season April
difficulty Easy
persons For the pantry
time 30 min.

Beach pea in salt brine

Ingredients
  • 250 g beach pea leaves
  • 400 g sea salt
  • 25 g dried kombu seaweed
  • 50 ml water
Equipment
  • Blender
  • Preservation jar
Directions
  1. Blend seaweed and salt until thoroughly mixed. Add water.
  2. Bring a pot of water to boil. Blanch beach pea leaves for five seconds. Transfer to an ice bath immediately.
  3. Put the blanched leaves and the salt brine in a preservation jar. Close the jar and store in a cool, dark place for three months, after which they are ready for use.
  • Tips

    Beach pea can be substituted for a number of other herbs. Salted herbs can be used in a variety of ways, particularly as replacement for salt itself in salads and sauces.

  • Thorsten Schmidt

    Restaurant Barr

    Thorsten Schmidt is a Danish chef known for his sense of culinary adventure and love for experimentation. Raised in Jutland and trained in both Germany and France, Schmidt believes food to be a potential vehicle of cultural identity, pride and nostalgia. His former restaurant, Malling & Schmidt, served some of the most influential and inventive Danish food in the country. Schmidt is now a co-founder and partner of restaurant Barr. A collaboration between Schmidt and René Redzepi in the former noma restaurant space, Barr offers a convivial setting in which to enjoy high-quality comfort food and drink traditions of the North Sea.

    Thorsten Schmidt

    Restaurant Barr

    Thorsten Schmidt is a Danish chef known for his sense of culinary adventure and love for experimentation. Raised in Jutland and trained in both Germany and France, Schmidt believes food to be a potential vehicle of cultural identity, pride and nostalgia. His former restaurant, Malling & Schmidt, served some of the most influential and inventive Danish food in the country. Schmidt is now a co-founder and partner of restaurant Barr. A collaboration between Schmidt and René Redzepi in the former noma restaurant space, Barr offers a convivial setting in which to enjoy high-quality comfort food and drink traditions of the North Sea.

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