Appetiser of The Day
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Starters
Terrine of Cumbrian Smoked Chicken & Ham, Young Leek & Black Trumpets,
Sherry Vinegar, Toasted Brioche £7.95
Butternut Squash Soup, Sage, Parmesan Royal, Pumpkin Seeds £4.95(v)
Or, please ask for our Soup of the Day
Crisp Cod Cheeks, Pea Mousse, Salt Cod Panacotta, Wood Sorrel £5.95
Bessy Beck Smoked Trout Fritters, Tomato & Saffron Dressing, Wild Roquette,
Crisp Dill Batter £6.95
Twice Baked Thornby Moor Soufflé, Celery, Apple, Hazelnut £6.50(v)
Seared Hand Dived Scallop, Maple Glazed Pork Belly, Sweetcorn, Pork Crackling, Parsley & Caper Dressing £8.95 (£2.95 Supplement)
Rosette of Melon, Orange Segments, Elderflower Dressing £4.50 (v)
Mains
Roast of the Day – Please ask for details of todays dish £20.95
Lyth Valley Lamb Saddle & Shoulder, Root Vegetable Gratin,
Crushed Swede, Rosemary Scented Lamb Jus £21.95
Pan Fried Hake, Cumbrian Lobster Croquette, Caper Crushed New Potatoes,
Borlotti Beans, Lobster Bisque £19.95
Cumbrian Venison, Slow Cooked Loin, Cottage Pie, Local Chanterelles,
Creamed Parsnip, Foraged Cobnuts £22.95
Fillet of Salmon, Cold Smoked then Roasted
Risotto of Pea & Smoked Pancetta, Shoots, Smoked Olive Oil £18.50
Five Mile Town Goats Cheese & Red Onion Strudel, Crushed Potatoes,
Roast Vine Cherry Tomatoes, Pesto £15.95 (v)
Ashcroft’s Beetroot Risotto, Pickled Baby Beets, Rocket,
Pinenuts & Parmesan £14.75 (v)
Reg Johnson’s Corn Fed Duck, Woodland Mushrooms,
Summer Cabbage, Crisp Leg, English Plums £20.95
Matured, Chargrilled Cumbrian Sirloin Steak, Triple Cooked Chips, Onion Rings, Chestnut Mushroom Duxelle, Béarnaise Sauce, Red Wine Jus £24.95 (£3.95 Supplement)
Desserts
Pear Mousse, Vanilla, Pistachio £6.50
Peach Melba
Poached Peaches, Raspberry, Vanilla & Lemon Thyme Ice Cream,
Salted Caramel Popcorn £6.50
Garsides Duck Egg Custard, Strawberries, Basil & Black Pepper £6.95
Wordsworth Chocolate Plate, ,£7.95
Textures of Tarakan Chocolate
Mascarpone Cheese Cake, Sea Buckthorn Curd, Orange Caramel £6.50
Bramley Apple crumble, Blackberry Sorbet, Baked Vanilla Custard £6.95
Raspberry Parfait, Clotted Cream, Vanilla Shortbread £5.95
Slate of English Cheeses
Choose from our menu, Two Cheeses £5.50, Additional Cheeses £1.50 per Cheese
Coffee and Petit Fours served in the lounge £2.95 per person
Desserts Wine by the glass
131 Red Muscadel £3.25
Nuy, South Africa (15.5%)
Smooth medium sweet fortified wine, good with all sorts of puddings,
or makes a delightful digestif after your meal.
132 Raised Semillon £3.50
Foundstone, Australia
Soft, yet intense with pronounced fruit sweetness, tempered with delicate acidity
133 Late Harvest Semillon Gewurztraminer £3.95
Casa Silva, Colchagua, Chile (12.5%)
A lighter, more delicate style, perfectly suited to citrus based puddings
134 Liqueur Muscat £5.95
Stanton and Killeen, Rutherglen, Australia (17.5%)
Deeply coloured, rich and sticky sweet wine, an absolute treat
with our treacle sponge and chocolate desserts.
Port 100ml
Taylors £6.60
Otima 10 years £7.50
Ramos Pinto £6.60
Cheese Menu
Crofton (V)
Thornby Moor Dairy near Carlisle
Unpasteurised cows & goats milk, it is semi-unpressed and naturally rinded
Smoked Cumberland Farmhouse
Crofton Hall, Thornby Moor Dairy
It is hard, smooth and creamy and matured for 4 months in Calico, then smoked over oak
Keverigg
Appleby Creamery, Cumbria
A semi hard rinded cheese, creamy with a tang, Made from the organic milk
Tovery
Thornby Moor Dairy, Carlisle Bronze Medal British Cheese Awards 2009
A semi soft mould ripened Goats cheese with plenty of flavour
Guernsey Gold
Butlers Raven Oak Dairy , A gold prize winner from 2005 British Cheese Awards
A small round cheese, handmade with rich and creamy Guernsey milk. Soft & smooth with a pale velvety rind and a golden coloured centre
Flower Marie
The Golden Cross Dairy in East Sussex
Made with sheep’s milk which gives it a slightly sweet flavour. Beneath the white mushroomy rind is a layer of gooey runny goodness followed by a soft fatty and firmer centre. The taste is as complex as the construction going from sweet and lemony to nutty and tangy.
Withnail Blue
Winter Tarn, Organic Farm, Newby, Penrith
Semi Soft Blue, very creamy with a slow lingering aftertaste
All served with Homemade Water Biscuits, Wordsworth Fruit Chutney, Celery and Grapes
