What is the substitute for normal salt, please?
Diamond salt is hard to find in Miami let alone outside of the USA. Please, what is the equivalent for normal salt? Thanks.
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Nancy's totally right here. While it can vary slightly amongst different brands of table salt, generally speaking Diamond kosher is about half as salty as table salt. But always make sure you taste your food for seasoning levels so that you're satisfied!
But in this case I'd use 1/8th tsp of table salt for the crust and 1/4 tsp for the filling.
Hope this helps.
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Rather, use sea salt or rock salt, which is flaked (like Diamond Crystal), for both cooking and garnishing.
That answer is use half the original kosher salt measurement. Sources say it may take longer to dissolve and may have a different, slightly metallic taste.
If you can find it and want to use it, either sea or rick salt can be used 1:1 for original measurement and will act the same. Taste may be slightly different because of place of origin (evaporated sea salt or mined rock salt).
Hope this information helps.