Basil Salt Recipe
Basil Salt Recipe
If you find yourself with more fresh basil than you know what to do with, this simple Basil Salt Recipe is perfect! It’s a great way to preserve fresh summer basil to use to spice up so many things all year round.
Food Preservation Made Easy.
It’s true, this recipe is SO easy, and worth it, it’s so worth it. Herb salts are a delicious and simple way to preserve fresh herbs, especially if you have more than you know what to do with and don’t want to waste them. This recipe takes about 30 minutes from start to finish, then you have a delicious homemade basil salt that you can use all year round on salads, meats, appetizers and so much more. If you love basil then you’ll love this basil salt.
How to use basil salt.
Basil salt can be sprinkled on SO many things, it’s very versatile! Our favourite way to enjoy it is sprinkled on to fresh tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. Here are a few more ideas to try:
- Sprinkle over fresh tomato slices with fresh mozzarella, sliced bread and olive oil.
- Use to season meats such as chicken, salmon or steak.
- Sprinkle on sliced boiled eggs (sounds weird but it’s SO GOOD).
- Sprinkle on pizza.
- Add to salads (it’s delicious on this Tomato Burrata Salad or a Caprese Salad).
- Season roasted vegetables with it.
- It’s also a great salt rimmer for drinks like Caesars or cocktails.
Basil Salt Recipe Tips
- BASIL: Use fresh basil leaves, make sure to remove the stems first.
- SALT: I use regular table salt or sea salt (just don’t use coarse salt).
- FOOD PROCESSOR: I like to use a small food processor to make this salt, but you can also use a blender.
- STORAGE: Keep in a clean, glass airtight container like small mason jar or spice jar for up to 3 months or more (just like any other dried kitchen spice).
A quick look at making basil salt.
I only took 2 pictures of the process of making basil salt, but there’s really not much to it.
Put fresh basil and salt into a food processor and grind until fine. Then spread the mixture out over a parchment paper lined baking sheet, then bake at 250 degrees F for about 25 minutes.
Add the dried basil salt mixture back into the food processor (make sure the blender is dry first), then pulse once again to break it all up.
Basil Salt Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed fresh basil
- 1/2 cup salt (I just use table salt)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F.
- Wash and pat dry the fresh basil. Remove the basil leaves from the stems (you don't want to use the stems).
- Add the basil and salt to a food processor and grind until fine.
- Place a piece of parchment paper onto a baking sheet then spread the basil salt over the parchment paper in a fine, even layer.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. You only want to dry the basil salt, not cook it.
- Once the basil salt is dry, add it back to the food processor (make sure the processor is clean and dried out first). Then pulse the salt once more to break it up.
- Store in a clean spice jar. Enjoy!
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Have a delicious day!
Great way to use all that extra basil. This turned out better than I thought it would. Thank you for sharing this! Love it!