Up Your Holiday Game with SALTOPIA
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This NJ-based company is the salt of the earth.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
You won’t find any low-sodium items in the Santiago house, and trust us when we say you wouldn’t want it any other way. As the CEO and founder of SALTOPIA, Kimarie Santiago takes salt to a new level – one that is a far cry from the heavily processed table salt on kitchen tables across America.
A truly artisan company based out of Long Valley, NJ, SALTOPIA infuses naturally harvested sea salt from around the world with unexpected organic foods like ginger, cabernet, and habanero. In addition to witty names and complex flavor combinations, each salt has an earth-toned hue and dizzyingly fresh aroma. Having tried them ourselves, we promise these salts are not to be stashed away in a saltshaker, but featured in this year’s holiday dishes (or better yet, holiday gift bags). In fact, SALTOPIA released three new flavors exclusively for the holidays: Bleu Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, and Peanut Butter.
Whether you’re having the “Cloves Gone Wild” clove, cinnamon, and vanilla bean infused sea salt on your pumpkin pie, or the “Taste My Flower” rose and citrus infused sea salt on your roasted cauliflower, SALTOPIA will change the way you salt. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Kimarie shares her favorite salts for baking, brining, and everything in between. For more information on each salt, click the links to Kimarie’s recipes and instructional YouTube videos below.
TURKEY TIME BRINE is a “cannot live without” for anyone who has tried our brine in the past! It brings life to the words “turkey dinner.” We were also named the Best-selling Turkey Brine over Martha Stewart’s Brine and William-Sonoma’s Brine, according to Cooking Enthusiast. Click here for the Turkey Time Brine recipe and here for the instructional YouTube video.
FINN ANGLER (cross fusion of lemon, basil, garlic and pepper) is my go-to for homemade stuffing. Click here for the stuffing recipe and here for the video.
GINGER’s CRUSH (cross fusion of orange and ginger) is great for homemade cranberry sauces Click here for the recipe.
MUSHY LOVE (mushroom infused) is perfect for Beef Wellington, for the recipe click here.