Spring Dinner Menu

Served Wednesday to Saturday Evenings from 7.00pm

Throughout March, April & May 2006

- Starters -

Our Starters are all accompanied by freshly baked rolls

Corriander & Garlic Mushrooms

mushrooms bathed in a cream & corriander sauce, served in a potato skin

Hot Brie Wrap

Brie chunks wrapped in parma ham & fried, served on a bed of rocket salad with a honey & mustard dressing

King Scallops

Served with melba toast &  hollandaise sauce

Shark Bites

Seasoned & sautéed strips of shark meat on a bed of mixed leaves

Blakelands Country House Soup

chef's evening choice of home-made soup

Persian Melon Cups

Balls of cantaloupe melon, sorbet & mixed fruit in a melon cup with a lime & elderflower syrup

Blakelands Pate

chef's home-made house pate, with fresh white toast

- Steak -

The best English 8oz fillet Steak, the hard part is choosing how you want it cooked !

Steak Garni              £29.50

with sautéed onions, grilled mushroom and tomato, Or with an optional light cream sauce

Garlic £29.50

with a garlic cream sauce & garlic bread

Stilton & Pepper         £30.50

Topped with stilton & covered with a three pepper sauce

Tournedos Rossini    £32.50

topped with a flatcap mushroom stuffed with chicken liver pate & served with a brandy sauce

Surf & Turf                £34.50

your steak with pan fried garlic Tiger tail prawns

Leather & Feathers     £34.50

your steak with three cajun chicken fillets & a Jack Daniels glaze

- Main Courses -

All our meals are cooked fresh to order, therefore all sauces can be served separately if Required, or please ask if you would prefer Chef to prepare an alternative sauce.

ENGLISH DUCK BREAST                                     £26.50

Roasted duck breast served with a cherry brandy glaze

SALMON FILLET                                                     £26.50

Salmon fillet wrapped in fillet of plaice & served with a prawn cream sauce

CAJUN SWORDFISH                                               £26.50

Loin fillet, with a blackened cajun crust, sat on a bed of ratatouille

CHICKEN LATTICE                                                  £26.50

Chicken breast stuffed with brie & red onion chutney, wrapped in puff pastry with a four cheese sauce

JACK DANIELS CHICKEN                                      £26.50

Chicken breast topped with our own Jack Daniels glaze

LAMB SHANKS                                                      £26.50

Rubbed with rosemary & oven braised & served with its own gravy, enhanced with ruby port, & served with creamed mash.

- Vegetarian Selection -

VEGETABLE RISOTTO                                              £24.50

Risotto rice mixed with mediterranean vegetables & finished with cream

CHEESE & SPINACH PARCELS                   £24.50

A light fluffy filling with filo pastry

MUSHROOM STROGANOFF                                    £24.50

Mushrooms, gently sautéed with wine & brandy, finished with double cream, served with a timbale of rice

ROAST ONION & STILTON TART                £24.50

With a four cheese sauce

Our Vegetables are served crisp, if you prefer otherwise please ask when ordering

Unless stated by (n), non of our meals contain nuts, however nut traces may be present in some of our meals & sauces, please ask when ordering if you have any special dietary requirements.

All meat weights quoted are approx. uncooked weight

Homemade Desserts & Puddings

RED BERRY TARTE

With a lemon cream filling

BLACK CHERRY PANCAKES

Filled with black cherries & served with white chocolate ice cream & chocolate sauce

BANOFFEE & BAILEYS CHEESECAKE

served with fresh double cream

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

With hot chocolate fudge sauce

CARAMELISED FRESH PINEAPPLE

With vanilla ice cream & fresh cream

BLAKELANDS SUPER SUNDAE

ice-cream with layers of crushed meringue & fruit, all served in a tall glass & topped with fresh cream- No two are ever the same !

ICE-CREAM

 a scoop of vanilla, strawberry & raspberry ice-cream

CHEESE & BISCUITS

a selection of English cheeses from the Shires, with fruit and celery,

individually plated and served with a selection of crackers and biscuits.

or

as a separate course - £4.00 per person / £6.00 for the table

- Teas and Coffees -

Freshly made pots of Tea or Nescafe Coffee, with Chocolates and Sweeties

Alternative Fruit Teas are 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

Or

Freshly made Espresso, Cappuccino or Hot Chocolate

- Liqueur Coffee’s -

A selection of liqueur coffee’s are also available with a full shot of your favourite liqueur

£3.50 per glass