Roasted tomato & red pepper soup
Topped with basil crème fraiche, drizzled with truffle oil and served with toasted rustic bread (V)
HAVE AN EXTRA SPECIAL CHRISTMAS AT YOUR LOCAL VINTAGE INN
Christmas is our favourite time of year and if, like us, you’re already starting to think about plans for this year, then why not let us do the hard work for you.
Our Festive Menus and prices will be available in the Summer, but for now why not explore what delicious delights we served our guests in 2017 below, as a taster of what’s to come.
Or, if you’d like to talk to someone about booking a table, please give us a call.
Christmas Day Menu
STARTERS
Warm smoked salmon tart
With crème fraiche pastry and a lemon & dill mayonnaise
Orange flesh melon & Parma ham
With a pomegranate syrup and cranberries
Smoked beetroot tarte tatin
Topped with goat's cheese and a crunchy green apple salad (V)
Gressingham smoked chicken*^
With wild mushrooms, hazelnuts and smoky pancetta in a white wine velouté on toasted rustic bread
MAINS
28-day aged 10oz ribeye steak*
Served with a shallot, Rioja & beef dripping sauce, roasted vine tomatoes, red onion petals and dauphinoise potatoes
Hand-carved turkey breast
Served with a clementine, tarragon & fig stuffing ball, a Cumberland & red onion pig in blanket, roast potatoes and gravy
Butternut squash & Emmental roulade*
With a pesto & white wine velouté, honey-roasted butternut squash and dauphinoise potatoes (V)
Halibut steak and clams*
With a bouillabaisse & dill sauce, served with lemon-scented crushed baby potatoes
Pan-roasted venison steak*
Served with asparagus, a spinach-stuffed mushroom, dauphinoise potatoes and a cranberry & sloe gin jus
All served with honey-roasted carrots & parsnips, broccoli and buttered sprouts
PUDDINGS
Black Forest chocolate brownie*
With cherries in kirsch and triple chocolate ice cream (V)
Gingerbread crème brûlée
With flavours of cinnamon, sevred with a home-baked sultana and oat cookie (V)
British cheese board*^
Cornish Blue, Wensleydale with cranberries, Sandham's Lancashire and British goat's cheese with grapes, date & fig chutney and a selection of Fudge's nut & mixed seed biscuits
Traditional Christmas pudding*^
Filled with mixed vine fruits and almonds, served warm with brandy sauce (V)
Raspberry & white chocolate Eton mess*
With a Chambord black raspberry liquor
*Contains alcohol
^Contains peanuts and/or tree nuts
(V) = made with vegetarian ingredients, however some of our preparation and cooking methods could affect this
Christmas set menus are not available in conjunction with the Gourmey Society card or any promotional activity.
A 3 course menu is also available for children - click here to download a copy.
