Seasonal Lunch & Dinner Menus 2012

Merry Christmas 2012

Our head chef has created Festive menus for the Christmas celebrations that will truly live up to your expectations, albeit for a party of one hundred or an intimate meal for two.

We strongly advise early booking to avoid disappointment. A telephone call will secure a provisional reservation.

Yuletide has always been a time of friendship and hospitality and we sincerely hope that you will give us the opportunity to help these annual festivities memorable and special.

Please call reception if you have any enquiries

Sample Menus

Christmas Fayre Lunch Menu - 2012 Sample Menu

Cracker included for everyone!

Chef’s home made tomato and basil soup (v)

Stilton & Walnut Salad topped with a creamy blue cheese mayonaise and garnished with pear

Tartlet of the Day

Melon with a berry coulis (v)

Wild Mushroom Staffordshire Oatcake with a crisp salad

*****

Roasted Derbyshire turkey, homemade stuffing, wrapped chipolata and rich gravy

Creamy mash topped with chicken and bacon in a creamy cheese sauce

Local trout topped with sauteed almonds

Grilled Gammon Steak with an olde english mustard sauce

Chef's pasta of the day (v)

Mushroom and Pepper Stroganoff with a timbale of rice (v)

ALL SERVED WITH A SELECTION OF FRESH VEGETABLES

*****

Homemade Christmas pudding served with brandy sauce

Baked Cheesecake, Winter Berrys, double cream

Fresh Fruit Salad, Chantilly Cream

£12.50 pp Monday - Friday Served from 12 - 5pm

£15.50 pp Saturday and Sunday Served from 12 - 5pm

Christmas Fayre Dinner Sample Menu

To Start

- Chef’s Asian Tomato Soup
- Selection of Italian Meats served with a garlic mayonnaise and olives
- White asparagus wrapped in Parma ham roasted in garlic oil and accompanied with warmed hollandaise sauce
- Prawn & Pineapple Salad with a Marie rose sauce
- Mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese and pear served with a crisp salad
- Fanned melon with a berry and port coulis

To Follow

- Roasted Turkey, Pig in Blanket, Homemade Stuffing and all the trimmings
- Chef’s chicken stroganoff served with timbale of rice
- Fish Melody - White fish topped with a dill and garlic mash topped with a creamy seafood sauce
- Gammon steak , old English mustard sauce and roasted tomato
- Mushroom and Pepper Stroganoff served with rice
- Steak Balmoral- Rump steak cooked to your liking and topped with haggis in a creamy drambuie sauce

To Follow

- Chef’s Strawberry Bakewell warmed with double cream
- Vanilla cheesecake, winter berry coulis and double cream
- Christmas pudding served warm with double cream or brandy sauce
- Fresh Fruit Salad, Chantilly Cream
- Crumble of the day, Creamy Custard

£25.00 pp Served every Evening from 5.30pm Every Evening

Only £19.95 if booked and paid for in advance

Childrens Christmas Fayre - £7.95

Roasted Derbyshire turkey, homemade stuffing,and all the trimmings

Or

Burger Bun, Chips, Onion Rings

Followed By

Christmas Pudding

or

Ice Cream Sundae

Christmas Day Sample Lunch Menu

Smoked salmon filled with prawns coated in a rich Marie rose sauce

Fresh fanned melon served with a rich raspberry and port coulis and garnished with berries

Chef’s duck pate on a bed of leaves, chutney and wholemeal toast

*****
Cream of Tomato Soup Garnished with fresh cream and parsley
*****
Roast Derbyshire Turkey Served with bacon roll, chestnut stuffing and chipolata

Poached Scottish Salmon Served with a creamy ginger and red pepper sauce

Stuffed Butternut with winter vegetables served with a tomato sauce

Mushroom and Pepper Stroganoff with a timbale of rice

*****
Traditional Christmas Pudding With brandy sauce

Fresh Fruit Salad With Grand Manier

Homemade Berry Trifle Made in the traditional way and topped with fresh cream

*****

A Selection of English and French Cheeses and Biscuits

*****
Coffee and Chocolates

£65.00 Per Person

Boxing Day Lunch Sample Menu / New Years Day Sample Menu

Chef's Aisian Tomatoi Soup (v)

Warmed goats cheese, honey and walnut salad (v)

Prawn and Pineapple Salad topped with a marie rose sauce

Homemade chicken skewers with a sweet chilli dressing

Field Mushrooms stuffed with liver pate and garnished with bacon
*****
Roast Beef with homemade yorkshire pudding, horsradish and a rich gravy

Chef's Chicken Stroganoff with rice

Chicken stuffed with mozzarella wrapped in bacon drizzled with a tarragon sauce

Baked Gammon Steak with an olde English mustard sauce

Poached Scottish Salmon Served with a creamy ginger and red pepper sauce

Pork loin placed on a apple mash drizzled with a blue Stilton cheese sauce

Rump steak cooked to your liking accompanied by haggis and whisky sauce
*****

A Selection of Sweets from the Menu

*****

Freshley brewed coffee or tea