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You're Probably Using Salt Wrong

Fallow

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Not all salt is created equal. In our restaurants, we use different types of salt for completely different jobs, from curing salmon and seasoning steak to salt-baking fish, cleaning octopus and even cooking directly on a Himalayan salt block.

In this video:
• How to make lightly smoked cured salmon without a smoker
• Why flaky salt works differently from fine salt
• How curing salt keeps chicken liver parfait pink
• Why chefs use fine salt when cooking steak
• How to finish steak properly with Maldon Sea Salt Flakes
• How chefs use rock salt to clean octopus
• How to salt-bake a whole fish using Sicilian Fine Sea Salt, selected by Maldon
• How Maldon Sea Salt Flakes are traditionally made

Video Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - How to Cure Salmon Without a Smoker
02:39 - How to Keep a Parfait Pink
03:57 - How to Clean a Floor with Salt
04:47 - Why Chefs Love Maldon Salt
07:58 - How to Properly Salt a Steak
08:43 - How to Cook a Steak on Salt
09:36 - How to Clean Octopus with Salt
10:37 - How to Salt-Bake a Whole Fish

One of the biggest differences between restaurant cooking and home cooking is understanding that salt isn’t simply something you add for seasoning. The size, structure and type of salt can completely change how it interacts with an ingredient.

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20 Comments

@bgovero5516 2 days ago

I've been dry brining my octopuses with the wrong salt this whole time.

@joeycremin 2 days ago

Poor Jack trying to eat salt through his mask

@SailingOnACrow 2 days ago

In a month I'm going to learn I'm using water wrong.

@manfrombritain6816 2 days ago

Maldon don't need to pay me, i fucking love their salt. I put it on everything

@trixter21992251 1 day ago

this explains why my car won't start, thanks! I've been using salt wrong

@MrJoshItIs 1 day ago

cooking one serving of fish on a Himalayan salt block was the extra extravagant one for me.

@christianmucke5604 2 days ago

That´s all very interesting, but why don´t you make some videos on other topics, like woodworking or table tennis. You seem to do cooking videos all the time...

@arextf 1 day ago

4:30 Empires have fallen for less, now we use salt for cleaning up oil spills lol

@franzfanz 1 day ago

Me, pausing with a rolled up banknote up my nostril and a line of Himalayan Pink on a mirror in front of me. "Huh?"

@thinkthroughhatim 1 day ago

Love the Maldon tour, that was an abrupt ending..

@TheFallowCartouche 2 days ago

Real "to me it was Tuesday" energy coming from that "we use to clean our pans" line.

@captaincrush8133 1 day ago

Fully expecting the secret of salt to be butter

@Sarahjwh 1 day ago

I like using coarse/kosher salt to clean pastry from my wooden rolling pin. Just grab a handful and then rub the pin through the salt until any dough/pastry is gone

@mlele7372 1 day ago

9:40 not even going to buy it dinner first?

@thisismyyoutubepage 2 days ago

Please. I can’t afford cartouches and salt.

@johnstumbler1406 2 days ago

I throw my salt in the bin and use the jar to make potato cakes.

@vincentchow6448 7 hours ago

table salt to clean oil spills is genius, thanks

@adriancresswell9110 2 days ago

I use Maldon sea salt all the time. It's just so nice. 😊

@Getpojke 2 days ago

A recipe I've never seen again since I picked it up in the early 90s is "Swiss potatoes." Slice par-boiled potatoes into thick coins. On a plate, make a mix of caraway or fennel seeds with big, corns of rock salt. Press each side of the potatoes into the mix, then sauté in a mix of olive oil & butter. You get a real crunch of the rock salt & the seeds bring flavour. Every time I make it, people ask for the recipe - which is dead simple & easy to make.