Himalayan Pink Salt Block w/ Tray
Serve or cook your food with this wonderful health alternative! Chill in your fridge to serve cold items or desserts, slowly heat and grill choice meats! 12 x 8 Himalayan salt bloc k with oven/grill safe tray. Care information below is included with each tray upon shipping or purchase(in-store). Salt block cooking provides even heat distribution, a subtle and complex salty flavor, natural seasoning, and infusion of trace minerals into food, while also offering health benefits and a unique serving and presentation experience. Flavor & Seasoning Subtle, Complex Salinity: The food absorbs a delicate salt flavor that is more nuanced than traditional table salt. Natural Seasoning: The block seasons food during cooking, eliminating the need to pre-salt your ingredientps. Health Benefits & Minerals Mineral Infusion: Himalayan salt blocks contain over 80 trace minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, which are transferred to your food. Healthy Alternative: Cooking on a salt block requires less oil, making it a good option for low-calorie meals. Cooking Performance Even Heat Distribution: The crystalline structure of the salt allows for superior, uniform heat distribution, ensuring food cooks evenly. Heat Retention: Salt blocks are excellent at retaining heat, keeping your meal warm for longer. Non-Stick Surface: The low porosity of the block also provides a naturally non-stick surface. Versatility Multi-Purpose: A salt block can be used as a cooking surface, a serving platter, or even a roasting pan. Considerations Slow Heating Required: Blocks must be heated and cooled slowly to prevent them from cracking or breaking due to moisture expansion. Cleaning: Salt blocks can be more challenging to clean than traditional cookware. ______________________________________ Using Himalayan Salt Blocks Nature's cooktop & serving platter Himalayan Salt Slabs, Blocks, Plates and Bricks are nature's cook top and serving platter in one, offering many creative culinary uses while delivering the benefits of natural, pure salt with no chemicals or additives. Heat your Himalayan pink salt slab, plate, or brick to high temperatures and sear thinly sliced meats, fish, vegetables, seafood and other quick-cooking foods. Or, chill it for use in serving sushi, appetizers, cold meats and cheeses, fresh fruit and vegetables, and even cold desserts. Himalayan pink salt blocks, plates, and bricks are mined from ancient sea salt deposits in the Salt Range foothills of northern Pakistan, part of the geologically recognized Himalayan foreland basin. There, they have remained protected from pollution and impurities for centuries, making this what many consider the purest, cleanest salt in the world. The salt is mined as large, meteor-like boulders and later sliced into slabs, blocks, bricks and plates as well as sculpted into bowls. Because Himalayan salt blocks are a natural product, the threshold for high temperatures and pressure may vary, as will the physical characteristics and inclusions which give your salt slab a one-of-a-kind appearance. You'll find that Himalayan salt slabs, plates, and bricks make for an intriguing presentation of both hot and cold foods for your home, restaurant, spa or catering facility. All of our Himalayan salt products are Gourmet Food Grade and the very highest quality Himalayan salt available. Himalayan Salt Block Cooking: Himalayan salt slab with sushi Himalayan salt blocks aren't your typical cookware! They're incredibly dense and conduct heat efficiently but slowly, which is why the slab retains heat so well and seasons food evenly. Slabs can crack if they are heated (or chilled) too quickly as any moisture trapped inside expands, so it's best to follow these usage suggestions and care instructions to get optimum life from your salt block. For Serving: Himalayan salt slabs are perfect to use as serving platters. The slab 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. How will the Himalayan salt slab affect different types of foods? Foods placed on a Himalayan crystal salt slab take on a light, clean, naturally salty flavor while absorbing minerals necessary for good health and longevity. When placed on the Himalayan salt block for an extended period of time, thinly sliced fish such as salmon, tuna and whitefish will begin to cure from the salt, which acts as a preservative. Generally, a natural salt slab will add a hint of salty taste to moist or wet foods, but will have no effect on dry foods. For example, if you use your salt slab to serve cheese and crackers, it will lend a bit of saltiness to the cheese but the taste of the crackers will remain the same How to cure foods using a Himalayan salt block: Himalayan salt blocks can be used to cure thinly sliced meats, fish and seafood. Simply chill your natural salt slab in the refrigerator for several hours, then place thin strips of ahi tuna or beef carpaccio directly onto the salt slab and observe as the curing process slowly takes place. The irregular shades of pink and varying textures of this 100% pure wonder of nature make for intriguing