Rosemary Salt
I bought Rosemary Salt in San Francisco years ago, and then created a recipe for it at home after my bottle was gone! And this is one of my favorite things to make to give away for a holiday food gift!
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Rosemary Salt is a salt blend I fell in love after I bought some from Eatwell Farms at the Ferry Building Farmers Market in San Francisco. All that summer I ate it on tomatoes, grilled veggies, and chicken, and from the first time I tasted it, I knew I wanted to try making some.
Then a few years later I had the idea to start making spice blends give away during the holidays! And this recipe for Rosemary Salt was a winner. When I first made this recipe I just used coarse sea salt and cracked rosemary.
But through the years I started to dislike the woody pieces of the cracked rosemary. Then I discovered ground rosemary and never looked back! I’ve been using that for many years now to make Rosemary Salt. And its definitely been hit with everyone I’ve given it to!
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- coarse ground sea salt (affiliate link
- ground rosemary (affiliate link)
How to use Rosemary Salt:
- Use this salt blend sparingly, as you would regular salt.
- Sprinkle Rosemary Salt on fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, or avocado.
- This is an excellent seasoning for eggs, potatoes, butternut squash, or chicken
- Rosemary Salt is delicious on any type of roasted or grilled vegetables.
- And you can definitely substitute this in any recipe that uses both dried rosemary and salt.
How to Make Rosemary Salt:
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- All you need is coarse ground sea salt and ground rosemary to make Rosemary Salt!
- Put ingredients in a food processor with the steel blade.
- Pulse a few times, just until ingredients are well-combined and some of the salt crystals are a bit more cracked.
- Store in a glass jar. You can also put it in small Ziploc bags with a card staples on for an easy gift idea.
Want more ideas for holiday food gifts?
Check out Spice Blends to Give for a Holiday Gift for lots more ideas for homemade or purchased spice blends to give for seasonal gifts when you don’t want to give sweets!
Rosemary Salt
After I used all the Rosemary Salt I got in San Francisco, I came up with this recipe to make it at home! This is perfect to give it for a homemade food gift. You can cut down the recipe a bit if you're just making some for yourself.
Ingredients
- 3 cups sea salt crystals
- 1/2 cup ground rosemary
Instructions
Notes
This recipe created by Kalyn, inspired by Rosemary Salt purchased in San Francisco!
Historical Notes for this recipe:
Years ago Kalyn’s Kitchen was part of Holiday Recipes at Oprah.com, and Rosemary Salt was one of the recipes featured there. This recipe was first posted in 2006 and was updated with better photos and an easier version in 2021. It was last updated with more information in 2025.
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17 Comments on “Rosemary Salt”
Can you grind fresh rosemary and use it?
I haven’t tried that, but I think the fresh rosemary would have to be dried first or it would decompose in the salt.
I have a large rosemary in my herb garden which I use more than several times a week. Should I dry it before making this salt or will the salt dry it this making it more savory?
I have only made it with dried rosemary, but I do think the freshly-dried rosemary will be amazing in this. I have rosemary this year, so I should make some and update the photos!
I found my rosemary sea salt at a Paris neighborhood market when we were there. It is so wonderful on so many things. It would make a lovely gift! Great idea and I have rosemary growing in the front and back yards!
this is a great idea. I can “smell” the salt mix you put together. Morning comes, I need to get out and snip some fresh rosemary and dry them out to make this blend. Thanks for sharing this nice gift idea Kalyn!
Rosemarry Salt – sound like wonderful idea! Def to try out when I have rosemarry on hand!
I’m glad you all like this idea, I love the rosemary salt from Eatwell Farms so much, I had to try making it. Lucky you who have your own fresh rosemary still. Love the sound of some of other salts like the fennel/lemon peel salt and Sher’s citrus salt. (Sher, please share your recipe.)
More herb blends coming up the next two days.
Christine, yes a clone of Rand would be great. I’m so lucky to have him.
Mmmm, rosemary salt all over my roast potatoes, I definitely think so…
I love the idea of this and I love the packaging with your card attached. I consider myself very lucky to have one of those cards, as you tucked it into the South Beach Cooking for Holidays cookbook that I won. Now, would someone please work on cloning Rand for the benefit of the rest of the food blogging world? :)))
This looks gorgeous – Would make a great rub for steak I think.
Wonderful!! I made some citrus salt last week, but haven’t gotten around to posting it. Note to self: Do it! :):)
Wonderful idea! I have three rosemary plants that have survived a mild winter in my garden, where nothing else is growing at the moment. I was about to dig them up and give the plants to friends who will tend them over the winter….but rosemary salt is an even better idea.
Cracked rosemary…too funny…looks like a fun present!
What a wonderful idea to give salt blends as gifts! I just recieved one yesterday from a friend that had fennel seed and lemon peel with sea salt.
I would have never thought to make it myself though, I will have to remember that for next year, maybe thinking ahead I can pick up a few jars here and there.
I love this idea for holiday gifts! It’s so difficult to make all those sweets to give away without indulging a little myself. Though I’m making little individual pumpkin breads to give as teacher gifts this year, I’m going to keep this suggestion in mind for future holiday seasons.
Thank you for the great idea. Rosemary grows well in my garden. I definitley try the recipe!