Murray River Salt Flakes – how I love them!

You know how much I love natural Murray River Salt flakes!I always carry some with me in a tiny bottle in my handbag. I never use the refined commercial table salts, so often found on the table in restaurants. This week I was very pleased to receive another delivery of these favoured Murray River Salt Flakes; it included some large catering packs, a stylish Murray River Salt Pot for the kitchen and some small salt ‘tins’ for giving to students who have not tried this salt before. This stylish tiny tin will be very useful in my handbag too.
Salt is one of dozens of the essential nutrients we need to survive! Salt amplifies flavour, therefore increases the pleasure we experience as we eat!
In Samin Nosrat’s, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, her first chapter is on salt she says it perfectly, ‘Salt enhances flavor, and it has a greater impact on flavor than any other ingredient. Learn to use it well, and your food will taste good. Though salt also affects texture and helps modify other flavors, nearly every decision you’ll make about salt will involve amplifying and deepening flavor. Add it in the right amount, at the right time, in the right form, and your food will be delicious…used properly, salt minimises bitterness, balances out sweetness, and enhances aromas…’ Read more>>>
In all my cooking classes I emphasis the role of salt in our diet, and as a flavour enhancer. These pink Murray River Salt flakes are perfect in both the cooking process and as a finishing ‘touch’ without overpowering dishes.
Murray River Salt is full of naturally occurring minerals, such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium, giving it a delicate texture and a gentle, mineral-rich flavour, unlike refined commercial salts! It is important to appreciate how salt is best used to amplify the flavour of food, and how in cooking, these salt flakes infuse a balanced ‘salted-ness’ that melts rapidly, allowing for an even distribution in soups, stews, and roasting applications. In her book Samin gives a guide to the various sizes of salt flakes and their ability to infuse into the food you are cooking.
Murray River Salt Flakes gives a perfect final garnish for a variety of dishes ranging from salads to meats and sprinkled over whatever just before serving.
Finally, environmentally, this sea salt is highly sustainable, with its eco-friendly production methods. It is harvested from the Mourquong mitigation basin near Mildura in New South Wales, which intercepts over 200 tonnes of saline groundwater per day from entering and damaging the actual Murray River. What a great recommendation is that and it tastes the best!