Quick & Easy

Vanilla Salt

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Description

Welcome to Plus One, a column by Food Editor Emily Ziemski where small-but-mighty additions—ingredients, sauces, toppings—that instantly upgrade whatever’s on the table are the star of the show. Today, a way to combat Late Summer Erasure™.

Ingredients
  • 2 vanilla beans, scraped
  • 1/4 cup kosher salt
Directions
  1. Blend vanilla bean meat and salt together using a mortar and pestle, or a spice grinder until just combined.
  2. Store in an airtight container at room temperature to avoid moisture. For additional security, add a silica pack.

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