Evening Menu
Christmas 2011 Party Menu
(Crackers and poppers on table)
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Homemade bread
Starters
Pheasant and chestnut soup
Puff pastry case, poached egg, wild mushroom, cream and brandy sauce
Home-cured gravadlax, seeded cracker, honey and mustard dressing
Mussels cooked with cream, white wine and garlic, crusty bread
Goat’s cheese and sun dried tomato tartlet, roast pear salad
Italian-style poaching sausage on a bed of lentils, mango, chilli and coriander salsa
Mains
Steamed lamb pudding, pan-fried lamb rump, caper cream and red wine gravy
Grilled fillet of sea bass with coriander buttersauce and laver bread tapenade
Roast cod fillet topped with smoked tomato fondue, white onion and parsley
puree, black pudding mash
Pan roast haunch of venison, red cabbage and chestnuts, simple venison gravy
Roast turkey breast, braised leg, apricot and mint stuffing, bread sauce, usual accompaniments
Pancake, spinach, ricotta and roast pepper stack, balsamic reduction, pea veloute. (V)
Rump steak cooked to your liking, cracked black pepper and brandy sauce
***All main dishes come with seasonal vegetables***
Desserts
Chocolate crème brulee with shortbread.
Pear baked in puff pastry, salted caramel ice cream, raspberry sauce
Mincemeat and Bramley apple tart, brandy butter and custard
Mango and coconut delice, kiwi “leather” and glace pineapple
Selection of ice creams and sorbets
£16 for 2 courses
£19 for 3 courses
Offer not available with any other discount. All bookings must be pre-ordered at least 48 hours in advance
A LA CARTE
Starters
Bouillabaisse style soup with local fish, shellfish served with granary seed bread £5.95
Steamed Rope grown mussels steamed, Chardonnay white wine, garlic and cream sauce, served with granary bread £6.95
Scallops wrapped in Parma ham & cherry tomato skewer, saffron mayonnaise. £7.50
King prawn cocktail, homemade seeded straw £6.95
Baked Goats cheese & sun dried tomato tartlet, honey mustard dressing, salad (V) £6.50
Parma Ham, new potato and chive salad, mixed leaf salad, cocktail gherkins £6.95
Veal and pork homemade pate, blackberries & apple chutney, Melba toast £ 6.95
Mains
Pan fried fillet of Seabass, sauted potatoes with chorizo sausage, baby spinach, cherry vine tomatoes, pesto dressing £15.95
Pan fried lemon sole served with Chablis and chive cream sauce, sauted potatoes, asparagus salad £18.95
Cracked local whole Crab, salad, roasted new potatoes, lemon mayonnaise £14.95
Whole Local lobster, salad, new potatos, pesto mayonnaise £ 17.00
Moules frites, large portion of steamed Rope grown mussels, Chardonnay white wine, garlic and cream sauce, handcut chips £14.95
Fillet steak, flat mushrooms & tomatoes, chunky chips, watercress salad, Madeira sauce or Peppercorn sauce £19.50
Pan fried duck, port and red currents sauce, creamy mash potato, vegetables £14.95
Blue Vinney, spinach and grapes stuffed chicken breast, creamy mash potato, seasonal vegetables, cream sauce £14.95
Baked stuffed peppers with roasted courgette and red onion cous cous £12.95
Real ale battered fish of the day,homemade mushy peas, chunky chips and tartare sauce £ 10.95
Chunky chips £2.50 Mixed vegetables £2.50 House salad £ 2.50
Desserts
Blackberries crème brulee, shortbread £5.50
Warm chocolate brownie, vanilla ice cream £5.50
Eton mess, cream, strawberries £5.50
Ice creams and sorbets £5.50
Apricot and cherry tart £ 5.50
Cheese board served with cocktail gherkins, bread & crackers £7.95
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Coffee and petit fours £2.50
Coffee liqueurs; Amaretto, Tia Maria, Irish whiskey,
Kahlua, Baileys £4.95 each
The Canteen Restaurant Poole 18 High Street Poole - www.thecanteenpoole.co.uk 01202680014