CHARCOAL SALT RECIPES
Sam Lomas’ lamb chops with black garlic roasted squash
INGREDIENTSServes 2 6 lamb loin chops 1/2 a squash, such as onion or butternut Scattering of sage leaves 2 cloves of garlic, bashed 300ml natural yoghurt 2 tbsp Black Garlic Ketchup 1/2 tsp coriander seeds, bashed 1/2 tsp chopped thyme 1 tbsp red wine vinegar Extra...
How to season like a chef
Over the past three decades, we have sold to and worked with hundreds of chefs. Big names and lesser known (but no less talented) cooks. We’ve picked up stellar recipes on our salt-selling travels, everywhere from New York City to Barcelona, Singapore to Modena, and...
A guide to buying and using sea salt
Why use sea salt? While table salt is the most common variety of cooking salt found in much of the world, we believe it doesn’t belong anywhere near the kitchen. Though cheap and easy to pour from a spout, it is often laden with anti-caking agents that can impart...
A Welsh Valentine’s: St Dwynwen’s Day
The end of January can sometimes be a little bleak – dark and cold, with the festive break long behind us. It’s warming then to have a Welsh tradition as a flicker of light at the end of month. On the 25th of January every year, people all over Wales celebrate St...
Gill Meller’s lentils cooked with garlic, chilli + rosemary
INGREDIENTS Serves 3 - 4 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 large onion, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced a pinch of chilli flakes, plus extra to serve 175g (6oz) red lentils, rinsed 2 rosemary sprigs 1 litre (35fl oz) vegetable stock a small bunch of...
Welsh leeks join the Welsh GI family
Wales’ national vegetable and emblem, the Welsh leek, is now officially protected as it gains PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) UK GI status. It’s the third new Welsh product to achieve UK GI status joining Gower Salt Marsh Lamb and Cambrian Mountains...
Our favourites from CODE’s ’30 under 30 in hospitality’ in 2022
Our cafe, Tide/Llanw, here at Halen Môn has been lucky enough to host not one but two of those named in this year '30 Under 30' CODE hospitality list. Both Sam Lomas, formerly of River Cottage, and Nick Rudge of The Jackdaw Conwy, joined us last summer to cook for...
Five festive canapés
Dazzling canapés for the Christmas season. All easy to whip up before your guests arrive and perfect with fizz. Pleasingly little and perfectly balanced bites. Mackerel + pickled beetroot blinisA really easy recipe for making your own blinis, which are topped with...
Roasted grape + ricotta crostini
INGREDIENTS 400g black grapes 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 2 tsp honey or maple syrup 3 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp Pure Sea Salt Smoked over Oak 4 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked small bunch of fresh sage, leaves picked 250g ricotta, drained ½ lemon, zest and juice Black...
Mackerel + pickled beetroot blinis
INGREDIENTS For the blinis 125g buckwheat flour ½ tsp baking powder 1 large egg, separated 130ml semi-skimmed milk 2 tbsp crème fraiche sunflower/ veg oil for frying For the beetroot 200g beetroot, peeled and cut into matchsticks, use a Julienne peeler if you...