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Served with rustic bread (v) (ve) option available
FESTIVE MENU FOR CHRISTMAS 2022 AT YOUR LOCAL VINTAGE INNS
Relaxing with family and friends, treating yourself to delicious festive dishes made of the best seasonal ingredients, and raising a glass or two to moments spent together at Vintage Inns.
That’s what the Christmas 2022 season is all about, so take a look at our sample menus below while our chefs are cooking up our tempting starters, mains, and puddings that are perfect for all occasions and book now to reserve your table for Christmas 2022.
Sample Festive Menu
STARTERS
Oven-Baked Button Mushrooms *
In a garlic & mature Cheddar sauce, truffle oil, herb & seed crumb served with toasted rustic bread
Duck Parfait*
Served with pomegranate chutney and toasted rustic bread
King Prawn Cocktail*
With a crab & bloody Mary cocktail sauce served with avocado and sourdough bread
Slow Roasted Tomato Arancini
Served with pesto & slow roasted tomato sauce (ve)
Pan-Seared Scallops*
Served with crispy pancetta, minted peas and bouillabaisse sauce
MAINS
Hand-carved turkey breast
Served with lemon & thyme stuffing wrapped in bacon, a Cumberland pig in blanket, roast potatoes, festive vegetables and gravy
Roasted Squash and Brie Tart
Filled with beetroot chutney and a vintage cheddar & truffle flavour sauce served with tenderstem broccoli & basil pesto (v)
Forestiere Chicken Breast*
Spinach & mozzarella stuffed chicken breast, wrapped in pancetta, served with a wild mushroom sauce, glazed sprouts and skin on fries
Roast turkey, smoked pancetta & cranberry pie*
In a creamy chardonnay & mushroom sauce, topped with puff pastry, served with mash, glazed sprouts and gravy
Slow cooked Pork Belly*
With roasted apple, chestnut & wilted spinach, Dauphinoise potatoes, crackling and a red wine jus
Pan-fried sea bass fillets*
With crushed baby potatoes, king prawns, samphire and bouillabaisse sauce
8oz sirloin steak
Served with beef dripping sauce, thyme-roasted tomato, triple-cooked chips and slow-roasted garlic
10oz Rib Eye Steak
Served with beef dripping sauce, thyme-roasted tomato, triple-cooked chips and slow-roasted garlic
Curried vegetable Wellington
Lightly spiced curried parsnip and butternut squash wrapped in puff pastry served with tenderstem broccoli & crispy parmentier potatoes (ve)
SIDES
Side of red cabbage
Side of Sprouts
Side of Pigs in Blankets
Trio of Mini sides*
Including Pigs in blankets, sprouts with pomegranate seeds, roast potatoes and red wine jus
Desserts
Festive Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Glazed with cinnamon & nutmeg sugar, served with home-baked butter biscuit (v)
Double Chocolate Brownie*
With Irish Liqueur Ice cream (v)
Christmas pudding*
Filled with vine fruits and soaked in rum, served warm with brandy sauce (ve) vegan alternative option available
Bramley apple pie
British Bramley apple compote in a sweet pastry with custard (V), (VE) option available
Trio of Ice cream
Your choice of ice cream with Belgian chocolate sauce. Also refer to ice cream choice recipes for additional allergen & dietary information
Double Chocolate ice cream
(v)
Irish liqueur ice cream*
(v)
Vanilla pod ice cream
(v)
Cheese Board
Saxon Cross Smoked Cheddar, Red Leicester, Blue Carre D'Aurillec, Pave D'affinois with smokey tomato chutney, savoury biscuits, butter & grapes
Sample Children's Festive Menu
MAINS
Hand-carved turkey breast
Served with lemon & thyme stuffing wrapped in bacon, a Cumberland pig in blanket, roast potatoes, honey-roasted carrots and parsnips, glazed sprouts, green beans and gravy
PUDDINGS
Christmas Pudding
with mixed vine fruits, served with vanilla custard (v) (ve) option available
OUR SELECTION OF CHRISTMAS MENUS
Christmas deposit promise
Our festive menu requires a deposit of £5 per person for parties of 5 or more until 15th December, as well as the 28th, 29th and 30th December. (We will require a £5 per person for all party sizes after 6pm on 10th December). From 16th December until Christmas Eve all bookings will require a £5 per person deposit.
In the event of any changes to government guidelines that may affect your Christmas booking, your deposit will remain safe. If your booking cannot proceed in this eventuality, we will refund your deposit in full using the original payment method as long as we have 24 hours notice. To obtain your refund please just call the pub you placed your booking with.
