Gifts from the kitchen- with a very personal touch
Not only flowers do delight the host, also gifts from the kitchen are very welcome. Amateur chefs do favorite homemade ingredients. Salt and sugar enriched with spices, chili or green tea will give the dishes a great taste. Hot stuff like chili salt made with sun grown fruits from the own garden, will give the present a very personal touch. The chili salt goes very well with lots of Asian or Eastern dishes. Spiced sugar with Matcha powder or other spices are delicious ingredients for cakes, cookies or compotes. The right gift for the upcoming Christmas season! Spiced salt is great for curries or Eastern dishes. Salt with Matcha is an eye catcher for all kind of salads. The Chef’s Handyman team loves the idea from homemade chili salt.
Chef’s Handyman, Gifts from the Kitchen
Chili salt, hot stuff
To make chili salt, combine grounded dried chilies and sea salt. Fill in glasses or boxes. Use the salt with a salt mill. The chili salt goes very well with Asian or Eastern dishes.
Shopping list for 1 kg or 2 lb. chili salt: 200 g or 7 oz. dried chilies, 1 kg or 2 lb. sea salt.
Spiced sugar, spiced salt
The same spices can be used for both variations, sweet and spicy. To make 1 kg or 2 lb. spiced sugar or salt, crush 20 cardamom seeds in a mortar. Add 5 tbsp. of cinnamon, 2 tbsp. of Jamaica pepper, 1 tbsp. of anise, 1 tbsp. of clove powder and 1 tsp. of grated nutmeg. Add 1 kg or 2 lb. of sugar or sea salt. Spiced sugar goes with cakes, compotes and creams. Spiced salt is perfect with Asian and Eastern dishes.
Shopping list for 1 kg or 2 lb. of spiced sugar or spiced salt: 20 cardamom seeds, 5 tbsp. cinnamon, 2 tbsp. Jamaica pepper, 1 tbsp. anise, 1 tbsp. cloves, 1 tsp. nutmeg, (double the size of spices, if both variations should be produced) 1 kg or 2 lb. sea salt or sugar.
Matcha sugar or Matcha salt
Combine 1 kg or 2 lbs. with salt or sugar with 3-4 tbsp. of Matcha powder. The sugar goes very well with the Matcha cookies, the Matcha Chai, cakes or compotes. The Matcha salt will be perfect for salads.
Shopping list for 1 kg Matcha salt or Matcha sugar: 6-8 tbsp. Matcha powder (3-4 tbsp. for each recipe), 1 kg or 2 lbs. salt and sugar.
Have a great start into the week, yours Chef’s Handyman team.
More recipes with spiced salt: Spice infused salt.
