Christmas 2010 - Large Party Menu
Menu A - £34.95 Menu B - £39.95
Menu A
French onion soup with cider and Gruyere
Mussel stew with leeks, red peppers, saffron and avruga caviar
Duck liver parfait with Oxford sauce and toasted onion bread
Crab and shrimp cocktail with chilli jam, lime and fennel
Sweet red onion and goats cheese tart with green beans and grain mustard
Roast fillet of cod on tiger prawn chorizo and tomato stew
Swordfish steamed in paper with Asian greens, garlic and ginger
Roast Norfolk black turkey with herb stuffing, chipolatas and cranberry gravy
Venison and apple sausages with parsnip mash red currants and port
Risotto of artichoke and grilled peppers with peas Parmesan and sage
A side order of selected vegetables
Picos blue, Old Amsterdam. Reade’s cheddar and Ardrahan
Chocolate brownie with pistachio ice cream
Iced Christmas pudding parfait with carmalised oranges
Spiced apple and pear crème brulée
Vanilla and cherry cheesecake
Ginger bread ice cream with warm chocolate sauce
Coffee and homemade tablet
Menu B
Fish soup with stem ginger, prawn dumplings and coriander
Sashimi of yellow fin tuna with pickled ginger, wasabi and soya dip
Six chilled Traigheanna bay oysters on the half shell
Hot smoked Marrbury salmon with cornichons capers apple and horseradish
Airdried ham with poached pears, parmesan, rosemary and balsamic
Lemon sole simply grilled with chips and tartare sauce
Fillet of line caught seabass on Caeser salad with crayfish, capers and pine nuts
Breast of Gressingham duck with stir fried cabbage, roast chestnuts and orange
Roast breast of pheasant with wild mushrooms, smoked bacon, apricots and star anise
Peppered sirloin of Buccleuch scotch beef with button mushrooms and chips
A side order of selected vegetables
Picos blue, Old Amsterdam. Reade’s cheddar and Ardrahan
Chocolate brownie with pistachio ice cream
Iced Christmas pudding parfait with carmalised oranges
Spiced apple and pear crème brulée
Vanilla and cherry cheesecake
Ginger bread ice cream with warm chocolate sauce
Coffee and homemade tablet