason jar.
- Try Pinot Noir Salt On: Braised beef, grilled steak, sprinkle on cheeses, pork loin, or pasta with marinara.
Celery Salt
- Recipe: In a small bowl mix ½ cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + ½ cup kosher sea salt.
- In a small bowl mix ½ cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + ½ cup kosher sea salt.Spread on a dinner plate and microwave 1 minute at a time. Stir every 60 seconds with a fork, for 5 minutes total.
- Try Celery Salt On: Salads, corn on the cob, the rim of a Bloody Mary glass, coleslaw, tuna salad.
House Seasoning
- Recipe: In a small bowl mix 2 cups kosher sea salt + ½ cup fresh cracked pepper (grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder) + ½ cup garlic powder. Store in an airtight container.
- Try House Seasoning On: All around seasoning ready to use on chicken before roasting, put on fish and grill, great on pork roasts, season BBQ ribs before grilling or smoking, season hamburger patties before grilling.
How do you store them? Do I have to keep them air tight?
Yes Candice, the instructions are all with the recipe. After they are dry, keep in airtight containers like little jars with lids or snap containers. Have fun making them, they are easy!
Delightful post.
Ok, you have just made my day. I was just talking to my husband about wanting to make more things from scratch. This is awesome.
Harold Burton
Where did you get the adorable tiny spoons from?!!
Hello Isabel! I got those at Cost Plus World Market a couple years ago...hope you can still find them..are you making the Flavored Salt? It so enjoy, it is fun to make, and fun to give!
Can you use the oven to dry in lieu of the microwave?
I have not tested this out, if you try it please let us know how it turned out!
would it be possible to make a citrus salt and how would you do it?
Hi Michelle, citris salt is easy to make, although I don't have a recipe on my site for it yet...take a peek at my friend Erin's over at Platings and Pairings...have fun making it (and it would be a nice gift too). Here is her recipe...https://www.platingsandpairings.com/easy-citrus-salts-2-2/
How long will these last after they are made?
Hi Erin, they will be fresh for up to 4-6 months, make sure they are very dry when you package them and store them in a cool dark place. I have used my sriracha salt well over a year now and it still works just like when I made it. The mustard salt changed color a bit but tastes great!
Where can we purchase the jars?
Marie, I found these at Cost Plus World Markets. I will add some links to Amazon in the post for some other similar little jars. It is a fun gift to give friends, they love it! Happy Cooking, Lisa.
I have made all but the Pinot salt and really enjoy how they upgrade the taste of everyday foods without much effort. Now that I have tried almost all of them I am going to make a batch of these up and give them as a gift set. Your photos above inspired that smart idea, so thank you for making my life easier!