Starters

Helen's Smoked Salmon and chive Pate with wholemeal toast

Stilton, cheese, leek and red onion tart, baked until golden brown, served on a crisp leaf salad and cranberry coullis

Field and forest mushrooms, tossed in a tarragon cream sauce, served on a savoury crouton

Cumbrian farmhouse winter warming vegetable broth

Main Course

Beef Wellington, prime british fillet steak, topped with chicken liver pate, baked in puff pastry, served with a burgundy wine sauce

Roast traditional turkey with sage and onion stuffing and a rich gravy

Fresh salmon fillet poached in white wine, topped with a light savoury crumble and a creamy watercress sauce

Tender pork loin, panfried in a creamy leek and stilton sauce

Roast winter vegetables, baked in a filo pastry with a rich tomato & basil sauce

All served with seasonal vegetables and potatoes.

Desserts

Rich chocolate and raspberry torte with double cream

Local Cumberland cheese with fruit cake

Fresh fruit plate with chantilly cream

Christmas pudding with rum sauce.

Fresh ground coffee with petit fours