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Ummera Smoked Products

Timoleague  |  Cork
 
 
Anthony Creswell’s award winning Ummera Smokehouse situated in peaceful, rural West Cork, by the banks of the Argideen River, is a leading light in food production and environmentally friendly practices. 
 
This second generation artisan, who took over the smokehouse his father Keith started in the 70’s, has strived to develop the original fish smoking business whilst taking on board the impact that fishing for wild salmon has had on river stocking levels in recent years. To this end, Anthony chose a few years ago to make the changeover to sourcing organic farmed salmon from Clare Island Co. Mayo, in favour of the buying wild fish caught during the summer breeding season. This change preceded the wild salmon fishing ban that has consequently ensued from this summer 2007. Anthony’s view is that the ban will see numbers of wild fish returning to Irish rivers to spawn, which will definitely lead to a sustainable wild salmon fishery in future years.
 
The fish Anthony smokes are the finest of specimens, treated with tender loving care at the hands of this Master Smoker. In the cure, Anthony uses a mix of organic Portuguese sea salt and Costa Rican pure cane sugar before smoking his fish over wood chippings obtained from sustainable forests. Outside the smokery, a natural wetland and vermi-composting unit deals with waste from production. So this small eco-business produces fabulous artisan produce, thriving in the heart of its natural country surroundings, and doing little damage to the environment around it. 
 

Alongside his superlative smoked salmon, Anthony also cures his own Gravad Lax, from a special recipe, which includes salt, sugar and fresh dill. This traditional Swedish dish relies on the best quality fish, which have natural fat content. Ummera’s award winning smoked silver eel, only produced seasonally, is another fabulous achievement. And Anthony has re-introduced his father’s original smoked chicken, sourcing his birds locally to produce wonderfully succulent and meaty crown breast joints and individual drumsticks that have moorish smokey savouriness. Ummera Smokehouse is one of this country’s most famous and prestigious artisan productions, and thanks to the forward thinking, eco friendly attitude of the man at it’s helm, the Ummera philosophy surely leads the way for others to follow.

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NEWS:
Congratulations to Anthony and all at Ummera Smoked Products on winning a Gold Award in this year’s Great Taste Awards in the UK for the Ummera Smoked Silver Hill Duck Breast. And not just a Gold Award, but a Three Star Gold Award - can’t get much better than that!

Ummera have previously been awarded two prestigious Great Taste Awards, a Gold Great Taste Award for their Smoked Chicken (2 Stars) and its Organic Gravadlax (1 Star). 

 


 
 

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Inchybridge
Timoleague
Co Cork
+353 (0) 23 8846644
Email: info@ummera.com
Web: www.ummera.com
 
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21 February 2008
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