How to Make Rosemary Salt: Two Ingredients

rosemary salt recipe

Rosemary is one of my favorite spices to use: veggies, meat, and oil infusion. The fragrance alone relaxes me. But in Boston where we live a couple of sprigs go for $2. The trick with Rosemary, and every other herb, is their short shelf life.

 

Where Rosemary flourished, the woman ruled. -Unknown

If this quote is true, my friend must be the mayor of her city! This Rosemary bush grows wild and untamed in my dear friend’s backyard. Being a warm climate, it’s thriving all on its own.

I took a bag full but quickly had to decide what to do with it.

Since I mainly use it in cooking, the easiest way to preserve the freshness, indefinitely, is to make it into an herb salt, or in this case…Rosemary Salt! It’s so pretty, it would make a great gift too.

rosemary salt

 

As the name suggests, Rosemary + Salt = Rosemary Salt! I used an inexpensive Sea Salt, you can also use Kosher Salt.

 

rosemary

 

After washing, dry it well. Rosemary releases natural oils that will make it a little sticky anyway, so trying to get it as dry as possible from the beginning is important.

 

ground rosemary

 

I did a rough chop in the food processor. If you are not planning to ground the salt, then the Rosemary would have to be a lot finer. I added the salt to this and chopped it up again.

 

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If the Rosemary was chopped finer, you could stop here!  Mix 3 cups of sea salt to 1 cup packed cracked Rosemary.

 

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I ground the Rosemary and sea salt together. It will feel almost like wet sand because of all the natural oils that have been released.

 

rosemary salt recipe

 

I picked up this jar from Walmart for $1.97. The labels are Martha Stewart’s line for Avery available at Staples. A 12-pack cost $2.99. Now anytime I want to add Rosemary to my grilled veggies or roasted lamb, reach for my homemade variety! This will remain indefinitely.

Rosemary Salt

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Coarse Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
  • 1-1/2 cups packed freshly ground Rosemary

Instructions

  1. Blend Rosemary and salt in a food processor until it becomes a fine powder, almost like sand.
  2. Put it in a jar and enjoy!

Do you make or use herb salts?

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