Christmas and New Year 2010
Embrace the festive season at The Crown Country Inn with our December menu. Celebrate your Christmas get together in our Corvedale Restaurant with a private party of between 20-40 guests, alternatively the Bay Restaurant is available for a maximum of 16 people. Sit by the roaring fires with a drink and mince pie - look out for Santa coming down the chimney!
Below is a sample of our 2009 Christmas and New Year menu.
Our 2010 menu will follow later on in the year.
Christmas Sample Menu
Three Course Lunch - £18.95
Four Course *Dinner - £22.50
Homemade grissini with tomato fondue and tapenade
(*Dinner only)
* * *
Creamed Winter vegetable soup finished with smoked oil
and cheese croutons
Ham hock croquettes – flakes of local ham hock coated in bread crumbs and served with a tomato and chilli chutney
Pastry tartlet of roasted red onions, apple and sage topped with melted goat’s cheese on a mustard leaf salad and balsamic dressing
Poached fillet of our own smoked salmon with a
fricasse of Risoni pasta, saffron and prawns
* * *
Roast pave of Shropshire turkey breast served with
bubble and squeak, homemade chestnut and apricot sausage and fresh thyme gravy
Crispy slow cooked belly pork on a bed of buttered cabbage and smoked bacon with braised potato and wild mushroom sauce
Griddled fillet of sea bass with fennel and orange marmalade and a crayfish, chorizo and basil butter sauce
Risotto of fresh basil and Parmesan cheese topped with
roasted root vegetables and Port wine syrup
* * *
Homemade Christmas pudding with
Rum sauce, Tophouse Farm Panacotta ice cream and
Brandy butter
Vanilla crème brulee with caramelized fresh fig and
Brandy snap
Rich chocolate and orange tart with vanilla poached satsumas and clotted cream
A selection of traditional cheeses with celery, grapes,
homemade apple chutney and biscuits
* * *
Coffee or tea with homemade Christmas petit fours £2.75
Christmas crackers included
New Year’s Eve Sample Menu
£49.95 per person to include Six Courses and
a glass of Champagne at midnight
Chicken, oyster mushroom and chive soup
or
Creamed Winter vegetable soup finished with smoked oil and cheese croutons
* * *
Griddled King scallops with mango salsa and a creamy coconut, coriander and lime sauce
or
Duck liver and pistachio nut terrine with a trio of homemade pickles and
toasted walnut bread
* * *
Medallion of beef fillet with a girolle mushroom cassoulet, roesti potato and Béarnaise sauce
or
Fillets of monkfish and smoked haddock with a risotto of white crabmeat and chives,
bacon wrapped leeks and saffron sauce
* * *
A trio of chocolate desserts, dark, milk and white with a raspberry sauce
or
Lemon and mascarpone mousse with poached satsuma, orange curd parfait and almond tuille
* * *
A cheeseboard of fine English cheeses and assorted biscuits served with celery and grapes
* * *
Coffee and homemade petit fours
* * *
Champagne served at midnight
* * *
Then you are welcome to join us with music and dancing downstairs in the bay and bar.
The Crown Country Inn, Munslow, Nr. Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9ET
01584 841205 info@crowncountryinn.co.uk
