Maldon Smoked Sea Salt

We all know about Maldon sea salt, clean, crunchy ultra-salty flakes. I love this sea salt, on anything and everything (except boiled eggs. On boiled eggs such flaked salt is too similar in texture to egg shell, and makes me feel as though I am crunching through the egg in its entirety).

Regular Maldon sea salt, though, is for every day. Yes is it a wonderful salt, but it is just clean, salty and affordable. There is nothing special about it (though I do miss it when only plain table salt is available). So, when I found this Maldon Smoked Sea Salt, I was excited.

It looks almost dirty, but the colour is due to the fact that it is natural, as well as the cold smoking process that the salt goes through. The smoky flavour is subtle, but most definitely there. The box recommends its use on shellfish and meats, but I have used it in Mushroom, Eggplant, Ricotta and Thyme Tarts and it lent an extra depth of flavour and an earthiness.

This smoked sea salt lends a great added flavour to your dishes, but will never replace the original unflavoured version.