Wild Garlic Salt Recipe
I love anything wild garlic and this wild garlic salt made with just 2 ingredients: fresh wild garlic leaves, and coarse salt is such a great way to preserve wild garlic.
Servings: 550 g (1.2 lbs)
Equipment
- Food processor, blender or mortar
- glass containers with lids
Ingredients
- 500 g (1.1 lbs) sea salt coarse
- 150 g (1/3 lbs) fresh wild garlic leaves
Instructions
- Put wild garlic leaves in a sink with water and swish the leaves around to remove the dirt. Shake the leaves to remove excess water. Then place them in a large colander to drain. Meantime preheat the oven to 60 °C (140 °F).
- Blend wild garlic leaves with about one quarter of the salt. Then add the remaining salt to the wild garlic salt mixture and combine well.
- Transfer the wild garlic salt to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put the baking sheet in the preheated oven. Crack open the oven door and insert a thick wooden spoon. keep it like that while the salt is drying. Let the salt dry for about 3 hours or until the salt is completely dry. Keep stirring in between. (SEE NOTES)
- Pack in glass jars and store in a cool dry place. It’s better to put wild garlic that you use on daily basis in a small container. Just refill it when it’s empty. Because the wild garlic salt losses it’s aroma when you constantly opens it.
Notes
- You could let the salt dry at room temperature. This can take a couple of days for the salt to dry completely though, depending on the climate.
- If where you're it's sunny, just let the salt dry outside.