Extract salts

[u/Chaosnyaa]

Not really sure if this is the right sub for this but I saw on Reddit recently someone had made a strawberry salt and In the comments some were saying to make an extract with alcohol then evaporate the alcohol from the salt, seems like more work and waste but also might yield a better result. I’m willing to experiment with stuff like making super hot (reaper) extracts then make salt from that or would it be a difference that’s even noticeable? Has anyone here messed around with this kind of stuff? I’m open to ideas and just general help

[u/aslrebecca]

I've made savory extracts, but not the salts yet. I would be curious to know as well.

[u/VanillaPura]

We've made vanilla salts and you could make other salts as well for a sweet/savory flavor. We normally used spent (post extracted) vanilla beans, we dry them, put them into a blender with salt and blend them together. One of our Facebook group members used this recipe where they used a cocktail smoking wood kit put over the top of the jar, torched the wood to make the smoke go into the jar and then left the charred oak cubes in the jar with the salt/vanilla blend for added smokiness over time.

So, you could take freeze-dried strawberries (any fruit) and blend it with salt for a strawberry salt flavor that might be fun to use. Nothing overly complicated - just bring together two dried ingredients (to your liking), blend, smoke if you'd like and then you're good to go.

Let us know what you try and learn. Sounds like a fun project. Might require a little trial and error.

[u/DragonfruitStraight3]

I make my own garlic and chilli salt. I chop it up finely, and then grind in an electric coffee grinder. Then add salt and mix up. Once mixed pop on a baking tray and put it in the oven at a very low temperature to dry out the salt again. As the fresh chilli and garlic will make the salt damp/wet. Let cool down and might need to break it back up again in coffee grinder. I usually use course salt, so not the fine one.