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20/07/201720/07/2017

Autumn Menu 2017

We have just released our Autumn Menu 2017. We have used great local seasonal produce to provide you with the best possible dishes.

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Autumn Menu 2017

Canapés

Chicken, Fosseway fleece sheeps cheese, and Somerset cider chorizo in filo pastry

Spiced Kimbers lamb koftas With a tangy Indian herb chutney

Squash, sage and chestnut rolls

Liquorice bread Topped with crème fraiche, radish and hot smoked arctic char from Brown and Forrest

Butternut veloute With toasted pumpkin seed, crème fraiche and pumpkin seed oil

Starters

Capricorn Goats cheese, beetroot and pine nut tart with a rocket and parsley salad

Wild mushroom consommé With mushroom floss, sautéed mushroom, parsley and confit shallots

Roasted tomato soup With basil oil, onion cream, pesto, and rosemary brioche

Whole Lubborn Somerset camembert baked With candied walnuts, rosemary, garlic, toasts for dipping and rocket

Duck salad With orange, charred sweetcorn and watercress and hazelnuts

Mains

Hamish Pork belly with apple puree, braised red cabbage, cider sauce, dauphinoise potatoes

Ruby Red Devon Beef, Palmers 200 ale, stilton and mushroom pie With green beans and crushed new potatoes with an ale sauce

Moroccan braised Kimbers Somerset lamb neck with cumin roasted squash, coriander, hummus dukkah, cauliflower and a spiced lamb sauce

Moroccan cod, salmon and mussel stew with gremolata and garlic toasts

Spinach, squash and mushroom wellington with herby mash, sprouting broccoli and vegetarian gravy

Desserts

Spiced pear tarte tatin With rosemary cream

Apple and mint mille feuille with an apple crisp, and a rosemary infused blackcurrant sauce

Vanilla panna cotta With blackberries, fresh figs and gingernut crumble

White chocolate mousse with bee pollen, sweet dukkah, clementine segments and caramelised white chocolate

local cheese board served with a homemade sweet chilli citrus jelly, homemade caramelised onion chutney, toasted pecans, seasonal fruit and ciabatta croutes

Petit Fours

Chocolate and hazelnut brownies

Blackberry marshmallows

Baklava

Pistachio, white chocolate and almond nougat

Rosewater and raspberry meringue kisses

Price: Per person
3 courses £48

4 courses £54

5 courses £60

Please inform us of any dietary requirements, allergies or intolerances and we can adjust the menu to suit your needs

07/06/2017

Last night we had our third day over at Lytes Cary Manor, catering Somerton, for Nancy Lowe and her friends and family. We needed to create a menu that includes an option that is gluten free, cows milk free, a vegetarian option (can include fish).

The menu is below including pictures of some of the dishes;

Catering Somerton Menu

Starter

Smoked and pickled beetroot, goats cheese and rocket salad

Gin and tonic salmon with fennel, radish, finger and lemon

Main

Duck breasts with mushrooms and a blackberry sauce

Whole roasted sea bass with lemon and capers

served with

Hasselback potatoes, asparagus and roasted squash in rosemary

Desserts

Mango and passion fruit roulade

cherry, honeycomb, almond, dark chocolate parfait

02/06/201702/06/2017

personal chef in Stawley

Last night we had a great evening as a personal chef in Stawley. We cooked a three course meal for birthday celebrations which consisted of four different canapés a main course and two different desserts. They were as follows:-

Personal chef in Stawley Menu

Canapés

Squid ink flat breads

Topped with beetroot hummus smoked mackerel and fennel

Smoked salmon

On melba toast with pea panna cotta and crème fraiche

Parma ham

On bread chips with hazelnut butter and sage

Braised Lamb neck spring rolls

with hoisin dipping sauce

Main

Beef

with asparagus, cauliflower puree, sprouting broccoli, crispy slices of new potatoes, pale ale sauce

