4th August 2011

Dinner menu

Nibbles

Chorizo £4.00; Marinated olives £4.00; Cashews £4.00; Habas Fritas £3.50;

Pigs in blankets £3.50; Szechuan pepper & celery salt crisps with aioli £2.50

Strawberry Bellini £7.00; Kir £4.50; Kir Royale £10.00; Champagne Cocktail £12.50

Pimm’s Cocktail £4.50; Spicy Bloody Mary £7.50; Spicy Virgin Mary £3.50

Vichyssoise £6.50

Kent snails with black pudding, chickpeas and bacon £8.00

Ham hock terrine with pineapple, pomme paille and a fried quails egg £7.50

Crisp goujons, sweet chilli & lime sauce £7.00

Roast heirloom tomatoes with crème fraîche and basil on grilled focaccia £6.50

Smoked mackerel with cucumber jelly and horseradish yoghurt £8.00

Whiting with lemon & parsley crust, spinach and whole grain mustard £11.50

Organic salmon with broad beans, brown shrimps, tomato, chervil and saffron butter sauce £17.00

Braised cheek and confit belly of rare breed pork with sweetcorn fritters and coconut foam £16.00

Gressingham duck:braised leg with seared breast & liver, juniper onion, caramelized pear

and curly kale£17.00

Ragout of mushrooms with truffled poached egg and lemon butter £14.50

Calves kidney with onions and sage, hispi cabbage and red wine sauce £15.50

Tournedos Rossini with galette potato and bordelaise sauce £22.00

New seasons lamb: roast cannon, kidney, confit belly and merguez with courgette & mint linguine,

baba ganoush, couscous and harissa£16.50

Mashed potato Green salad Curly kale all at £3.00

Samphire Crushed new potatoes with lemon & garlic both at £4.00

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A discretionary 10% service charge will be added to all tables of 8 or more

All our meats are served pink unless otherwise stated. Game birds may contain shot.

Kitchen Menu – Monday to Friday evenings 7.00-9.00pm, 5 courses £50.00

Comedy Night at The Pheasant – Sunday 25th September

Supper Club – Wednesday 31st August ~ Suckling pig; Wednesday 28th September ~ Beef & Bordeaux

OUR FOOD

We spend a lot of time trying to find the best seasonal produce we can. Some of our --

Preferred suppliers are listed here:

Beef Aubrey Allen, catering butcher of the year 08, 09

and 2010, Leicestershire.

Dexter beef Rosemary Greesley, Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

Spring lamb, pork & muttonLancaster Farm, Higham Ferrers, Northants.

Suffolk-cross sheep and the pigs are Large Whites.

Rare breed pigFruit pig company, Cambridgeshire.

Free range chicken & duck eggCardington, Bedfordshire.

FishWickers. All their fish is caught on day-boats, either line-caught or with smaller nets – i.e. sustainable.

VenisonShot to order in Southwick Wood, Northants.

Smoked salmon,smoked duck & haddockRiver Farm Smokery, Bottisham, Cambridge.

EggsMr Roughton, Great Gidding, Cambridgeshire.

SnailsLehnam, Kent, England.

Wood sorrel, sea purslane,laverbreadMountain Foods, Hereford.

English and Irish cheeses Neal’s Yard, London.

The season: Summer

Summer is here, meaning Jersey Royal potatoes, peas and broad beans are in abundance. English asparagus was an early starter this year, but is still good through June and samphire from East Anglia will be with us until late August. Strawberries are excellent as are raspberries and cherries. Sardines, mackerel and crab are all at their best for the next few months.

Some of the terms we are using on current menus that may need a bit of explanation:

Aioli – a sauce made from garlic, egg and lemon juice

Baba ganoush – smoked aubergine

Bordelaise – classic sauce of red wine with shallots

Chorizo – Spanish pork and paprika sausage

Confit – left in salt 24 to 36h then preserved and cooked in its own fat (sounds horrid, in fact sublime)

Devilled – cayenne pepper and mustard

Focaccia – Italian flat bread

Galette – flat round cake made of potato

Granita – Sicilian dessert similar to sorbet

Harissa – North African spicy sauce made with chilli, red peppers and garlic

Hispi cabbage – a type of cabbage with green leaves and a pointed head

Merguez sausage – spicy lamb sausage from North Africa

Pomme paille – shoe string potatoes

Tournedos Rossini – fillet of beef wrapped in pancetta with seared foie gras

Vichyssoise – a thick soup of leeks, potatoes, cream and chicken stock. Traditionally served cold.

