Special Events at the Astley Bank Hotel

Starters

French Onion Soup
With a grilled gruyere cheese crust

Terrine of Pressed Salmon and Plaice
With a baby potato and dill salad

Confit Duck and Chicken Liver Pate
With pear and sultana chutney and granary wafers

Breaded Mushrooms and Garlic Goats Cheese
With a tomato and basil salsa

Pineapple Carpaccio
With pearls of melon, kiwi salad and strawberry granita

Mains

John Penny's Aged Roast Rib of Beef
With Yorkshire pudding and rich pan gravy

Salmon in Lemon and Thyme
With dauphinoise potatoes and prawn Provencal sauce

Cracked Pepper Chicken
With thick rooster chips and a bacon, shallot and mushroom sauce

Spring lamb Shank
In a garlic and rosemary broth with buttery mashed potatoes

Smoked Haddock and Pollock Roulade
Served with crushed new potatoes and lemon, parsley sauce

Wild Mushroom Risotto
In a roasted pepper shell with crisp rosti potato and herb cream sauce

Desserts

Lemon Meringue Pie
With raspberry sorbet

Milk Chocolate Mousse
With bananas, cookies and praline

Forced Rhubarb and Apricot Jam Sponge
With boozy custard and ice-cream

Fresh Fruit Plate
Topped with vanilla and honeycomb crumble pannacotta

A Selection of British Cheeses
With fudge crackers and mums fruit cake

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Tea or Coffee
With assorted chocolates