What is crazy salt?
When you think of something like salt, adjectives like crazy don’t really come to mind. After all, how can a salt be crazy?
Salt certainly has no personality. Or does it? Perhaps the craziest part about crazy salt is how much flavor it has! It’s truly shocking how much flavor is packed into a dressing that seems so simple.
If our Crazy Salt Done having a flavor would be bold and strong – in your face. These wouldn’t typically be adjectives we would want to see in a person, but when it comes to our spices and seasonings. We want them to be loud!
Crazy Salt is a tempting combination of crunchy sea salt and spices. In short, it’s a one-stop shop.
Instead of having to season your food with salt, then pepper, and then more spices, Crazy Salt lets you do it all with a simple pinch and sprinkle. Use it to season everything from vegetables to fish, meat dishes and eggs.
It’s an amazing flavor enhancer for anything you can think of!
Where does Crazy Salt come from?
Crazy Salt comes from Guerande France. Guerande is a medieval city located in the Pays de la Loire region of western France.
The city’s salt pans have made it a renowned producer of sea salt or fleur de sel, a traditional garnishing salt. The city’s salt flats are enormous, spanning acres and acres.
The current salt works began around the 9th century and lasted hundreds of years. The last ones were built as early as 1800.
Here the salt workers collect 15,000 tons of table salt and 300 tons of fleur de sel every year. Today around 250 workers live in the salt pans.
The process for making salt is simple. The canals that feed the water tanks with sea water use the tides. The salt water then evaporates in several dams until only a few centimeters of seawater remain.
The last step is where the salt crystallizes and produces fleur de sel and coarse salt.
What spices are in Crazy Salt?
Crazy Salt boasts not just one, two or even three spices. But you are, yes, you are powerful spices to give your food that crazy flavor boost you crave.
Guerande’s crunchy and decadent fleur de sel is seasoned with pink pepper, black pepper, thyme, chilli, cumin and coriander.
Of these six spices, pink pepper is perhaps the most unusual. Its bright pink color is instantly recognizable and totally charming.
The flavor is as bold and intense as the crazy salt itself: notes of sweet berries and juniper make it a pleasant condiment against the saltiness of the fleur de sel.
Pink peppercorns are not true peppercorns at all, but rather a type of juniper berry, coming from the Schinus shrub, more commonly known as the Peruvian pepper tree – great name, right?
Then there’s black pepper. This is the spice that really has the big, bold flavors that make Crazy Salt so intense.
The black peppercorns in Crazy Salt come from Vietnam and Brazil. They are of the highest quality and, in our opinion, the absolute best in the world.
The flavor of black peppercorns is strong and spicy, with notes of wood and cocoa. On the spice scale, the heat index is milder than its cousins ​​Tellicherry or Wynad peppers.
It has a distinct kick that leaves a pleasant tingle.
Then you have beautiful flavors of thyme, chilli, cumin and coriander. These spices are more common and recognizable to most people, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important! They have to be fresh and from a place that really knows how to handle their spices.
Then there is the ever important question of relationship. All these spices cannot simply be put together. They are carefully dosed and blended in precise ratios to create a perfect blend of harmonious flavor. That’s why it tastes so good!
How do chefs cook with Crazy Salt?
One of the best things about crazy salt is how easy it is to use. Since it has already been formulated precisely and accurately, you do not need to take additional steps to apply it to food.
All you have to do is pinch and sprinkle! Taste the food and if you think you need more, add more. It’s just that easy. One of our favorite uses is in cocktails. Use a sip of lime juice and apply crazy salt to the rim of the glass.
Perfect for margaritas, palomas and bloody marys. Your guests won’t know what hit them!
We love using Crazy Salt on eggs. It’s fantastic on just about any type of egg dish you can imagine. Scrambled, poached, omelettes, boiled…
Add some avocado and some toast and you’re done!
Even vegetable dishes benefit from a sprinkling of crazy salt. It goes great with roasted carrots or any type of root vegetable.
A little sprinkled on top of a plate of freshly baked macaroni and cheese is divine! Or, if you like baked potatoes, try rubbing the outsides of the potatoes with olive oil and sprinkling them with crazy salt.
It’s a great way to add crunch, color and flavor to your potatoes.
Of course we can’t forget about meat. Grilled chicken, steaks and pork chops should never go without a generous seasoning from Crazy Salt – the amount of flavor the seasoning will add to your grilled meats is outrageous.
In fact, almost anything you put on the grill will benefit from a generous sprinkling of crazy salt. Corn, onions, courgettes and courgettes. All great with a sprinkle of that huge Crazy Salt flavor.
But what about seafood? We love slathering a whole fish with olive oil, lemon, fresh garlic and a good sprinkle of Crazy Salt.
Guerande’s crunchy salt and spices taste amazing on a roasted fish. And how about shrimp cocktail? After boiling and cooling them, season the prawns with a drizzle of olive oil and a handful of crazy salt.
The results will be something your guests won’t be able to stop talking about. One of our favorite weeknight meals is a simple piece of roasted salmon. It’s great on its own, but it’s made even better with a little Crazy Salt.
Just think, the best, tastiest roasted salmon you’ll ever eat! The Crazy Salt instantly dresses it up and transforms it from a regular weeknight meal to something you can make for birthdays, anniversaries, and more!
Five benefits of using Crazy Salt in food.
We all know the old saying: you eat with your eyes first. And it’s absolutely true! Crazy Salt gives your dishes an extraordinary touch of red that will immediately make your mouth water!
The texture of the food is really important. You don’t want everything on your plate to have the same texture. This will make for a boring dish that you will quickly lose interest in. Crazy Salt’s crispy crunch will make all your roasted meats, seafood and veggies a textural delight! Things will never taste the same…
We’ve already talked a lot about how delicious Crazy Salt is and how it will impact your food. It is true!
Crazy Salt is absolutely packed with flavor, from Guerande sea salt to six herbs and spices. It will change the way you cook!
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It goes well with everything!
How many seasonings in your spice cabinet are good for whatever you dream of? We bet not many (or none!). Crazy Salt is the exception.
It’s great on just about anything! Eggs, meat, seafood, vegetables, soups, salads, tofu! Seriously, anything!
Because it is much larger than regular iodized salt, you end up using much less of it than you normally would when curing.
While salt is an important part of your diet (you can’t live without it), it’s important not to consume too much of it because it can lead to health problems.
Crazy Salt helps you limit your salt intake to a simple sprinkle. And it has plenty of flavor to go with it! Not to mention, it looks absolutely stunning!
Does Crazy Salt have any health benefits?
Crazy Salt may not have any specific health benefits as a blend, but the herbs and spices that make it up certainly do!
Pink peppercorns are rich in antioxidants and can help reduce blood sugar levels. Thyme contains a variety of minerals and vitamins that promote good health.
It is rich in vitamin C for immune support, potassium for healthy cells, and manganese for bone development and blood clotting.
Cilantro can support digestion and gut health, fight infections and protect the skin. And these are just some of the benefits!
Where can I buy Crazy Salt online?
Crazy Salt is exclusive to Lafayette Spices! You can find it at Lafayette Spices.
