Kosher Salt

I confess that before I went to cooking school I didn’t really know what kosher salt was. Now I use it almost exclusively in both my home and professional kitchens. Kosher salt has larger and flatter grains than table salt. Because of this, it’s easier to grab a pinch with your fingers and to get a tactile sense of how much you’re using, allowing you to control your seasoning without measuring. The coarse grains also add a nice textural crunch to roasted meats and vegetables. I’ve indicated the use of kosher salt in almost all instances, except the baked desserts. Because the kosher salt grains take up more volume by weight, if you are using regular table salt you need to reduce the measurement by roughly half: 1 teaspoon kosher salt would be equivalent to ½ teaspoon table salt.