Sharing Starter Platters of seasonal salad with; local fish & meat - smoked, cured or fresh; our terrines or pates, vegetarian dishes or tapas, fruit or vegetables with dressings, relishes, & pickles to compliment the flavours. As these are quite substantial, the main course following would be reduced a little in size & cost.

 

Three different ideas: (These ideas above can be mixed)                                                                                            

a. Local smoked, cured or fresh fish & meat, fruit, olives & seasonal salad - From £14 ph.

b. Tapas selection of 3 dishes, with dressings, relishes & pickles £12

c. Our terrines or pates with seasonal salad, pickles, cheese and Fruit - From £10

Tapas Choices:  all hand-made by our team.

Meat                        Stuffed mushrooms with garlic & parsley bacon &   Parmesan

                                Smoked ham croquettes

                                Chicken chilli meat balls with sweet chilli dipping sauce

                                Spicy beef meat balls with mustard sauce

                                Rustic pork terrine with bacon chicken apricot & pistachio

                                Tasty scotch eggs                 

Fish                        Thai fish cakes with dipping sauce

                                Warmed Smoked Mackerel fillets & gooseberry compote or fresh horse radish

                                Smoked haddock egg & spinach kedgeree

                                Griddled tiger prawns marinated in ginger & coriander with lime crème fraiche

Vegetarian             Mushroom tartlets with hollandaise sauce

                                Baked aubergine with walnuts feta cheese and pomegranate

                                Apple and Devon Blue filo baskets with thyme

                                Sweet potato & feta with thyme and honey in filo pastry

                                Olive oil baked toasts with goat’s cheese pesto tomato & pepper

                                Roasted Vegetable Frittata

                        Hummus with vegetable crudités.

Note: - Our main list of starters is included in our Fully served menus, so please request a list if you would like to look at them. Prices range between £9 - £12 pp.

 

Alternative is Mini Plated Starters – a few suggestions from £7 ph.

Tartlets of mushroom with hollandaise sauce

Tartlets of locally smoke roasted salmon with hollandaise sauce

Bacon and Parmesan cheese stuffed mushrooms with parsley and garlic

Thai flavoured fish cakes with dipping sauce

Pork, chicken bacon & apricot terrine with tomato chilli chutney

Spicy vegetable filo parcels with mango chilli & lime coulis

(NB Pretty much any of the tapas above made a bit bigger.)

• Sirloin of Beef with a crust of horseradish, garlic and herbs - roasted & served with fresh pesto sauce
• Fillet steak stuffed with garlic butter & fresh herbs, with a wine, whisky & green peppercorn sauce
• Beef Wellington - fillet baked with duxelle of mushroom & parsley, with red wine & redcurrant sauce
• Marinated fillet of Beef Teriyaki roasted and carved with a red wine sauce
• Beef Sirloin Steaks with rhubarb, chilli compote and a creme fraiche sauce
• Braised Beef Steak with thyme, allspice, cream and Marsala
  
  

• Boned Rolled Leg of Lamb roasted, carved and served with:

- a sauce of apple, cranberry, cinnamon, allspice and ginger
- a sauce of spice, pineapple juice, tomato, walnuts, onion, garlic  & parsley
-       red wine, redcurrant and rosemary sauce

• Rack of lamb, boned and rolled filled with a stuffing of:

- apricot, rosemary, lemon and redcurrant and served with a red wine & redcurrant sauce
- Moroccan couscous filling of pistachio, date & coriander seeds and served 
with a gravy of lemon  & apricot

• Loin of Pork filled with shallots, peppers, apricots &celery served with a prune & lemon sauce
• Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with apple, wine and sherry sauce
• Leg of Pork steaks stuffed with Gruyere and Parma ham served with a sherry  & apple sauce
• Pork Piedmontaise: baked with onion, garlic, rosemary, tomato, mushroom, apricot, lemon, Marsala & cream

• Farmed Venison parcels of vegetable and fresh coriander, served with creamy lemon & coriander sauce.
• Venison steaks served with rhubarb chilli compote and a creme fraiche sauce
• Game Pie made with venison, rabbit , pheasant, red wine & mushroom  with  handmade flaky pastry

• Oriental Duck Breast served with ginger, lemongrass, chilli, garlic, orange, & spring onions
• Chicken breast soaked in lime, baked in savoury crumbs served with Hollandaise sauce 
• Chicken breast stuffed with apricot, lemon, pistachio nuts and tarragon served in a wine sauce
• Chicken breast filled with mushroom, bacon, thyme and red pepper in a wine and cream sauce

• Salmon en croute filled with spinach, dill and prawns with a lemon, wine & dill sauce
• Salmon steaks baked and served with sauce of ginger, onion, garlic, vermouth, wine, lemon & herbs
• Fillet of sole filled with a salmon mousseline in a wine and cream sauce
• Monkfish served in a wine, cream & crab sauce with, red onion and tomato
• Fresh local Sea bass with prawn, fennel and lemon served in a light wine cream sauce
• Thai spiced fillet of local fish with vegetable stir fry, potato & spinach with coconut

All served with seasonal vegetables to be agreed upon

• Mixed summer leaves with traditional French dressing & sesame seeds
• Spinach leaf, alfalfa shoots, watercress & chickpea salad with balsamic dressing
• Tabbouleh - cracked wheat, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, mint & parsley
• Red Quinoa Salad with pineapple, spring onion, raisins, pine nuts, mint
• Puy lentil, feta, tomato, red onion, thyme
• Mixed Roasted Vegetable Salad with olive oil dressing
• Mixed Bean Salad with or without bacon with a coriander dressing
• Broad bean, black bean, red onion, peppers
• Red and white crunchy coleslaw with celery
• Chicory, Orange and Celery Salad with a slight curry dressing 
• Fennel and Radish Salad with olive oil, parsley and lemon juice
• Tomato, Olive & Feta cheese with olive oil & lemon juice
• Tomato, red onion with a marjoram and red wine vinegar dressing
• Tomato and Mushroom Salad with sour cream
• Tomato, Mushroom and Gherkin Salad with a tomato dressing
• Plain Tomato with basil, spring onion or cucumber
• Herby Mushroom Salad: mushroom, onion, carrot, bean sprouts, chives and parsley
• Courgette, Mangetout and Grapefruit salad
• Waldorf salad:  celery, apple and walnuts with mayonnaise
• Curried Apple and Celery Salad with almond and raisins
• Wild Rice Salad with spring onion, red pepper, apricots, pistachios & lemon fresh herb dressing
• Pasta Salad with celery, yellow peppers, walnuts, cherry tomato & onion