Himalayan Cookware Salt Blocks

These are the Himalayan salt blocks for cooking on the stove or grill. Whether it’s warming some brie cheese with fig preserves or searing tiger prawns with garlic and lemon zest, Cookware Grade Himalayan salt blocks provide perfect cooking heat and incredible taste. Go with the Cookware Grade for seared scallops or flank steak, fried onions and peppers, or fried eggs and bacon!

Cookware Grade Himalayan salt blocks are selected not just for their extraordinary natural beauty, but also for their structural integrity and uniformity. They can be warmed repeatedly to 130°F (55°C) for melting chocolate, heated to optimal cooking temperatures ranging from 400°F (200°C) to 550°F (290°C), depending on the recipe - and they are rated for heating up to 700°F (370°C). Cookware Grade Himalayan salt blocks generally contain fewer contain natural irregularities. While they may not be as dramatic or unusual in appearance as Tableware Grade salt blocks, the heating process mellows their color, so much of this distinctiveness would be lost anyway.

Quality: Our beautiful translucent pink salt blocks from the Himalayas are the highest quality salt blocks available--unsurpassed in their beauty, structural integrity, and purity. We work directly with small, family-operated businesses. This gives us the greatest possible control over the quality of our products. This also insures that the people who produce our salt blocks benefit the most from their trade.

Support: We provide the highest level of support in the field, giving you the benefit of years of experience working with everyone from top chefs to beginner home cooks. Our goal is give you the best possible experience, from shopping online or in our store to dining with your family or celebrating with your friends.

Inspiration: Beautiful, translucent colors ranging from crystal white to beefsteak red, these salt blocks are from the mountains near the majestic Himalaya mountain range are quarried by hand in much the same way they were centuries ago. Dating back as far as 500 million years, the geographical formations from which the salt is quarried are ancient, - old not just geologically, but cosmologically. It takes a star about 100 million years for the mass of a star to compress, for fusion to ignite, and for the star to be born! It only takes minutes to experience the pleasure this salt has to offer.

Creativity: Serve thinly sliced apples and Mozzarella on a cool Tableware Grade salt brick and experience how a delicate saltiness is infused into the tart apple and creamy cheese. Heat a Cookware grade Himalayan salt brick on the stovetop and sear thin strips of flatiron steak or fresh Atlantic scallops, for the simplest, most delicious dinner imaginable! You can even bake pizza dough dinner rolls on Cookware Grade bricks, though be sure to follow our special oven-cooking instructions. Freeze a Tableware Grade Himalayan salt slab and pour custard over it, lufting quickly into a salty frozen dessert to send you off, smiling into the night. Call us any time for more ideas, check out our Himalayan Salt Block Cooking Guide, or visit our blog www.saltnews.org.