Our opening hours over Christmas are as follows:
There is a lot going for Hansen & Lydersen, and one of them is Ole, grandson of the original Norweigan smoker whose recipe he still follows today to make his fabulous smoked salmon.
For the last 80 years, this family owned business maintained it’s traditional recipe, which includes aromatic juniper cure and smoked beech wood smoking.
Ole’s grandfather, Lyder-Nilsen was a salmon fisherman in Kirkenes, a small town in Norway’s county of Finnmark. His son Leif Lydersen, took over the family business in 1962, teaching his two daughters the family’s secret smoking recipe.
Grandson, Ole Hansen, now smokes out of his state of the art smoking kiln in a reinforced boiler room, in of all places, Stoke Newington.
This is exceptional salmon which we and Ole recommends slicing the Norweigan way; in thicker vertical pieces so you get the full flavour and texture of the fish – the smoky surface layer all the way down to the freshest flesh near the skin.
Brilliant as a starter or nibble with drinks with a scraping of unsalted butter on Celtic Bakers Rye bread.
A day smoking your own salmon with Ole is up for grabs here!
Buy any pack of Hansen & Lydersen smoked salmon between now and Saturday 24 December and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a one-on-one salmon smoking course at the Hansen & Lydersen smokehouse.
Ole, fourth generation in the Hansen & Lydersen dynasty, will take you on a tour of his Stoke Newington smoking chamber, you’ll learn about filleting, get some knife skills under your belt whilst learning how to judge the quality of the fish, all before smoking your own side of salmon.
The best part is, once the smoking is over, the whole side of salmon will be yours to take home, show off and eat greedily – how’s that for a dinner party talking point!
To qualify, you’ll just need to answer the following question correctly when we call to confirm your order.
Which of the following is an essential ingredient in the smoking process?
a) Salt
b) Sugar
c) Spice
William from Vestal Vodka will be down at our Hampstead store this afternoon from 3pm sampling his delectable Vestal Amber. This stunning liqueur is made with their own vodka and the syrup of handpicked elderberry flowers, and its sweet but complex flavour means it makes a fabulous Christmas digestif or ‘sticky’, as we like to call it.
Gorgeously packaged to look like a fabulous bottle of perfume, highlighting its beautiful golden, brown hue it would make an oh-so-sophisticated present (not to mention a quite lethal stocking gift). Gentlemen look no further if you want to put a smile on her face on Christmas morning!
It was the Hampstead Village and Primrose Hill Christmas Fairs last Sunday and the Melrose and Morgan team took our stalls out to join in the fun. Our pitch outside Nicole Farhi in Hampstead looked particularly festive with our gorgeous gold wrapped Christmas puddings.
Amazingly we took our first Christmas order back in October! But now that we have been out mingling with the friendly faces of Hampstead and Primrose Hill we are feeling very Christmassy and are really gearing up for the yuletide rush.