conversation and an attractive, natural serving platter for all your favorite foods. For Cooking: Imagine cooking your food on a 250 million-year-old slab of pure, crystallized mineral salt. What better way to bring the clean taste and nutritional benefits of pure mineral salt to your table? Himalayan pink salt slabs can be heated to as high as 450 degrees Fahrenheit and used to lightly sear all sorts of delicious foods. When the cooking is through, your mineral salt slab will slowly return to room temperature for future use as a cold serving plate. How to sear meat, fish and vegetables with your Himalayan salt slab: Your Himalayan salt slab can be slow-heated, either in the oven or over a gas flame or electric burner, for searing or lightly grilling meat, fish or vegetables. Note that when subjected to high temperatures, the salt slab will turn white in some spots. This is normal. As it cools, your Himalayan salt slab will regain more of its original coloring. Because of the potential for this slight alteration in appearance from heat, you may wish to preserve one slab for display and/or serving, and one slab for cooking if this is a concern. When cooking with your salt slab, ensure that it is completely dry prior to applying any heat, as lingering moisture inside the slab may expand and cause damage to the slab. Typically the dry time should be at least 24 hours since the slab's last contact with any moisture. Himalayan salt slab with seared beef ribeye To heat in the oven: Place your dry salt slab into a cold oven and turn the heat to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. When the oven has reached 250 degrees, remove the salt slab and let cool for about 30 minutes. Then return it to the oven and set the temperature for 400 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat will distribute slowly and evenly throughout. To heat using a gas burner: Place your dry Himalayan salt slab over a low gas flame for 15 minutes. If you desire a higher temperature, heat for an additional 15 minutes on a medium-high gas flame. To heat on an electric stove: Use a metal spacer or wok ring to prevent the salt slab from making direct contact with the heating element. Follow instructions for gas heating. Once you've thoroughly heated your Himalayan salt slab, you're ready to sear your meat, fish and/or vegetables. Place the thoroughly heated salt plate on a heatproof surface. Lightly toss your meat, fish or vegetables in oil, spices and herbs. You may also wish to lightly drizzle the salt cooking surface with olive oil, adjusting to your desired level of saltiness (less oil will cause more salting of your food and vice versa). Place directly onto the heated salt slab, then cook to desired doneness, stirring and moving around the salt plate as you would any other grilling surface. Your salt block will retain the heated temperature for 20 to 30 minutes. Avoid making direct contact with the salt block for some time after cooking the meal, as it will take several hours to cool completely. Ideas for Serving Chilled: Sushi Salads Cold appetizers Fruits & vegetables Cheese Cold dips Cured meats Tuna Tartare Shellfish Hard-boiled eggs Ice cream & sorbet Chilled desserts Ideas for Searing: Thinly sliced beef or veal Chicken, duck or other poultry Scallops, shrimp, prawns or other shellfish Fish filets Vegetables (broccoli, zucchini, asparagus) Eggs Apples, pears, pineapple, bananas and other fruit Ideas for Curing: Thinly sliced ahi tuna, salmon or other fish Shrimp, prawns, scallops or other shellfish Carpaccio Himalayan Salt Block Cleaning & Care: To clean your Himalayan salt block, wipe with a clean, damp cloth or paper towel and remove any remaining food bits. Avoid running your natural salt block under water or submerging in water, as any remaining moisture in the salt slab can cause breakage upon heating. Be sure to let your salt slab dry for at least 24 hours after exposure to any moisture. There is no need to use soap or detergent on your Himalayan salt slab, as it is naturally anti-fungal and anti-microbial. You may wish to freshen your salt block with a bit of lemon juice from time to time. Note that the appearance of your Himalayan salt slab will change over time. The more varieties of foods you cook and serve on your salt plate, the more likely the surface will acquire various, interesting new colors and shades. This merely adds to the irregular beauty of the Himalayan salt slab. Your salt block may also develop small fissures and cracks over time; this is typical with regular use. When the salt block finally 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 into your tub for a detoxifying salt bath. SALT BLOCKS ARE A NATURAL PRODUCT Himalayan pink salt blocks are a natural product mined from the Salt Range in Pakistan. No slab is alike; each has unique color and inclusions, resulting in a different threshold for pressure and temperature. While slabs are examined for weak spots, SaltWorks is not responsible for damages, injury, or loss due to any use of Himalayan salt products. https://youtu.be/WXSYg4VTq8o?si=KQDm9HcaF_aHp6wG