Jay Scrimshaw, Chef Patron

Theresa van Ruth, Head chef

PUDDINGS (+ recommended sweet wines)

Crème brulée £6.50 (no. 520)

Peach melba £7.00(no. 527)

Coffee parfait with peanut espuma, Sambuca jelly £7.50

Chocolate pot with chocolate chip cookies £7.50 (no. 523)

Apple tart with clotted cream £7.00 (15 mins)(no. 520)

Strawberry Eton Mess£6.50 (no. 510)

CHEESE - Please see separate cheese menu

Affogato £8.50

Vanilla ice-cream, shot of espresso, and shot of Frangelico

Petits fours £6.00

Salted almond brittle; Turkish delight; white chocolate fudge; Passion fruit pate de fruit;

Walnut & rum truffle; Hazelnut Biscotti

Chocolate truffles £3.00

PORT BY THE GLASS: (75ml)

401Quinta da Infantado Late Bottled Vintage 2007 £4.50

402Quinta da Romaneira Tawny 10 years old £5.50

403Quinta do Infantado, Vintage Port, 1997 £9.00

SWEET WINE BY THE GLASS: (75ml)

5102008 CORDON CUT, Mt Horrocks. Clare, Australia £5.50

(fresh, elegant and lively)

520SAUTERNES, Chateau Delmond, JC Barbe £5.50

(wonderfully balanced Sauternes to round off the meal, great with cheese)

523MONASTRELL DULCE, Bodega Castano, Spain £6.00

(this red sweet wine is bursting with cherries, chocolate and spice)

527VIN SANTO, "Tegrino", Leonardo, Tuscany £7.25

(caramel and shortbread biscuits, dried prunes, nuts and coffee)

530PEDRO XIMENEZ, Sacromonte, Jerez, Sherry NV £4.50

(lasting flavours of raisins, figs, dates and prunes)

COFFEE £2.95 (regular, decaffeinated, cappuccino, latte or espresso)

TEA £1.95 (English breakfast, Earl Grey, Assam, Darjeeling, Peppermint, Camomile, White or Green Tea)

HOT CHOCOLATE £2.50

LIQUEURS COFFEE:all at £5.75

Irish coffee: Irish whisky

Highland coffee: Scotch whisky

Brandy coffee: French Brandy Hennessy

Calypso coffee: Tia Maria or Kahlua

Bailey’s coffee: Bailey’s Irish Cream

Jamaican coffee: Tia Maria & Rum (£6.25)

Espresso Martini Coffee: Kahlua and Vanilla Vodka (£6.25)

RECOMMENDED DIGESTIFES: (25ml)

Cognac:

Hennessy VS £3.70

Remy Martin VSOP £5.40

Trijol VSOP Grande Champagne £7.60

Hennessy Paradise Rare Cognac £20.50

Armagnac:

Janneau Traditional £3.80

Janneau VSOP £4.95

Sigognac 10 Year Old Armagnac £6.95

Baron de Lustrac 1984 £12.00

Calvados:

Boulard Pays d’Auge; Grand Solage £3.95

Grappa:
Castagner, Torba Rossa Grappa, Italy £5.50

Malt whisky:

Laphroaig 10yr £3.90

Talisker 10yr, Skye £3.90

Macallan 10yr £3.90

Dalwhinnie 15yr £4.90

Lagavulin 16yr £6.00

Irish whiskey:

Jameson’s £3.00

LIQUEURS: (25ml)all at £3.90

Chambord; Cointreau; Grand Marnier; Southern Comfort; Galliano;

Limoncello; Frangelico; Benedictine; Drambuie; Kahlua; Tia Maria; Amaretto

Bailey’s Irish Cream (50ml)