Please find following a selection of sample menus for your event at Burghley.
Canapés
Select from the following:- 3 at £5.95, 5 at £9.95 or 7 at £13.95
Brioche toasts with foie gras & red onion marmalade
Sable cup with chicken liver pâté and redcurrant
Smoked salmon pinwheel
Home battered scampi with tartare sauce
Baby Yorkshire puddings with rare beef & horseradish
Devils on horseback (prunes wrapped in smoked bacon)
Angels on horseback (chicken livers wrapped in smoked bacon)
Baby herb scone with cream cheese and caviar
Asparagus and Parma ham
Baby gorgonzola, grape & olive tartlette
Smoked chicken & herb mayonnaise pancake
Dim Sum with sweet chilli dip
Baby fruit brochettes
Wholemeal toast with glazed quail eggs & smoked halibut
Corn cups with soft cheese and sun blush tomato
Starters
Chef’s freshly prepared soup of today, or your preference £3.95
Lobster and Pernod bisque£6.50
Finest hand carved smoked salmon, lemon, black pepper & homemade saffron bread £7.95
Tart of braised onion & Stilton, saladette of fine leaves & gamekeeper’s chutney £5.95
Pearls of cantaloupe & galia melon steeped in campari & passion fruit sorbet £5.95
Warmed salad of gently spiced Gressingham duck with orange and poppy seed dressing and quail eggs em>£6.50
Seared scallops with a rocket & endive bouchée, chorizo and truffle dressing £8.50
Terrine of chicken liver and foie gras Earl Grey &
redcurrant consommé & rosemary and garlic toast £7.95
Homemade chicken & duck liver pâtéwith red onion marmalade and hot brioche £5.95
Terrine of Lincolnshire ham and Irish Cashel blue cheese with a watercress, mango and cucumber salad £6.50
Sorbets£3.95
Champagne with elderflower
Green apple – Granny Smith
Gin & tonic
Pimms
Lemon with lime st
Fish
£6.50
Smoked haddock, champagne mashed potato and butter sauce
Crab cakes with coriander butter, sautéed spring greens and chilli dressing
Chargrilled tuna with herb caramelised pak choy & endive
Lobster and smoked halibut hors d’oeuvre with
green herb and tomato dressings
Main Courses
Carved from the Silver Trolley
All £13.95
Roast local sirloin of beef, Yorkshire pudding & rich pan gravy
Roast loin of pork with apple sauce & crackling, rich rosemary gravy
Roast loin of pork with a prune and Armagnac jus and parsnip purée
Roast leg of lamb with black pudding, rosemary and redcurrant jus
Roast local turkey, butter and herb roasted with chestnut,
apricot and garlic seasoning, cranberry sauce and chipolata sausage
Entrées
All £17.95
Supreme of free range chicken with Parma ham, morel mushrooms and Madeira jus
Estate venison sausages with haggis and caramelised shallot jus
Char roast fillet of beef on a trivet of roasted root vegetables,topped with a baby suet pudding, rich veal jus
Jambonette of guinea fowl stuffed with spinach& garlic forcemeat with a plum and port jus
Confit of roast Gressingham duck with crisp vegetables & duo of oriental sauces
Fish
£17.95
Paupiette of plaice stuffed with leek and salmon mousseline, Champagne butter velouté
Paupiette of lemon sole stuffed with asparagus & prawns, traditional sauce of grapes, almonds and vermouth
Pan fried salmon glazed with balsamic vinegar and served on a Caesar salad
Whole side of salmon en croûte stuffed with ginger and sultanas with a basil velouté
Roast sea bass over a beetroot risotto and a pea and dill purée
Vegetarian
£13.95
Feuillette of provençale roast vegetables with a tomato confit and basil velouté
Wellington of nut cutlet with Irish Cashel blue cheese, Guinness and rosemary jus
Papadelle pasta with fresh wild mushrooms of the season, asparagus and truffle oil
Filo basket of leeks, braised ceps and Caerphilly cheese with a garden herb sabayon
Puddings
At £4.95
Panettone bread and butter pudding with vanilla custard
Aunty Ebe’s pudding (crisp shortcrust pastry base with jam and flapjack)with vanilla custard
Jam roly poly with woodland fruits and lemon zest, traditional crème anglaise
Sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce and banana icecream
Desserts
At £6.95
Traditional crème brulée with a compote of fruits of the season and tuile biscuits
Orange and redcurrant cheesecake
Baked chocolate and amaretto cheesecake
Chilled lemon soufflé with summer berries & shortbread
Chocolate ganache tart with crisp sweet pastry and Cointreau icecream
Chocolate torte with a hint of espresso
Patisserie lemon tart with raspberry sorbet and mango coulis
Tuiles basket of vanilla & praline icecream with a duo of sauces & fudge pieces
Individual Tiramisu with ginger and cinnamon
Traditional fruit salad, steeped in fresh orange with cream or clotted cream
Passionfruit, mango and guava icecream sundae
Cheeseboard
please choose three from our favourites:-
Long Clawson Stilton
Lincolnshire Poacher
Quickes Red Leicester
Somerset Brie
Grandma Singleton’s Lancashire
Irish Cashel Blue
Gorgonzola
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Coffee with truffles £2.50