Himalayan Salt - Plates, Bricks, and Slabs
HIMALAYAN PINK - Salt Plates, Salt Bricks & Salt Slabs can be used a number of ways.
Heat them in the oven to 400° and sear light items such as fish, thinly sliced beef or even an egg. These dense blocks cook with near perfect heat distribution. As the blocks cook, they also delicately impart a mild and full taste, providing a new level of flavor complexity to your food.
Salt Plates can also be chilled in the refrigerator they become a serving tray for fruits, sushi, vegetables, cheese or today’s gourmet desserts that require a hint of salt. The food acquires an enhanced salt and mineral flavor by which no other method can compare. Easy clean up, just rinse, pat dry with a paper towel and put away.
Treated right, a salt round or block will provide years of enjoyment.
*Himalayan Salt plates, bricks, and slabs are also available in wholesale by the case or to distributors by the pallet. For wholesale/distributor pricing please feel free to contact us using the information on our contact page or call (800) 353-7258.
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Himalayan Salt
Himalayan Pink salt is harvested from ancient sea salt deposits in the Himalayan Mountain Range, crystallized more than 200 million years ago during the Jurassic Era. Ancient sea beds were covered by volcanic lava, protecting the salt from pollution, and lending to the belief that Himalayan Pink is the purest salt to be found on earth.
Himalayan Pink salt contains 84 beneficial trace minerals, believed to aid in digestive health and de-toxifying the body. The pure taste and abundant minerals make this salt both more flavorful and healthier than processed salts. Completely unprocessed and free of any additives, this is a great replacement for your every day table salt.
Himalayan Pink salt plates, bricks, slabs and chunks are an exciting new way to utilize this special salt. There are as many uses for these specialty items as there are ideas in your imagination, from showcasing their inherent beauty as a chilled serving platter for fruit and cheese to searing prawns on a heated plate on the grill. The salt imparts a delicate salty flavor to the foods you cook or serve, but its density prevents your food from becoming overly salty.
COOKING:
One popular use of the plates, slabs and bricks is as a cooking aid. The salt can be heated in an oven, atop a range, or on a grill. Since it is a natural product, heating the plates will change the appearance, and may bring out internal flaws, so caution should be used, and you may wish to use one slab for cooking, and save one for more aesthetic applications.
When cooking on your salt, ensure that it is completely dry prior to applying any heat. Typically dry time is at least 24 hours. The salt is commonly heated to between 300° F to 400° F.
For gas ranges or grill: Heat on a low flame, gradually increasing to medium low until desired temperature is reached, generally around 30 to 45 minutes.
For electric ranges: Set the salt on a heat-safe metal platform so that the salt is at least ½ inch above direct heat. Direct contact could be damaging to both your equipment and/or your salt. Begin on low heat and gradually increase to medium low for approximately 40 to 55 minutes, or until salt reaches desired heat.
Caution: Salt slab will become very hot as it retains heat applied to it
SERVING PLATTERS:
Another great application for these items is as a serving platter. The salt can be chilled in the refrigerator for serving items such as sushi or cheese, or even frozen in the freezer, providing a new way to present cold desserts, even sorbet! Moist foods will pick up more salty flavor, while their denser and drier counterparts will be presented beautifully and imaginatively.
CARE:
To clean after use, scrub with a mildly abrasive brush. You may use a moist cloth as well. Do not run salt plate under water or submerge. Pat dry. Place on drying rack to allow the slab to air dry for 24 hours. Himalayan salt does not require the use of any cleanser, as it is inherently antimicrobial.
While your Himalayan plate should give you multiple uses worth of enjoyment, the salt will dissolve little by little, reducing the size and possibly causing irregularities in the surface, such as small depressions. Someday, when your salt gets too small for cooking or serving on, it will be a perfect size to grate over your food, break up for making soup, or even to throw in your tub for a de-toxifying salt bath.
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Note that Himalayan Salt Slabs and plates are natural products. As such, each slab is unique in all characteristics, including color and inclusions within the salt slab. Each piece may have a different threshold for pressure and temperature. SaltWorks is not responsible for damages, injury, or loss due to any use of Himalayan salt products.
