Try making this delicious smoked salmon and colcannon recipe. Famous for its limestone landscape and an amazing spectrum of flora, the Burren is one of Ireland's most loved and popular tourist attractions. The Burren Food Trail gives visitors a unique experience of enjoying beautiful local food, heritage, and surroundings.
Local producers, cafes, and restaurants came together to create a map of food experiences and a new weekly event has just been launched. How does kayaking your way to a gourmet picnic on the Finnavarra Peninsula sound? When I think of the Burren I think of delicious thinly sliced smoked Irish salmon . I love smoked salmon, it's perfect and simple when putting together a quick lunch and great as a canapé topping.
I keep a pack in the back of my fridge, it's a handy go-to when friends call around. If you have 2 minutes to spare you can pop some in the blender with a little sour cream, cream cheese, a few drops of lemon and salt and pepper. This makes a really tasty pâté alternatively it's hard to beat the traditional brown bread and butter topped with smoked salmon and some freshly cut chive.
Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! The Burren Smokehouse is the family business of Peter and Birgitta Curtain. Since 1989 they have been smoking salmon, trout, and mackerel and are now even smoking some locally produced cheese. They shared with me their recipe for ‘Burren hot smoked salmon on a bed of colcannon with Sti.