One of the questions we get a lot refers to how much salmon somebody would need for their convivial dinner or event. The short answer is that there is no short answer. It all depends on the kind of dish you want to use the smoked salmon for, and how many people you expect. We […]
A recent survey found that 60% of Irish people are planning on firing up their barbecue this year. Al fresco dining is great fun in the summer months whilst the weather is good, and it’s also the ideal time to get family and friends together for a celebration meal. The most popular thing to cook […]
Organic Certification by IOA We are vetted annually by the Irish Organic Association for our Burren Smoked Irish Organic Salmon. Origin Green Burren Smokehouse achieved the standards set by Bord Bía’s sustainability programme called Origin Green in summer of 2016 and undergoes regular audits to assure that the high standards are […]
Drift net fishing of wild salmon was banned in Irish waters in 2006. It still is banned as far as drift net fishing is concerned where long nets are towed by trawlers out in the sea. The reason for it is that the number of wild salmon went down dramatically in Ireland and other countries. […]
Up at the top of a Tuscan valley, there are two eighty-year old men who know how to make the local sausage. They are the last people to know how to create the delicacy which is made from the meat of a similarly endangered breed of a small hardy red cow. This and similar scenarios […]
Right next to the Visitor Centre at the Burren Smokehouse (in Lisdoonvarna near the Cliffs of Moher), a new fun experience is waiting for you. The “Taste the Atlantic – Irish Salmon Visitor Experience” was launched in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare on the 25th of October 2019 by Mrs Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D […]
Chef Neven Maguire from MacNean’s Restaurant in Blacklion, Co. Cavan, is an Irish food hero and great supporter of Irish produced foods. For the series of “Neven’s Irish Seafood Trails”, he travelled to North Clare in the summer of 2020 to highlight Irish food and drink, and visited chefs like Peter Jackson who at the […]
One of the most asked questions we get from our customers is “Can I freeze smoked salmon?”. The short answer to that is yes, you can for up to 6 months. But apart from that easy question, there are a lot of other foods, prepared or raw, that can be frozen while some should never […]
In these modern times, people are worried about their health and hence are looking for ways to support their immune system. Did you know that seafood, both fish and shellfish, provides essential nutrients to the body? Those nutrients keep the immune health functioning as it should. Something that everybody can do and doesn’t require much […]
One highlight since the foundation of the Burren Smokehouse over 3 decades ago has definitely been the opportunity to provide Burren Smoked Wild Salmon for the State Dinner hosting Queen Elizabeth II in May 2011. We thought it could not get much better than that but we were proven wrong. On 24th May 2019, King […]
During the live coverage of the State Visit of the British royals in May 2011, the Burren Smokehouse and our smoked salmon were mentioned when the correspondent listed the Irish produce that was to be served at the State Dinner. The whole evening of the State Dinner was televised live on RTE, our national TV […]
Right next to the Visitor Centre at the Burren Smokehouse (in Lisdoonvarna near the Cliffs of Moher), a new fun experience is waiting for you. The “Taste the Atlantic – Irish Salmon Visitor Experience” was launched in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare on the 25th of October 2019 by Mrs Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D […]
