Restaurant Winter Dinner Menu 2008 PDF Print E-mail
The Lodge Restaurant at Blakelands Country House
Winter Dinner Menu

For January & February, Served Wednesday to Saturday Evenings from 7.00pm

Prices shown inclusive of all 3 courses & coffee
To Start……

Mushrooms, Garlic & Cream
    An all time Blakelands favourite, with tossed Caesar salad leaves
Black Pudding, Smoked Bacon & Stilton
    On a bed of rocket with balsamic
Cantaloupe Melon
    blush Champagne water ice
Fresh Oxtail Soup
    crunchy croutons
Salmon & Spinach Parcels, Prawn Puree
    tossed green salad
Duck & Orange Pate    
    Smooth liver pate with ciabatta toast & tossed green salad
Smoked Dorset Mackerel
    potato salad

From the Grill...
We only serve Fillet Steak, matured for 14 days and sourced only from Staffordshire & Shropshire herds supplied to us by Martin Thomas butchers of Pattingham

Classic                                    £32.00
    Fillet with sautéed red onions, grilled flatcap mushroom and garden tomato,
Chef’s Choice                                £34.00
    Fillet, with Irish whisky cream
Pepper                                    £32.00
    Fillet, smothered with a peppercorn sauce
English Stilton                            £33.00
    Fillet, finished with melting stilton

From the Land...
Our Chicken is sourced only from English Free Range Farms

Chicken Forestierre                        £29.00
    roasted diced shallots, wild mushrooms, madiera & double cream
Coq au Vin                            £29.00
    Our take on a classic red wine dish



- Winter Season -
Gressingham Duck Breast                    £30.00
    and ruby port plums
Pheasant Breast                        £31.00
    streaky bacon, mushrooms, juniper berries & thyme


From the Sea...
Plaice Fillets                            £30.00
    rolled with prawn & dill puree, dry white wine & cream
Roasted Pollack                        £30.00
    fennel, tomatoes & raisins
Baked Salmon                            £30.00
    crusted with lemon & herb

- Vegetarian -
Caramelised Red Onion & Goats Cheese Filo Tarte    £27.00
Mushroom, Brie, Rocket & Redcurrant Filo Bundle    £27.00
Mushroom & Red Pepper Stroganoff & Wild Rice     £27.00
Potato & Leek Rarebit Tart with a Three Cheese Sauce    £27.00

For the Winter Season, all our Main Courses are served with
Duchess potato & Parmentier potatoes, parsnips, sprouts, fried savoy cabbage & swede

To Finish ……
Banana Sticky Toffee Pudding
        Cotswold double cream
Orange Marmalade Syrup Sponge Pudding
        cranberry compote
Pear Fritters    
        toasted almonds & amaretto ice cream
Squidgy Chocolate Log
Apple Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding
        custard
Lodge Super Sundae
        white Peach & Redcurrant - preserved peaches, white chocolate flakes, redcurrant crush, & movenpick ice cream
Kia Royale Sorbet (contains alcohol)
        blackcurrant & Champagne Sorbets with a touch of cassis
Cheese & Biscuits
        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, Or Espresso or Latte
with chocolate mints
alternative peppermint & Camomile Teas are also available, as well as Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Darjeeling, Assam
 or English Breakfast and Nescafe Decaffeinated coffee

or
a cafetiere of Medium Colombian filter coffee, served with a pot of double cream        £3.00 per guest
 
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