Sea Salt : A Perfectly Seasoned Cookbook

Sea Salt : A Perfectly Seasoned Cookbook

by the Lea-Wilson family
Hardback · 240 pages Bestseller
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Twenty years of seasoning

Written collectively by the Lea-Wilson family after two decades of making Halen Môn, and photographed on location on Anglesey.


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'This beautiful book, written collectively by a whole family about their passion and business, celebrates the irreplaceable savoury edge of salt - in its flakiest most appetising form. And the recipes are irresistible too.' - Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.

After 20 years of making award-winning sea salt, the Lea-Wilson family have put together a collection of recipes on how to showcase this often misunderstood and misused ingredient.

Learning to season properly is what separates a good cook from a great one. It isn’t simply a case of how much is added, but also when these crystals are used: at the beginning of meal prep to help sunny tomatoes sing; coating your meat just before cooking to help the salty char form and the meat stay juicy; or right at the very end, scattered over a chocolate torte to make it all the more chocolate-y.

Brine, cure and pickle your way through this book, learning to use salt in new ways to make everyday food more vibrant and flavourful. From a sophisticated fennel and almond lasagne to toasted milk cookies, delicate salt marsh lamb to juicy black pepper brined corn, this book brings new techniques and a breath of fresh inspiration to your plate.

With every bit as much attention paid to vegetables and sweet dishes, as well as meat and fish, and beautiful photography shot on location on the wild island of Anglesey throughout, this book celebrates the most important ingredient in your kitchen.

This beautiful book, written collectively by a whole family about their shared passion and business, celebrates the irreplaceable savoury edge of salt – in its flakiest most appetising form. And the recipes are irresistible too.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Learn what separates a good cook from a great one


Brine, cure and pickle your way through the year


Shot on location on the wild island of Anglesey

Scotch caramels scattered with sea salt, being cut and wrapped

Season at the beginning to help sunny tomatoes sing; just before cooking so the char forms and the meat stays juicy; or right at the very end, scattered over a chocolate torte to make it all the more chocolate-y.

Inside

Salt, used properly

Every bit as much attention paid to vegetables and sweet dishes as to meat and fish — with techniques that make everyday food more vibrant.

Anglesey salt and pepper fritto misto on a blue plate, outdoors
FryAnglesey salt and pepper fritto misto
Trout gravadlax, cured and sliced
CureTrout gravadlax
Shaved cabbage and parmesan slaw
SeasonShaved cabbage and parmesan slaw
Cured tofu with minty peas and pickles
PickleCured tofu, minty peas and pickles

Cook one tonight

Four recipes from the book

A taste of what is inside — free to read, and a fair test of whether you want the other two hundred pages.

Two of the Lea-Wilson family collecting mussels on the Menai Strait

Who wrote it

The people who make the salt

  • 01 A family, not a brand. Written collectively by the Lea-Wilsons — the people who make the salt.
  • 02 Shot where it is made. All the photography was taken on location on Anglesey, not in a studio.
  • 03 Twenty years of it. Two decades of making award-winning sea salt, distilled into recipes.
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The details

  • Format Hardback
  • Extent 240 pages
  • ISBN 9780711265745
  • Published 3 May 2022
  • Author The Lea-Wilson family
  • Photography Shot on location on Anglesey

A note on seasoning

Learning to season properly isn't simply a case of how much you add, but when. This book is as much about timing as quantity.

From a fennel and almond lasagne to toasted milk cookies, salt marsh lamb to black pepper brined corn.

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