Inspiration

We’ve listed the following menu ideas as a guide but if there’s any favourites, specific dishes, or themes you have in mind, please get in touch and we can work something around these – even if it’s something as simple as a hotpot.

Most allergies or intolerances can be catered for as many of the dishes can be adapted to fit in with your requirements, and all vegetarian meals can be prepared as vegan.

Dishes marked ‘ss’ are suitable for home delivery as a Simple Supper.

Example Menus

Canapes

Croquettes

• Lancashire creamy cheese and sweet chilli (v)
• Chicken and mushroom

Blinis

• Avocado and pickled vegetables (vg/gf)
• Smoked salmon and sour cream (gf)

Crostini

• Mackerel pate with pickled cucumber
• Cashew and red pepper butter with pistachio dukka (vg)

Arancini (risotto balls)

• Sundried tomato, basil and pinenut ‘parm’ (vg/gf)
• Bacon, butternut squash and blue cheese (gf)

Crescent rolls (puff pastry)

• Dry-cured ham, pear and Cornish Yarg
• Slow-cooked red onion and goat’s cheese (v)

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Starters

• Ham terrine with piccalilli and salad (ss/gf)
• Confit duck tortellini, spiced vegetable broth
• Haggis croquette, ‘neeps and tatties’ grain mustard and whiskey sauce
• Warm goat’s cheese salad, beetroot and lentil patties and caramelised walnuts (v/gf)
• Salmon and haddock fishcakes, tartare sauce and crushed peas (gf on request)
• Sizzling prawns in a coriander and garlic marinade (gf on request)
• Tomato and basil crumble, apple and fennel salad, cashew cream (vg/ss/gf on request)
• Beetroot and dill-cured salmon, roasted beetroot, pickled cucumber and avocado cream (gf/ss)
• Mushroom tortellini with feta, roasted tomatoes and mint (v)
• Smoked mackerel pate, olive oil crutes and pickled cucumber salad (ss)
• Soup of your choice (ss)
• A sharing selection of homemade breads, spreads and pickles (ss)

All served with homebaked breads

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Mains

• Beef bourguignon,  dauphinoise potatoes, seasonal vegetables (ss/gf on request)
• Slow-cooked shoulder of lamb, apple and mint jelly, dauphinoise potatoes, seasonal vegetables (gf)
• Chicken and bacon in Riesling sauce with wild mushrooms and creamy mash potatoes (ss/gf)
• Slow-cooked shoulder of pork, sticky red cabbage, roasted parsnips and cider sauce (ss/gf)
• Roast sirloin of beef, braised oxtail, shallot purée, mushroom and Madeira sauce and chips (gf)
• Pistachio and coriander crusted cod, coconut, cauliflower and spinach curry, cardamom rice
• Fish pie, minted crushed peas, honey-cooked carrots (ss/gf on request)
• Pan-fried sea bream with shellfish and saffron chowder (gf)
• Aubergene, lentil and chickpea Moroccan stew, lemon and herb couscous and tzatziki (ss/vg/gf on request)
• Butternut squash, blue cheese and chestnut puff pastry tart, potato gratin, mushroom sauce (ss/v)
• Selection of meat/vegan curries, courgette bajis, cardamom rice and homemade garlic naan (ss)
• Homebaked bread (ss)

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Desserts

• Dark chocolate and orange tart with creme-fraiche
• Apple tart tatin and toffee ice cream
• Mint cheesecake, poached strawberries and pistachios
• Sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream
• Lemon tart, summer berries and mint sugar
• Apple, blackcurrant and walnut crumble with ginger custard
• Dark chocolate and avocado mousse, pistachio and mint ice cream

All desserts can be adapted for any special dietary requirements.

(gf) – gluten-free, (v) – vegetarian, (vg) – vegan

Sunday Roast

The Great British Sunday Roast dinner experience with all the trimmings. The whole roast will be served in the middle of the table for you and your guests to feast upon, with canapes and dessert.

• Roast sirloin of beef – £27.00
• Slow-cooked lamb shoulder – £25.00
• Roast lion of pork – £23.00
• Slow-cooked shoulder of pork – £23.00
• Roast organic chicken – £20.00
• Mushroom and chestnut roast – £17.00

Alternatively, a plated sunday roast can be served with canapes and dessert priced as above minus £3.00 per person.

Buffets & Themed Evenings

All our buffets are made to the same high standard as our dining menus and are freshly prepared using local, seasonal and organic produce where possible. Includes a selection of homemade cakes (including vegan and gluten-free choices), and is served in heated serving trays with wooden folks, biodegradable plates and napkins.

Indian buffet

• Slow-cooked lamb rogan josh (gf)
• Roasted vegetable and chickpea curry (vg/gf)
• Homemade garlic naan (vg)
• Bombay potato (vg/gf)
• Pilau rice (vg/gf)
• Mint and coriander riata (gf)
• Mango chutney (vg/gf)
• Poppadoms (vg/gf)
• Onion and cauliflower bajis (vg/gf)

Mexican buffet

• Slow-cooked beef chilli con carne (gf)
• Roast vegetable and mixed bean chilli (vg/gf)
• Coriander, lime and ginger rice (vg/gf)
• Mexican red cabbage slaw (vg/gf)
• Tortilla wraps (vg/gf option)
• Cheese
• Lettuce
• Jalapeño salsa (vg/gf)
• Tomato salsa (vg/gf)
• Guacamole (vg/gf)
• Sour cream and chive (gf)
• Nachos (vg/gf option)

Hot sandwich and salad bar

• Homemade bread buns with slow roast pulled pork, apple sauce and stuffing (gluten-free bread also available)
• Homemade bread buns with beetroot and lentil burger, tomato chutney and vegan mayo (vg/gluten-free bread also available)
• Aubergine salad (vg/gf)
• Couscous lemon and herbs salad (vg)
• Red cabbage slaw (vg/gf)
• Pasta, feta, slow-roasted tomato and greens salad
• Tomato, pickled cucumber and olive salad (vg/gf)

Themed evenings

I can provide a themed evening such as the tapas example below from around £30.00 per head.

Tapas selection consisting of:

• Garlic prawns
• Beef skewers
• Chorizo and chicken paella
• Spicy potatoes
• Cheese croquettes with garlic mayonnaise
• Slow-cooked spiced pork shoulder
• Marinated roasted peppers
• Tomato, basil and olive salad
• Sliced spanish cheese and meats
• Homemade bread

With crema Catalana for dessert

(gf) – gluten-free, (v) – vegetarian, (vg) – vegan