Flavored Finishing Salts Recipes + House Seasoning

Last Updated July 11th, 2019 at 08:03 am 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!

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 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!

What Are Finishing Salts?

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!

How Can I Use These Finishing Salt Recipes?

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!

Avocado Toast: Healthy Breakfast or Snack

HEALTHY Avocado Toast: artisan bread, creamy avocado, sweet heirloom tomatoes, lemon olive oil drizzle, sriracha salt, crushed hemp seeds, and microgreens.

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How To Make Sriracha Salt:

Recipe:  In a small bowl, mix 1/3 cup Sriracha sauce + 1/2 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.

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 jar.

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 1/3 cup Dijon Mustard + 1/2 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 jar.

What Is Mustard Salt Used With?

Enjoy With: fish, roast beef, salad, grilled pork, 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 jar.

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 1/2 cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + 1/2 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, cole slaw, tuna salad.

How To Make House Seasoning:

Recipe: In a small bowl mix 2 cups kosher sea salt + 1/2 cup fresh cracked pepper (grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder) + 1/2 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, season hamburger patties before grilling.

More Seasoning Recipes:

Grill & BBQ Dry Rub

Use on beef or chicken, this easy inexpensive Homemade Grill & BBQ Dry Rub is preservative free.

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Please share and comment with your finishing salts ideas and dishes, we all want to hear what you create and how you love to use them!

All The Best Dishes,

Lisa

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4 Flavored Salts and House Seasoning Mix

Make tasty homemade salts in flavors like sriracha salt, celery salt, house salt, mustard salt, and even pinot noir salt! These DIY salts would make a great gift too – gifts for foodies and gifts for food lovers.

Course Seasoning

Cuisine American

Keyword finishing salt, flavored salt, sriracha salt

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 7 minutes

For all of this recipe (don’t use table salt), use a flaky, coarse salt like Kosher Sea Salt (cheapest), Maldon, or Fleur de Sel. Recipe adapted from Cook’s Illustrated Magazine – April 2017

Servings 50

Calories 10kcal

Author Lisa Hatfield

Ingredients

Sriracha Salt

• 1/3 cup sriracha sauce
• 1/2 cup kosher sea salt

Mustard Salt

• 1/3 cup Dijon Mustard
• 1/2 cup kosher sea salt

Pinot Noir Salt

• 7 tablespoons pinot noir
• 1 cup kosher sea salt

Celery Salt

• 1/2 cup celery leaves very finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon celery seeds
• 1/2 cup kosher sea salt

House Seasoning

• 2 cups kosher sea salt
• 1/2 cup cracked pepper grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder
• 1/2 cup garlic powder

Instructions

Sriracha Salt

• Recipe:  In a small bowl, mix 1/3 cup Sriracha sauce + 1/2 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.
• Enjoy Sriracha Salt With: avocado toast, guacamole, roasted vegetables, french fries, grilled fish, or try fruit: mango, pineapple, watermelon.

Mustard Salt

• Recipe: In a small bowl, mix 1/3 cup Dijon Mustard + 1/2 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.
• Enjoy Mustard Salt With: 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.
• Enjoy Pinot Noir Salt With: braised beef, grilled steak, sprinkle on cheeses, pork loin, or pasta with marinara.

Celery Salt

• Recipe: In a small bowl mix 1/2 cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + 1/2 cup kosher sea salt.
• In a small bowl mix 1/2 cup celery leaves very finely chopped + 1 teaspoon celery seeds + 1/2 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.
• Enjoy Celery Salt With: Salads, corn on the cob, the rim of a Bloody Mary glass, cole slaw, tuna salad.

House Seasoning

• Recipe: In a small bowl mix 2 cups kosher sea salt + 1/2 cup fresh cracked pepper (grind peppercorns in a coffee grinder) + 1/2 cup garlic powder. Store in an airtight container.
• Enjoy House Seasoning 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, season hamburger patties before grilling.

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Notes

For all of this recipe (don’t use table salt), use a flaky, coarse salt like Kosher Sea Salt (cheapest), Maldon, or Fleur de Sel. Recipe adapted from Cook’s Illustrated Magazine – April 2017

Nutrition

Calories: 10kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 1174mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0mg

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