HALEN MÔN BLOG
Expect interesting and delicious articles on everything from how to use our pure sea salt to eco-friendly gift ideas, how to season like a chef to flavoured salt recipes.
Abergavenny Food Festival 2015
The highlight of our food show calendar is always Abergavenny Food Festival - such a vibrant, colourful and delicious celebration of food, with so many of our friends, can only be a genuine treat. The weekend of the festival falls on the cusp of autumn - where it is...
A Panad with… Sir Terry Wogan
We've had some brilliant visitors at Halen Môn over the years, from The Hairy Bikers to Green & Blacks, Dave Coaches to Ade Edmonson. Perhaps the most exciting one so far though, is none other than national treasure, Sir Terry Wogan. With his sharp sense of dress...
A Vote For Our Local Woodland
It is quite rare for us to write about something on our blog that is not obviously related to Halen Môn, which perhaps emphasises how important this project is to us. Our mission statement has the word 'sustainable' in it, and sustainability works when it is at the...
Coastal Art: ‘Four on Anglesey’
Just around the corner from Ty Halen, our new Saltcote, is one quarter of an extraordinary outdoor summer art installation, 'Four on Anglesey.' This project has seen four striking 2.5m canvases placed in the four corners of the salty isle, each painting in amongst the...
Sweet & Smoked Pork Belly
INGREDIENTSServes: 4 ½ kg free-range, organic pork belly Olive oil For the marinade: 20ml smoked water 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped 1 thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 tbsp honey 10ml tamarind concentrate 1 tsp mustard Juice from ¼...
Audio: Alison & David on Business (Broadcast on Jazz FM)
Every Saturday, Jazz FM shares music from the risk takers, leaders and influencers of jazz, soul, funk and blues, alongside interviews with their equivalent in the business world - 'entrepreneurs who have defined and shaped business categories and ways of operating.'...
A Panad with… Hawkshead Relish’s Maria Whitehead
If Hawkshead Relish don't make a chutney then it probably isn't worth eating. Their range of over 120 relishes, pickles and preserves are all handmade in small batches using traditional open pans and top-notch ingredients, and you can tell, because from their...
Double Smoked Paprika Mayonnaise (& Dressed Crab Canapés)
INGREDIENTSFor the mayonnaise: 60g mayonnaise (Delia's recipe is here) 1tsp hot smoked paprika plus extra to serve 10ml smoked water a good squeeze fresh lemon juice For the crab canapes: Several Peter's Yard medium sourdough crackers, snapped into bite-sized pieces 2...
The Feast Collective: very good festival food
We go to a lot of food festivals. We like to eat, we like to meet the people who make the food we eat, and we think there are few things lovelier than enjoying our dinner outside. It seems though, that other festivals are finally beginning to think seriously...
A Panad with…Food Writer & Cafe Owner Elly Pear
Elly Pear (real name Elly Curshen) owns the very lovely Pear Cafe in Bristol, which serves made-to-order 'Grandma's egg' sandwiches, now famous butterscotch brownies, a daily changing fritatta and plenty of free range roast chicken with jerk mayonnaise. Our kind of...