Menu – February 2012

Homemade bread and olives:

Breadboard
Malted granary, crusty white and walnut served with butter, balsamic vinegar and olive oil – £2.75

Italian & Greek olives, marinated in olive oil & herbs de provence – £3

Starters:

Homemade soup and bread – £5

Pressing of duck liver & foie gras, Sauternes jelly and toasted brioche – £7

Trio of Cornish mackerel, tartare, home smoked rillette, fishcake, beetroot & crème fraiche – £6.50

Warm salad of Woodpigeon breast, puy lentils, parsnip and bread sauce – £6

Twice baked smoked haddock & mature cheddar soufflé, crab bisque – £6

Caramelised shallot tart tatin, goats cheese crottin – £6

Mains:

Chargrilled 28 day matured longhorn 8oz rib eye steak, gratin dauphinoise, sauce béarnaise, bourguinonne salad – £18

Fillet of wild sea bass, scallops, baby leek, wild mushrooms and a chive butter sauce – £16

Roulade of spinach, butternut squash & ricotta – £11.50

Assiette of Cotswold lamb, roasted rump, char-grilled cutlet, confit shoulder, fondant potato and glazed turnips – £16.50

Panfried John Dory, crab & chilli risotto – £15

Ballotine of rabbit, pistachio mousse, sweet potato puree and cider jus – £14

Sides:

- All £2.75
Pickled beetroot with feta

Honey roasted parsnips

Home cut chips

Celeriac mash

Baby carrots, parsley butter

Purple sprouting broccoli

Desserts:

Steamed ale sponge cake, prune & Armagnac ice cream – £6

Treacle tart, vanilla custard – £6

Chocolate, caramel & almond tiramisu, tuile biscuits – £6

Poached champagne rhubarb, cheesecake mousse, pecan & oat crumble – £5

Selection of home churned ice cream & sorbets – £5

British cheese – £7
Stichelton
Ogre shield
Sharpham Savour, homemade bread,
pear chutney, grapes & celery

Coffee:

Latte – £2.50

Cappuccino – £2.50

Americano – £2.50

Espresso Single – £2.00 / Double – £2.50

Reservations:

We highly recommend booking in advance for any times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Please call the pub on 01386 593 223 to make your reservation.