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Lemon and rosemary salt makes a really quick, easy and delicious homemade foodie Christmas gift.

Lemon & Rosemary Salt and Sweet Chili

Lemon and rosemary salt

A few years ago I was inspired by a certain food blogger who has taught me so many things since I ‘met’ her online. 

One of the best things was introducing me to Christmas foodie baskets. 

Who doesn’t like edible holiday gifts?

I try to scout out ideas throughout the year and I really love a gift that can be packaged in a glass jar or bottle.

When I came across flavoured salts they went to the top of the list, especially with my abundance of fresh rosemary.

Lemon and rosemary salt

They are so very quick and easy to make and really, who doesn’t use salt?

Lemon rosemary sea salt gives a lovely fresh flavor to whatever you sprinkle it on. 

How to make lemon and rosemary salt

​Rosemary-lemon sea salt is really quick and simple to make and uses just a few basic ingredients.

Ingredients for the ultimate seasoning blend

To makeLemon rosemary salt you’ll need: 

  • ½ cup rosemary, (fresh and packed)
  • finely zested lemon peel from one large lemon
  • 3 1/2 cups coarse sea salt flakes (this was 4 boxes of Maldon Sea Salt) which was the least expensive I could find

How to make flavoured salt

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 60C (150F) fan-forced and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
  2. In the food processor, blitz up the fresh rosemary, lemon zest and 2 cups of salt until the rosemary is nice and little and the salt is fine like table salt.
  3. Pour it out into a large bowl then stir in the rest of the salt.
  4. Spread it out onto the tray and bake for 1 hour, running a fork through it once or twice, until the rosemary and lemon is all dried out.
  5. Transfer straight to sterilised jars while it is still warm and secure the lids.

Make sure that your flavoured salt is stored in an airtight container. 

How to use rosemary lemon sea salt

First I used a pinch in my pizza base instead of plain salt and it added a lovely flavour. 

I’ve also sprinkled some on baked potatoes and other veggies and looking forward to using it on grilled chicken.

It’s delicious just in place of regular salt you’d serve on the table at dinner time.

You could even put it in little jars as a place setting gift on your Christmas table. 

lemon & Rosemary Salt and Sweet Chili Sauce

Other salt flavour ideas

Not so keen on lemon and rosemary?

You could use and type of fresh herbs pepper,  lime or orange zest (lime & pepper would be delicious)!

What about you? Are you making any Christmas presents this year?

Need some inspiration? You might also like to check out Christmas gift ideas in glass jars.

If you’re storing them in recycled jars, you might like to know how to remove the labels from glass jars quickly and easily without ruining your nails. 


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Lemon and rosemary salt


lemon and rosemary salt

Lemon and rosemary salt

Yield: 3 cups
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup fresh rosemary, packed
  • finely zested lemon peel from one large lemon
  • 3 1/2 cups sea salt flakes (this was 4 boxes of Maldon Sea Salt which was the least expensive I could find)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 60C (150F) fan-forced and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. In the food processor, blitz up the rosemary, lemon zest and 2 cups of salt until the rosemary is nice and little and the salt is fine like table salt.
  3. Pour it out into a large bowl then stir in the rest of the salt.
  4. Spread it out onto the tray and bake for 1 hour, running a fork through it once or twice, until the rosemary and lemon is all dried out.
  5. Transfer straight to sterilised jars while it is still warm and secure the lids.

 

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