September 28, 2007 at 2:14 pm · Filed under Menu Updates, News
BLAKELANDS COUNTRY HOUSE
New Years Eve 2007
£72.00 per person or
£225.00 Accommodation & Meal Package per couple
Your Evening starts with a complimentary Glass of Bubbly
Starters
Home-made French Onion Soup
Waldorf Salad
Duck & Orange Pate, served with fresh toast
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
Second Course
Fresh Salmon & Spinach En-croute finished with a pink champagne cream sauce
Sorbet Course
Blakelands Melon Water Ice
Main Courses
Tournedos Rossini
a yearly favourite & never to change !
8oz fillet steak, topped with a flatcap mushroom & served on a bed of Chicken Liver & Brandy pate with a rich wine jus
Pork Fillet
With a walnut & herb crust, served on a bed of creamy leeks, topped with a rich pork infusion
Duck Breast
served with olde worlde orange sauce & cointreau
Chicken Forestierrre
with roasted diced shallots, wild mushrooms, madiera & cream
Cheese & Spinach Parcels (V)
with a two cheese sauce
Vegetarian Option (V)
To be advised
Puddings & Desserts
Baked Bananas
With rum, lime & madiera sponge
Red Berry Meringues
4
Homemade Lemon Torte
Caramelised Apple Tarte
with bramley apples, served with fresh cream, custard or ice cream
Squidgy Chocolate log
light & moist and wickedly chocolatey
Blakelands Super Sundae
served in a tall glass & topped with fresh cream
** Desserts may be subject to Change **
Cheese Course
A Selection of fine Cheeses and Biscuits,
accompanied by a glass of Dows late bottled Vintage Port
and Coffee
Freshly brewed Tea or Coffee & mints
Midnight
Please join us in Blakelands Main Hall
for whisky & shortbread to celebrate the arrival of the New Year
(N) - Nuts are used in this menu item.
September 2, 2007 at 10:49 am · Filed under Menu Updates
Autumn
For September, October & November
Served Midweek Wednesday to Friday & Saturday Evenings from 7.00pm
Prices shown are midweek, Wednesday to Friday, prices shown in (brackets) apply to Saturday evening which are inclusive of all 3 courses & coffee
Starters
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
An all time Blakelands favourite, for this autumn served with a brioche slice
& tossed Caesar salad leaves £5.50
Black Pudding with Parma Ham & Stilton
On a bed of rocket with balsamic £6.00
Cantaloupe Melon
The sweetest choice of melon, served with a tarte raspberry coulis £5.00
Roasted Fresh Tomato Soup
With herb croutons £4.50
Salmon Fishcakes
With a lemon & chive sour cream & tossed green salad £6.50
Venison Pate
A course game pate with ciabatta toast & tossed green salad £6.00
From the Grill…
We only serve Fillet Steak, matured for 14 days and sourced only from Local English herds supplied by Martin Thomas butchers of Pattingham
Classic £17.00 (£30.00)
with sautéed red onions, grilled flatcap mushroom and garden tomato,
Tournedos Rossini £19.00 (£32.00)
Chef’s favourite choice, with toasted bread, course game pate &
a serving of steak & red wine gravy
Pepper £17.00 (£30.00)
smothered with a peppercorn sauce
English Stilton £18.00 (£31.00)
Your steak, finished with melting stilton
From the Land…
Our Chicken is sourced only from English Free Range Farms,
Chicken Forestierre £15.00 (£27.00)
roasted diced shallots, wild mushrooms, madiera & cream
Chargrilled Garlic Chicken £14.00 (£26.00)
Fanned chicken breast with melting garlic butter
Coq au Vin £15.00 (£27.00)
Our take on a classic red wine dish
(Red) prices apply only to Saturday Evenings and are Inclusive of 3 courses & coffee
At Blakelands we source all our ingredients from local suppliers, delivering daily,
with the emphasis on the best quality available to us.
We make all our own soups and sauces and we grow a limited amount of fruits & herbs ourselves here in Blakelands gardens.
- Seasonal Main Courses -
Gressingham Duck Breast £16.00 (£28.00)
With plums from our gardens, finished with a ruby port glaze
Pork fillet £19.00 (£32.00)
An apple & sweet onion chutney, & served with calvados jus
From the Sea…
Plaice Fillets £16.00 (£28.00)
Stuffed with a prawn & dill puree, served with a sauce of dry white wine & cream
Steamed Smoked Haddock Steak £16.00 (£28.00)
Finished with a melting herb butter
- Vegetarian -
Caramelised Red Onion & Goats Cheese Filo Tarte £14.00 (£26.00)
Mushroom, Brie, Rocket & Redcurrant Filo Bundle £14.00 (£26.00)
Mushroom Stroganoff with Celery & Walnuts & a timbale of Wild Rice (N)£14.00 (£26.00)
Potato & Leek Rarebit Tart with a Three Cheese Sauce £14.00 (£26.00)
For the Autumn Season, all our Main Courses are served with
Dauphinois potatoes & oven baked jacket wedges,
Chantenay carrots, garden peas, pan fried courgettes & leeks
Desserts & Puddings
Hot Sweet Waffles £5.50
With praline ice-cream, chocolate sauces & fresh cream (N)
Lemon Curd & Ginger Sponge Pudding £5.00
served with a jug of custard
Apple Pie £4.50
Our all butter pastry & Bramley’s from our orchards,
delicious with both cream & vanilla ice-cream
Profiteroles £5.00
Topped with warm chocolate & toffee sauce
Apricot Crème Brulee £5.00
White Chocolate & Lime Cheesecake £5.50
Calypso Bread & Butter Pudding (N) £4.50
A classic twist, with a touch of white rum, coconut & cherries, and a jug of custard
Ice Cream Super Sundae - No two are ever the same! £5.00
A banoffee one with little pieces of ginger snap
& a Tequila Sunrise with boozy sponge pieces
Cheese & Biscuits £6.00
Welsh Mature Cheddar, Sage Derby, Somerset Brie & English Stilton, with
fruit and celery, individually plated and served with a selection of crackers and biscuits.
- Teas and Coffees -
freshly made pots of Tea or Coffee, with chocolate mints £2.00 per guest
Or espresso or espresso with hot milk or Cadburys hot chocolate with hot milk
alternative Fruit Teas are also available, as well as Earl Grey, Darjeeling or English Breakfast
and Nescafe Decaffeinated
or
a cafetiere of Medium Colombian filter coffee, served with a pot of double cream £3.00 per guest
