Menu

Starter
French onion tart with winter leaves
and root vegetable crisps (v)
Baked goat’s cheese on a baguette crostini with a crisp leaf salad with toasted chopped pinenuts & a red onion relish (v)
Terrine de campagne, melba toasts,
dill pickle & sauternes jelly
Coquille saint Jacques; seared scallop with a creamy white wine sauce & gruyere cheese served with French artisan breads (supplement of £1.50 pp)
Smoked mackerel mousse on a bed of pink grapefruit & watercress and citrus dressing with a sourdough croute

Main Course
Roasted pheasant breast cooked in cider with winter fruits & walnut halves on a sage & bacon rosti with creamed spinach
Fricassee of maize fed chicken with chardonnay wine, creme fraiche & black truffle shavings, courgettes ribbons and pomme Biarritz; chilli, ham & parsley
Pork with a spiced apple, prune & cream stuffing with braised red cabbage & dauphinoise potatoes
Confit of duck with pancetta & butterbean cassoulet with parsnips & carrots served with creamed potatoes
Fillet of red mullet with leek & chicory fondue, pomme anna potatoes & buttered baby vegetables
Fillet mignon ‘bourguignonne’ with red wine, button onions & mushrooms, with lardons, creamy mash & braised root vegetables (supplement of £2.50 pp)

Vegetarian Options
Twice baked herby & lemon souffle on a bed of garlic spinach and fine green beans
Feuilletee of goat’s cheese with caramelised red onions on a bed of wilted spinach, puy lentils & roasted beetroot
Savoury forest mushroom bread and butter pudding with savoy cabbage, leeks & sugar snap peas
Roasted pepper tart served with fine beans Lyonnaise & Vichy carrots

Dessert
Apple & plum frangipane tarts served with pouring cream
Raspberry brulee with a crunchy caramel shards topping
White & dark chocolate mousse in a chocolate cup with hazelnut shortbread
Tarte au citron with a candied lemon slice & creme fraiche
Pear tarte tatin with clotted cream & toffee brittle
Hazelnut meringue with coffee cream layers
Chocolate & chestnut gateau with Chantilly cream
Cheese plate with 3 French cheeses, biscuits & fruits