Christmas

Opening Times

Starters

Crab bisque with prawn sesame toast

Pan fried pigeon breast with herb salad and hazlenut dressing

Sweet cured dill salmon with a gherkin relish and toasted soda bread

Shropshire blue souffle with fig and plum salsa

Slow roasted duck terrine with orange, cranberry and watercress salad

Roast pear, date and walnut salad with honey and balsamic dressing

Oxtail hash cake with poached egg

Mains

Roast turkey and all the trimmings

Roasted pumpkin, mushroom and chestnut casserole with sage dumplings

Venison sausages served with a bubble and squeak cake and juniper gravy

Pan fried pork loin and black pudding with Dauphinioise potatoes, cabbage, apples and bacon

Beef braised in beer and onions with horseradish mash

Grilled cod fillet glazed with leek rarebit, sautéed potatoes and buttered cabbage

Puddings

Christmas pudding served with brandy sauce

Dark chocolate tart with amaretti ice cream

Mincemeat and apple roly poly with custard

Vanilla crème brulée with spiced shortbread

Mulled wine and pear jelly with cinnamon ice cream

Appleby's smoked Cheshire and Blacksticks blue cheeseboard

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Coffee and shortbread