Achill Mountain Lamb
Taste the flavour of the mountains and the sea shore, Heather-Sweetened, Seaside-Seasoned! Is there anything nicer in the evening than coming in after a cold wet day and sitting down to enjoy a hearty, tasty casserole or stew? Made with Calvey’s Achill Mountain Lamb, it tastes even better the second day, when the vegetable and potatoes absorb the rich flavours – easy-peasy, everything in.
Achill Mountain Lamb is finger-licking good, with a touch of nostalgia. When you taste it, you will remember a time when food had real flavour. Buying a whole lamb at this time of year ensures that you have the deep freeze well stocked and will make delicious meals for your families for many months to come.
Achill Mountain Lamb is the gift of nature and is a genuine artisan meat product. It contains no additives, no colorants, no preservatives and is vaccination free. You also have the reassurance that at Calvey’s we have control of your lamb every step, from the hill top right to your table top. Calvey’s also source mountain lambs from the farming families on Achill Island, whose flocks also graze the free range mountain farm lands on Achill Island.
| Achill Mountain Lamb carcase | Can be split/crafted into | Cooking method |
| Hind Quarters
2 lean legs of lamb, with light covering of fat for flavour |
Shanks
Fillets Can be boned and rolled or cut into strips/lamb steaks |
Roasting
Stir fry Barbeque Grilling |
| Loins | 24 chops/cutlets in full carcase
12 in a side (approximately) |
Roasting
Grilling Frying Barbeque |
| Fore Quarters
2 Shoulders |
Shoulder can be left whole
or split into approx. 10 Gigot chops (2 bags of 5) or crafted into Cubes/pieces/ strips |
Roasting
Stews Stir-fries Casseroles Braising |
| Breast, neck, shanks | Cubes, pieces, strips | Stews |
| Fresh liver and kidneys | Sliced or left whole | Frying
Grilling Stews |
| We send our Special Recipe Booklet to all our customers featuring easy to follow recipes from well known chefs using Calvey’s Achill Mountain Lamb. | ||
In this purchase you will receive a whole lamb, butchered into its component parts/joints. This offer is excellent value for money, the lamb is packed ready for your deep freeze, labelled and boxed and sent as fresh meat to you. When you receive the boxed lamb you can put the labelled packs into your freezer straight away. It is clearly labelled showing you what’s in each transparent bag.
It keeps in your freezer for a minimum of three months. Everything is done at Calvey’s on-farm abattoir butchers on Achill Island in the old fashioned artisan way.
Don’t forget this makes an excellent gift for a loved one and we can send it direct to them with your personal message.
Optional Extras: Special Artisan brown paper wrapping and tying 5 Euro.
Delivery can be arranged throughout the 32 counties, cost 20 Euro.
When you order/buy Achill Mountain Lamb carcase/side, Grainne can discuss your individual requirements and preferences with you by phone. She will explain every cut and joint and she will craft the lamb tailor-made to your requirements. You will receive your butchered and crafted Achill Mountain Lamb meat in a specially selected insulated box to ensure freshness is not compromised on delivery. From our hill top to your table top, Achill Mountain Lamb, Calvey’s gift of nature.
Answer:
You will receive a whole lamb with all its component parts/joints butchered to your requirements portion packed in freezer bags, each bag being clearly labelled, including liver and kidneys.
The following table sets out clearly what will be in your box when you receive it. You will be pleasantly surprised with the amount of lamb meat you receive, it is genuinely excellent value for money because you are buying direct from Calvey’s On-Farm Abattoir and Butchers with no middle man/agent.
Question: When I order a Side of Achill Mountain Lamb butchered carcase, what do I receive and how is it butchered?
Answer:
Exquisite Artisan Lamb Meat crafted & produced by Calvey’s on-farm Abattoir Butchers since 1962 on Achill Island, Ireland. Our flocks feed on coastal heather hilltops and rocky seaweed shores and everything in between. Achill Lamb products are guaranteed succulent and juicy and bursting with the Island flavours. Heather sweetened and Seaside seasoned! For so many reasons Achill Mountain Lamb meat is the Gold Halo Lamb Meat. The Gift of Nature The Craft of Calvey’s. You will receive a side (half) of Achill Mountain Lamb carcase which is made up of the half-lamb carcase and includes shoulder, loin, racks, lap, leg and offal. Please use the comments section for any special requests.
Collect your box of Lamb directly from our butchers on Achill Island or nationwide delivery can be arranged from €20.00. Calvey’s Certified Organic Achill Island Lamb
From our family farm in Kildamhnait a flock living in the wilds of nature pure and simple. Undisturbed as nature intended with only chirping birds the cries of seagulls and the humming bees for company. Idling the days munching as they go on the native plants and wild flowers which now over grow acre upon acre of former potato drills and vegetable ridges, drinking from natural streams and breathing the pure air coming off the coastline of Achill Island.
Following in the footsteps of Grainne Uaile these courageous hardy sheep stand sentinel and keep a watch over the scenic bay as they have done for generations watching man and woman come and go. The animals enjoy a good life here and have extensive ground to cover to their heart’s content.
