Diamond salt crystals

Where to use these diamond salt crystals

The fine delicate crystals of this Himalayan diamond salt will enchant all foodies in search of new flavours. This diamond salt is a practical and original ingredient for all your recipes! Use it at the end of the cooking process to preserve its aromas. Use like any other salt, don’t overdo it and you’ll obtain deliciously balanced enhanced flavours for all your dishes.

How to get the best from your diamond salt crystals

Our recipe ideas for these diamond salt crystals:

• Cookies with a salty hint: sprinkle a twist of your salt mill on your cookies before baking (check out our recipe below);

• Biscuits au diamond salt: add 1 teaspoon of diamond salt to your biscuit dough;

• Tournedos with a pinch of salt: after frying your tournedos, season with 1 twist of your salt mill;

• Tomato salad: sprinkle 3 twists of your salt mill over your tomatoes and indulge;

• salmon “en papillote”: sprinkle a twist of your salt mill on your salmon then wrap up the kitchen parchment parcel and cook in the oven;

• Summer vegetable tart : arrange your vegetables on the pastry base and sprinkle with 2 twists of your salt mill then cook in the oven.

Cookies with a salty hint

Ingredients

1 egg;

85 g sugar;

85 g butter;

150 g flour;

100 g dark chocolate chips;

1 teaspoon baking powder;

1 teaspoon Terre Exotique brown sugar with vanilla;

1 twist of your salt mill filled with Terre Exotique diamond salt crystals.

Method

Place the chopped butter, sugar, flour, egg and brown sugar in a bowl and mix by hand.

Then add the baking powder and dark chocolate chips then knead into a ball. Place small balls of the dough on a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper.

Sprinkle with a couple of twists of your salt mill then bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 180°C. Enjoy them warm, straight from the oven with a cup of tea! 

The fresh and gentle aromas of this delicate diamond salt

The light and dry texture this Himalayan diamond salt will enhance the flavours of your dishes without altering the taste of the ingredients. Its flavour is a little less salty than fleur de sel and its structure is slightly drier, so it can be used in a salt mill. Its neutral taste goes with everything. Its colour may vary from rose to red depending on the iron content. Being an earth salt rather than a sea salt it is non-iodized. Its colour and shape are stylish and impressive . 

A natural treasure from Pakistan

Terre Exotique's diamond salt comes from vast salt mines at in the heart of the Himalayas in North Pakistan. The Khewra mines contain 6.7 billion tonnes of salt… A real treasure buried under the mountain range! So far only 220 million tonnes have been extracted from the mines. This delightful gem is extracted by hand and reaches the light of day after a long journey up from the mines. This diamond salt was produced when the sea salt fossilized when the Himalayas formed several million years ago. Hidden under the mountains, this diamond salt gets its name from its gem-like crystals. It’s full of magnesium and iron which is what gives it its pink tinge. 

This diamond salt holds thousands of years of history

These diamond salt crystals are the jewel of the Himalayas!

The history of diamond salt began 200 million years ago. The Himalayan Mountains were born due to the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates that closed the Tethys Ocean separating them. The slow evaporation of this ocean left behind these rose salt crystals, rich in minerals and trace elements. Alexander the Great was the first to bring this precious Kashmir salt to Europe, around 350 years BC. In antiquity it was reserved for high religious leaders and emperors. Until the end of the 20th century, nomads would transport the salt on yaks and trade it for wheat or other foods. In the Himalayas, mankind and yaks have always been partners. Without the yak’s fur, milk, meat, leather, and dung, man would never have survived.