CHARCOAL SALT RECIPES
Cookbooks to give and what to gift them with
Twin Everyday grinder set + Dinner by Meera SohdaThree things we all need, everyday. Dinner and a good grinding of salt and pepper. Meera Sodha's latest book, Dinner is endlessly useful and inspiring. Equally as perfect for estabilshed cooks in need of ideas as new...
Passeti + Boote’s perfectly cured trout
Pasetti + Boote, talented caterers based in Bristol and friends of Halen Môn, have kindly shared their secret to the perfect cured trout for this festive season. The perfect canape for the big day itself. Over to Max: "The salt cure for our trout is flavoured with...
‘Cooking water should be as salty as tears’ – an interview with Max Pasetti
Our brilliant Brand Ambassador Anna Shepherd has been busy this autumn, visiting some of her favourite chefs. Here, she caught up with Max Pasetti, one half of brilliant Bristol-based caterers Pasetti + Boote. Anna chatted to Max about seasoning meat and fish, the...
French onion soup
We took Margaret, Alison’s mother, to Paris for her 89th birthday, as she always wanted to go. The main event was a classically chic lunch of herbed soufflé, cured meats, wine and Provencal olives, but the real star was the starter: a deeply savoury French onion soup...
Toasted milk cookies
This recipe is based on some cookies that Jess had at a wedding in upstate New York a few years ago. The groom, a chef, made these with his cousin (also a chef) for the lucky guests. They are the right balance of sweet and salt with an extra toasty depth – the kind of...
Carrot and lentil Salty Pumpkin Spice soup
A bright and pleasing carrot and lentil soup just when the days are getting gloomier. Heavy on cinnamon, with nutmeg, allspice and cloves, our Salty Pumpkin spice makes everything it touches taste deeply comforting. The lentils in the soup means that it’s a...
From sea to screen: how we made our first TV ad
We are hugely grateful to have been voted one of Sky TV's Local Heroes, which meant winning our very first TV ad campaign. It goes live on 155 Sky TV channels this October. We took a moment to catch up with Jess Lea-Wilson, our Brand Director (and star of the ad!) to...
Five favourite Halen Môn pasta recipes
Good pasta needs good salt. Adding a sizable pinch of salt to your water is the first and we’d like to argue, the most important part of a great bowl of pasta. You want your pasta water to be ‘as salty as the sea’. Here you'll find five of our very favourite pasta...
Jess Dennison’s roast pumpkin + wine-braised beans
Weekend Recipes is a book after our own heart. The latest self-published recipe book by Jess Elliott Dennison, generous food writer and founder of Elliott's. It was so hard to choose a favourite recipe that we have a couple coming your way over the next few months,...
Salty Pumpkin Spice + September apple pie
Nothing speaks of September more than a slice of apple pie. This one uses our Salty Pumpkin Spice which means it comes together so quickly it feels a little like cheating. The joy of a free-form pie like this one is that it's meant to look rustic. It's a great place...