Home Cooked Food
Menu Ideas
All of these menus are adaptable to any dietary requirement. You can mix and match the menu ideas, and I am always happy to listen and discuss any other preferences or ideas you may have….
From £55 per person
Fully served lunch or dinner
Menu 1: £55 per person
Watercress soup with Pernod
Coq au Vin rouge with mashed potatoes and French beans
Hungarian chocolate pancake dessert
Menu 2: £55 per person
Rocquefort soufflés
Racks of lamb with Dauphinoise potatoes, tomato and onion pie
and asparagus with truffle oil
Little pots of passionfruit ice cream, mango mousse and pineapple seeped in Cointreau
Menu 3: £55 per person
Tomato risotto with parsley & sage pesto and garnished with feta rolled in coriander seeds
King prawns cooked in ginger and garlic with broccolini, wok-seared peppers and sesame-flavoured noodles
Chocolate and cardamon soup
Menu 4: £55 per person
Individual Stilton and walnut tarts
Roasted cod with chana dhal and asparagus
Lemon mousse and passionfruit roulade
Menu 5: £65 per person
Assiette of hand-picked crab, smoked trout, prawns and celeriac remoulade
Fillet of beef with cepes, Dauphinoise potatoes and petits pois
Nectarines and passion fruit with Kulfi ice cream garnished with spun sugar and edible silver
£60 per person
Buffet lunch or dinner
Please select three main course dishes from the suggestions below.
Cold Main Courses
Whole baked salmon with a tahini and yoghurt dressing garnished with herbs, walnuts and chilli
Coronation chicken
Vitello tonnato
Ottolenghi-style chicken with cardamom rice
Hot main courses
Tagine of knuckle of veal with tomatoes and chickpeas
Southern Indian prawn curry (spicy or not spicy)
Vegetarian lasagne
Chicken Parmigiana
Meatloaf with barbeque sauce
Truffle risotto (one of my signature dishes)
A very nutty nut roast with onion gravy
Chinese beef casserole
Veal meatballs with lemon in a tomato sauce
Select three salads from the list below
A good, old fashioned tabbouleh salad with pomegranate
Large platter of asparagus with truffle oil
A large mixed salad topped with guacamole, goat’s cheese and small tomatoes
Orzo pasta salad with roasted red peppers (can be served hot or cold)
Tomato curry with black sesame seeds (can be served hot or cold)
Avocado with miso dressing
Select one potato dish from the list below
Layered potato and parmesan bake (served hot)
Creamy mashed potato with bacon and cheese (served hot)
Potato salad with peas and Persian spices
Baby new potatoes with butter and chives
Select one of the bread options below
Traditional garlic and herb hot French stick
A selection of bread with unsalted butter
Warm pull-apart bread with mozzarella and parmesan
Select three desserts from the list below
Mango mousse
Hazlenut and chocolate layered meringue cake
An exotic fruit salad with crushed cardamom and meringues
Almond cake with caramelized pears
A selection of 4 cheeses and biscuits
£50 per person (based on an average of 12 pieces per person)
Ideas for cocktail parties
Cold
Marinated king prawns with a southern Indian spicy dipping sauce
Filo pastry baskets with truffled egg filling
Feta marinated in spices
Parma ham wrapped around aged Gouda cheese
Japanese sushi rolls with any combination of vegetarian options and/or smoked salmon, tuna, prawn or crab filling
Puff pastry bases topped with pesto, tomato, goat’s cheese and basil
Crab croustades with Thai mayonnaise
Hot
Roasted aubergine croquettes with tarragon aioli
Tandoori chicken
Vegetable tempura with cardamom dipping sauce
Mini Chinese duck pancakes
Prawn tempura
Additional ideas for small bowls
Select, if you wish, 2 from the list below. There is a £5 per person supplement for these items
Salmon on a bed of finely chopped new potatoes with watercress and chive sauce
Coronation chicken with finely chopped sugar snap peas
Lamb tagine on a bed of couscous
Beef curry on a bed of basmati rice with minted yoghurt
Roasted vegetables with noodles
There is a supplementary charge for the use of the marquee, or if you want to use confetti, glitter, party poppers etc in my garden. We have a supply of shawls for ladies who may need one. Curfew time in my garden is 11pm Sundays to Thursdays, and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.