A few weeks ago I got a wild hair and decided to try flavoring salt, not by mixing powdered peppers with it dry but instead seeing if I could impart pepper flavor into the salt crystals.
What I did was quite simple, I steeped a tablespoon of mixed pepper powder in a cup or so of boiling water then stirred in as much salt as the water would absorb and strained it through a coffee filter.
After a week or so in a pyrex dish I have deliciously spicy salt crystals!
Might try smoking the brine in the smoker before completely drying next time?
For now though I'm looking forward to my next steak!
I used distilled water and Kosher salt and the crystals do have a slight coloring to them but this is something I'll be doing regularly.
What I did was quite simple, I steeped a tablespoon of mixed pepper powder in a cup or so of boiling water then stirred in as much salt as the water would absorb and strained it through a coffee filter.
After a week or so in a pyrex dish I have deliciously spicy salt crystals!
Might try smoking the brine in the smoker before completely drying next time?
For now though I'm looking forward to my next steak!
I used distilled water and Kosher salt and the crystals do have a slight coloring to them but this is something I'll be doing regularly.