Dessert

Raspberry, rosemary and vanilla tart

with a rosewater syrup

Black sesame meringue

Yuzu curd white chocolate and roasted apricots

To book your own evening please contact us

27/03/2017

Weymouth hen party

On Saturday evening we hosted a dinner party for a Weymouth hen party. This was located right on the esplanade with a beautiful ocean view. Hattie and was organising a special meal for the bride to be and contacted us a little while ago to put together a menu for this evening. After discussing requirements and looking through our menus we came down to final choices. We decided on a three course meal to suit the 13 of them. The Menu was as follows:-

Weymouth hen party Menu

Starter

Goats cheese custard and beetroot

Pickled beetroot, beetroot parcels filled with smoked goats cheese custard. roast hazelnuts, hazelnut crumb. goats cheese custard. goats cheese. lemon and rapeseed oil dressed rocket and beet leaves

Main

Beef cheek

24 hour braised beef cheek with cauliflower purée, crispy potato slices. asparagus. sprouting broccoli and a pale ale sauce

Dessert

Pomegranate and vanilla cheesecake

Pomegranate and vanilla cheesecake with a biscuit and honeycomb crumb with edible gold leaf.

Caterer and Personal chef service that covers Somerset and Dorset. This includes Weymouth. Sherborne, Bruton, Bridport, Dorchester, Lyme Regis. Also Weston, Bridgewater, cheddar, crewkerne, Templecombe, Taunton. Wellington, Wincanton, Abbotsbury, Cerne Abbas, Portland, Shaftesbury. Sherborne, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Wareham and Yeovil.

03/10/201603/10/2016

Dinner party in Yeovil

We have some fantastic new photographs for our website. They are from the wonderful photographer Tory McTernan. The photos were taken for the article in Crumbs magazine. The magazine is available now for you to read. I will publish a link to the article once it is available online in the next couple of weeks. The photos were taken for a dinner party in Yeovil for a wonderful couple and their friends.

Tory McTernan, a food and interiors photographer, who is based in Somerset. Her photographs have been used for websites, posters, cookbooks, magazines and in many other ways. To find out more about Tory visit her website www.torymcternan.co.uk

Menu for dinner party in Yeovil

The menu for the evening at the dinner party in Yeovil was.

Canapés

Melba toast topped with citrus cured salmon, crème fraiche and fennel.

Thyme crackers with goats cheese and red pepper puree.

Cocktail: Pear Bellini- Pear puree with prosecco.

Starter

Duck breast with spiced elderberry sauce, beetroot, pickled blackberries and coriander oil.

Cocktail: Clementine fizz- fresh clementine juice, vodka, soda water, star anise, cinnamon stick.

Main

Pork belly with cannellini bean puree, thyme and honey roasted carrots, pomme Anna Brussel sprout leaves and cider sauce.

Cocktail: Hedgerow- Gin, soda water, blueberries, rosemary, juniper berries.

Dessert

Caramel chocolate fondant with chocolate sauce, salted popcorn and malt ice cream.

Cocktail: Classic white Russian: Vodka, coffee liqueur and cream.

Petit Four

Cranberry and pistachio nougat.

Cocktail: Coffee with chocolate liqueur.

12/09/201615/10/2016

Dinner party-Weston-Super-Mare

On Saturday 10th of September we cooked a special dinner party Weston-Super-Mare. The meal was for one of our regular clients Ross and Ria for Ross’s 40th Birthday. 6 guests joined Ria and Ross to mark the special occasion for a four course meal.

Dinner party Weston-Super-Mare courses

Canapés

Balsamic tomato and pesto puffs

Crispy chicken with beetroot yoghurt sauce

Starter

Filo wrapped mozzarella, beetroot puree, olive tapenade, rocket, shallot marmalade and basil oil

Smoked tomato soup with coriander oil and leaves

Both served with rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Mains

Pork belly with pine nut puree, pomme anna, roast squash, pickled carrot, kale and cider sauce

chicken and mushroom pie with squash puree, green beans, bacon with savoy cabbage, pomme anna and a creamy tarragon sauce

Desserts

Pear cheesecake with pear sorbet

white chocolate dome filled with blackberry jelly, vanilla cream, pistachio sponge, with frozen blackberries and blackberry powder

To book your own evening please contact us