Menu Samples

Cold

Little gem lettuce, Cromer crab & Thai mayonnaise

Manchego cheese & anchovy skewered with rosemary

Lavender roasted Suffolk lamb in a filo cup

Freshly shucked Colchester oyster with Margarita dressing

Buffalo mozzarella crostini with slow roasted tomato and rocket pesto

Fig and goat?s cheese, walnut and sultana croute

Chicken liver parfait on brioche toast, plum chutney

Wine cured salmon on black pepper shortcake

Hot

Warm red onion and feta cheese tartlet, balsamic syrup

Wok fried tiger prawn, coconut & mint

Baby Yorkshire pudding, rare roast beef & watercress and horseradish dip

Tiny spoon of butternut risotto, Parmesan shaving

Crisp potato rosti with seared black pudding and local apple chutney

Goujons of sole with tartare sauce

Baby chipolata Suffolk sausages with honey & mustard dip

Spiced apple & parsnip soup sip

Sweet

White chocolate blondie

Glazed raspberry tartlet, vanilla cream

Mini Pavlova with orange curd and caramelized Clementine

Vanilla and coffee bean cheesecake

Tiny apple turnover, custard dip

Chocolate mint leaf

Pink fizz and blueberry jelly

Chocolate dipped strawberry

Bowl Food

Beer battered cod served with hand-cut chunky chips, lemon tartare sauce

Chilli-con-carne with steamed basmati rice

Cottage pie

Fish pie: salmon & tiger prawns in a cream sauce with cheese potato topping

Chinese prawn stir fry with noodles

Kedgeree & mango chutney

Pea & Parmesan risotto with basil oil

Grills

Sirloin of beef or whole lamb cooked & carved from the spit served with salads below or in an assortment of breads with appropriate condiments

Spiced chicken or beef, guacamole, soured cream, tomatoes, salad & chilli sauce served in tortilla wraps

Platters / Boxes

Meze: falafel, stuffed vine leaves & pitta breads served with tiny bowls of hummus & baba ghanoush

Seafood: poached and smoked salmon, tiger prawns and lobster with home-made lemon mayonnaise

Antipasti: marinated artichokes & oven roasted aubergines, & peppers ? dressed with olive oil, Parmesan and caper berries served with bread sticks

Indian: samosas, bhajis, pakora & spring rolls served with raitta & lime chutney

Cheeses: a platter of British cheeses, biscuits & bread with figs & grapes

Salads

Little gem lettuce, fine green beans, Parmesan, anchovy & soft boiled quail eggs with Caesar dressing

Carpaccio of tuna on a salad of rocket & broad beans, pesto vinaigrette

Asparagus, chicken & hot new potatoes with lemon dressing

Chickpeas, red pepper & chilli with baby leaves & courgette ribbons

Sweets

Chocolate fondue with marshmallows, shortbread & fruit

Ice cream station offering a selection of local award winning ice creams in waffle cones or bowls with chocolate sauce & raspberry coulis

Afternoon tea: trifles in shot glasses, baby scones & chocolate profiteroles

Warm desserts: apple crumble tartlet, chocolate brownies & brioche & butter pudding served with jugs of English custard

Savouries

Welsh rarebit muffins, Worcester sauce

Toasted crumpets served with local homemade preserves

Scrambled egg & smoked haddock blinis

Oat cakes topped with goat?s cheese, beetroot & baby leaves

Menu A

Ragout of lamb with apricots
Mediterranean fish pie
Fig and goats cheese tarts

A selection of interesting breads
Roasted new potatoes, crushed sea salt and black pepper

A selection of salads -
Mixed bean, coriander and lemon; Red onion and tomato;
Rocket and Parmesan, pesto dressing

Hazelnut Pavlova with seasonal berries
or
Rich chocolate tart, crème fraiche

Menu B

Red Thai chicken curry
Cod, salmon and tiger prawn lasagne
Red chard, cheese and pine nut tarts
A selection of interesting breads
Saffron pilaff rice

A selection of salads -
Chickpea, mint and chilli; Mozzarella, proscuittio and roasted tomato;
Wild mushroom pasta

Banoffi pie
or
Good old fashioned Gateaux, the Movable Feast way

Menu C

A platter of fish and shellfish: including lobster, tiger prawns and smoked salmon
Provencale vegetable parcels
Stir fry of duck and bacon with plum sauce

Warm Italian focaccia breads: olive, tomato and herb
Hot minted new potatoes

A selection of salads -
Parma ham, fig and rocket
Pesto rice
Mixed leaf with mozzarella and peaches

Raspberry brulee cheesecake
or
Treacle tart, clotted cream

Starters

Eggs Benedict with crisp pancetta, parsley hollandaise

Seared salmon with chilli courgettes, warm tomato vinaigrette

Chilled gazpacho soup garnished with cucumber croutes & radish

Risotto of crab, tiger prawn and mussels, lemon crème fraiche

Salad of water melon, feta cheese, mint and pear

Pan fried breast of pigeon with wild mushrooms and baked garlic

Warm tartlets of goat’s cheese & caramelized red onion, baby leaf salad

Main Dishes

Chicken, tarragon and baby vegetable pie

Breast of duck with sweet cherry sauce, dauphinnoise potatoes & rocket salad

Tower of crab and guacamole, matchstick chips and celeriac & fennel slaw

Loin & belly of pork, gooseberry compote with potato & apple rosti

Fillet of beef with horseradish potato puree, baby carrots, turnips & peas with Madeira jus

Aromatic steamed cod fillets, basmati rice timbale and summer beans

Roasted ‘sticky’ quail on sweet peppers, courgettes, roasted new potatoes & honey jus

Desserts

Cherry crumble tart, vanilla pod ice cream

Raspberry crème brûlée, ginger shortbread

Chocolate and amaretti cheesecake, blackcurrant coulis

Mille feuille of puff pastry, lemon curd and summer berries

Apricot pannacotta, baked apricots

Eton Mess

A plate of local cheeses served with bread, biscuits & fruit