Our Festive menu is available throughout December on the following:
Midweek at lunch/evening at £30pp;
Friday evening at £35pp;
Saturday evening at £35pp by (pre-bookings only)
Starters
Roasted tomato soup, balsamic swirl vg, warm bread roll and butter v
Prawn cocktail in Marie Rose sauce, warm bread roll, lemon and dill butter
Confit chicken and leek terrine, baby leeks, tarragon mayo, crispy chicken skin, sourdough
Roasted red pepper and mozzarella arancini, pesto dressing, baby leaf v
Baked goat’s cheese on crostini, balsamic fig and baby onion chutney, fig purée, baby leaf v
Miso-glazed roasted aubergine, smashed cucumber, spring onions, chilli crunch vg gf
Main Courses
Hand-carved roasted turkey, cranberry and rosemary stuffing and pig in blanket
Slow-roasted sirloin of beef
Winter vegetable wellington filled with spinach, mushrooms, chestnuts and root vegetables, with gravy v
All served with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, creamed Brussels sprouts with bacon, seasonal vegetables and gravy
Pan-fried seabass, garlic, lemon and saffron pressed potatoes, shredded cavolo nero, mangetout, rich tomato sauce gf
Slow-roasted pork belly, carrot purée, sage mash, baby carrots, crackling twig, Aspall au lait jus
Butternut and sage risotto with diced butternut squash and sage crisps v gf
vg risotto available
Festive Burger: 6oz beef burger with turkey and stuffing in a brioche bun, fries, cranberry and bacon jam
Desserts
LillyPuds Christmas pudding with brandy sauce
(gf & vg pudding available)
Chocolate brownie, chocolate sauce, salted toffee, white chocolate chunk ice cream v
Banana cake, soya vanilla ice cream, banana purée vg
Black forest cheesecake, bourbon biscuit base, cherry compôte, clotted cream ice cream, chocolate shards
Trio of ice cream; strawberry, vanilla, chocolate with honeycomb and chocolate soil gf
Fresh fruit salad with berries and lemon sorbet gf vg
Profiteroles filled with Chantilly cream, dipped in chocolate, chocolate sauce v
The Blue Anchor cheeseboard with grapes, celery, chutney and biscuit selection
(£4 supplement)
Menu subject to change