A la carte menu at the Garden Kitchen
At the Garden Kitchen we like to offer a daily changing menu that offers the best from our chefs and our local produce. All our ingredients are sourced from our own Butchery and Farm Shop and of course everything is homemade. Below are some examples of these lunchtime "specials":
Lunch Specials
Traditional shortcrust steak and kidney pie with handcut chips and seasonal vegetables
Blade of Casterton beef with mashed potato & savoy cabbage
Braunston lamb hotpot, carrots and winter greens
Cod and smoked haddock fishcakes with homemade tartar sauce
Homemade lincolnshire sausages and a mustard mash with onion gravy
Turkey & ham pudding with mashed potatoes and red cabbage
Asparagus tart served with salad
Beer battered cod, handcut chips and homemade tartar sauce
Rutland trout fillet with a fennel and herb stuffing
Fresh salmon with creamed leeks and crushed new potatoes
......................and many more
Desserts
Sticky toffee pudding
Apple pie
Seasonal fruit crumble
Selection of local sorbets: lemon, raspberry & pink champagne
Seleciton of local ice-creams: Vanilla, ginger with chocolate & raspberry pavlova
Chocolate & raspberry torte
Bread & butter pudding with custard
Ginger cheesecake
....................and many more
We can have a special seasonal lunchtime party menu for groups of 8 or more (Mon-Sat) - If you would like to arrange a party please contact us here in the usual way.
January / February / March
2 courses £13 / 3 courses £16
Starters
Seasonal soup of the day with warm granary roll
Garden Kitchen winter pate
Hot smoked salmon, caper dressing
Stilton tart, walnut salad
Main
Tarragon mousse stuffed free-range chicken leg, boulangere potatoes and purple sprouting broccoli
Braised Oxtail, mustard mash, carrots & turnips
Chickpea, leek & onion crumble with roasted cauliflower
Black bream, chorizo parmentier & spinach
Dessert
Rhubarb compote & whiskey panna cotta
Chocolate brownie, pistachio ice cream
Classic crème brûlée
Poached pear & mulled fruits
Trio of ice creams or sorbets
Cheese board
A selection of cheeses from the Garden Farm Shop with spiced apple relish and savoury biscuits £5.25
Testimonials:
"...just wanted to let you know how impressed my wife and I were with the meal...I have previously worked as chef and so am fairly critical of food when we eat out, as all too often it fails to live up to expectations. However the mea we ate with you was terrific from start to finish, and I can say with no exaggerationthat [it] was one of the best dishes I have ever eaten. The front of house were, as ever welcoming and helpful."
Wil Halford