Who's cooking on salt blocks

[Paul Bacino]

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Just curious if anyone is cooking.. steak or veg on the salt blocks? Good idea?

How do you use them and clean them?

Paul

[ElsieD]

I was recently at a cooking demo and they cooked scallops on a salt block. The chef said he just scrapes the block clean and re-uses it, although after a while it does need to be replaced.

[Paul Bacino]

Scallops sounds good!!

Cheers

[faronem]

Works fairly well for marinaded thinly sliced flank steak.

I found out the hard way that the block cannot have any moisture in it at all before warming (read: explosion).

If you wash it off, even with a wet towel, it can take a good 24hrs to dry thoroughly.

Melting chocolate onto a cold block is also a good show.

[Paul Bacino]

Works fairly well for marinaded thinly sliced flank steak.

I found out the hard way that the block cannot have any moisture in it at all before warming (read: explosion).

If you wash it off, even with a wet towel, it can take a good 24hrs to dry thoroughly.

Melting chocolate onto a cold block is also a good show.

Good stuff.. thanks for the H2O tip

Paul

[vice]

I found out the hard way that the block cannot have any moisture in it at all before warming (read: explosion).

If you wash it off, even with a wet towel, it can take a good 24hrs to dry thoroughly.

I wonder if you could safely speed that up by stashing it in a low oven.

[rmillman]

I do: got them here (using the 12X8).

Right now mostly fresh Maine Shrimp and thin sliced Waygu.

[pkeibel]

We frequently cook shrimp on them, works great and is a great conversation starter. We have also done steaks too.

[Paul Bacino]

So I finally got my Salt Plate.. 8 x 12 x 2

First up will be a Flannery Pork Rib Cap Roll.. just meat, salt, and pepper!! For the first test!!

[IndyRob]

I got one of these for Christmas today.  I've been watching YouTube vids to get some ideas,  I'm kind of torn as to whether to use it primarily as a cooking or serving device.

[scubadoo97]

I think it's all about presentation