Did my first batch today with sweet onions sea salt. Neighbors came over and now I need to make more I think its a big hit.
Onion Sea Salt
Recipe
2 3" to 4" Onions " Standard Sweet, Walla Walla, Maui, or any other onion of that size "
2lbs Pacific Coarse Sea Salt
4 8 oz Clear Glass Round Jars (Cork & Wooden Spoon
Directions:
Slice onions 1/8" thick. Place on dehydrator racks I use a Mr. Coffee dehydrator, I leave them in over night they should be done in the morning. Break them up and run them through a coffee mill till you have powder. Mix with 2lbs of Coarse sea salt. Place in glass jars with cork lids.
Very interesting. I've never tried onion infused salt. Infused salts add a very interesting layer of flavor to your foods at the table. The combinations of flavored salts are endless. I've been giving them as gifts for several years.
Where do you get your jars?
Great Idea! I have been dehydrating my own onion varieties for years. It is great to just throw some flakes in the recipe instead of chopping every time and you can buy yellow onion flakes but not red or white. Adding them to the salt would be interesting.
...also if you are going to try this don't do it in the house! Very stinky!
Quote from: renoman on January 12, 2015, 06:53:45 AM
Great Idea! I have been dehydrating my own onion varieties for years. It is great to just throw some flakes in the recipe instead of chopping every time and you can buy yellow onion flakes but not red or white. Adding them to the salt would be interesting.
...also if you are going to try this don't do it in the house! Very stinky!
The smell is part of the fun, makes you want a hamburger. :D :D :D
Here is the 4lbs of Maui Onions I ordered for the Maui Sea Salt, I"ll slice them later then dehydrate them.
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We sliced 8 of the Maui onions and they are in the dehydrator now, tomorrow I will grind them in the coffee mill and add to some coarse Pacific sea salt. I"ll do some photos after bottling and labels. ;D
Here we go, 8 sliced and dried Maui Onions
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/gafala/DSCN0670_zps92e89b63.jpg)
Those same onions ground to powder.
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/gafala/DSCN0671_zpsb013d9cb.jpg)
6 8oz Jars and labled.
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/gafala/DSCN0673_zpsc0339e4d.jpg)
Nice job. Those must had been large onions to get that much powder. 1.5 pounds!
They are small about 2.5 inch's that's why I went with 8 of them, there was some that didn't go into the dryer so they went in today they will just be chopped.