Sample Set Lunch

Served Daily Monday - Saturday 12:00 - 2:15

Two Courses £24.00, Three Courses £31.00

Homemade soup of the day

Grilled North Sea mackerel, pickled gooseberries, saffron aioli coriander, sun blushed tomatoes

Twice baked Wensleydale cheese soufflé, with chive cream sauce

Braised ox cheek, garden pea and horseradish risotto with crispy shallots

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Blue Wensleydale and leek risotto finished with parmesan and dressed leaves

Fricassee of chicken, leeks and oyster mushrooms, in a peppercorn and brandy sauce with fresh tagliatelle

Pan fried North Sea cod, saffron shellfish cream, vegetable brunoise, parmentier potatoes

Cassoulet of Yorkshire duck confit, Morteau sausage, roasted tomato and white beans, served with sourdough and sauerkraut

All of the above main courses are complete dishes; extra vegetables are available on request

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Sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream ice cream, butterscotch sauce

Warm chocolate brownie, rich dark chocolate sorbet, confit black cherries, toasted italian meringue

Ginger and lemongrass carpaccio of pineapple, mascarpone sorbet

Blue and White Wensleydale cheese board

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After lunch coffees and teas - from £3.25

served with homemade petit fours

Sample Lunch

 30 day dry-aged Hereford flat iron sirloin steak (4oz), dressed leaves, hand cut chips and Café de Paris butter - £15.50

Black Sheep battered cod and chips,  crushed peas and tartare sauce - £14.50

Blue Lion Tartiflette:
Creamed new potatoes, bacon and shallots topped with Raclette cheese, dill pickle and dressed leaves -£11.50

Blue Wensleydale, cos and walnut salad,  herb croutons and creamy blue cheese dressing - £12.50

Homemade pork pie with piccalilli and salad - £8.95

Blue Lion Platter:
Pork pie, black pudding scotch egg, blue wensleydale, salt beef, homemade chutneys and pickle £11.95

Sandwiches

Warm chicken, crispy bacon, mustard mayonnaise and cos lettuce served in grilled sourdough - £8.25

Warm beef and red onion marmalade on sourdough- £8.50

Grilled cheddar cheese and tomato chutney in ciabatta- £7.25

Smoked salmon and crème fraiche ciabatta - £8.25

All served with chips and salad

Add a soup for £2.50

Sample Sunday Lunch

Served from 12pm-6pm

£26.75 Two Courses, £34.00 Three Courses

Honey roast parsnip soup

Smoked Yorkshire duck, celeiac remoulade, liquorice and blackberry compote

Salmon roulade, lemon gel, black garlic dressing

Grilled Morteau sausage and new potato salad, poached hens egg

Beetroot beignets, apple and walnut salad

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Roast 28 day matured sirloin of Yorkshire beef with Yorkshire pudding

Hand carved honey roast gammon with wholegrain mustard sauce

Rolled shoulder of lamb, honey roast parsnips, colcannon potatoes

Tagliatelle fruits de mer (cockles, mussels and squid)  

Spinach, goats cheese and pea risotto, walnut crumb  

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64% dark chocolate mousse, fresh raspberries, chantilly cream, caramel almonds

Warm apple pie, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce

Fresh lemon tart, raspberry purée, kiwi sorbet

Sorbet selection: chocolate, apple and strawberry

3 cheese selection: Blue Wensleydale, White Wensleydale, Montgomery Cheddar

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After lunch coffees and teas - from £3.25

served with homemade petit fours

Sample Puddings

Warm 64% cocoa Valrhona chocolate fondant, sweet date purée, walnut ice cream – (please allow 15 minutes) £9.75

Soft pistachio gelato, confit of black cherries, baked italian meringue, warm aerated pistachio cake £9.50

Warm pecan pie, caramel sauce and sticky toffee ice cream £8.95

Sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream ice cream, butterscotch sauce £8.50

Green apple soufflé, salted caramel ice cream £9.50

Confit fig with mascarpone, chocolate sorbet, fresh honeycomb and hazelnut £8.95

A selection of handmade ice cream £7.50

A selection of sweets and sauces on one plate £19.50

Crêpes Suzette £11.50 pp (minimum 2 persons, please allow 20 minutes, evenings only) 

Savoury - Grilled raclette cheese on toasted ciabatta, dill pickle £9.75

 

Dessert Wines

 
 

	70 ml glass	Bottle
Bin 83 Moscatel-Bodegas Sarria, Navarra, Spain Soft and succulent with enough acidity to keep the apricot and mandarin flavours	£6.95	50cl £35.00
Bin 84 Monbazillac Domaine De L’Ancienne Cure, Bergerac, France A very similar style to Sauternes, just with a bit more weight and body	£5.50	37.5cl £27.50
Bin 86 Sweet Carolyn, Vonderling, Voor Paardeberg, South Africa A light fruity style, delicious on it own or with fruit desserts		50cl £45.00

 

Sample Starters

Homemade soup of the day £7.50

Grilled North Sea mackerel, confit apple and elderflower salad, mackerel tartare £8.95

Moules Mariniere £9.25

Twice baked Wensleydale cheese soufflé with a chive cream sauce £9.50

Yorkshire fillet of beef carpaccio, shaved parmesan, pomegranate compote, beer bread croutons with truffle emulsion £14.50

Butter confit king scallop, with pickled cucumber, scallop velouté, sea greens and caviar £14.50

Blue Wensleydale, cos and walnut salad with croutons and creamy grain mustard dressing £8.75

Pan seared foie gras, Earl Grey soaked golden sultanas, quince jelly, orange syrup £9.75

Potted salt beef, mini Yorkshire pudding, horseradish hollandaise sauce, chargrilled dill pickle £9.50

Fresh pappardelle, confit duck leg, parmesan and chestnut mushrooms £9.75

Main Courses

Homemade tagliatelle carbonara  £10.25/£18.00

Potato and thyme rosti with mushroom, garlic and leek fricassee, served with dressed salad – V £17.50

Blue Wensleydale cheese and leek risotto finished with parmesan and dressed leaves – V £18.50

Poached fillet of smoked haddock on a bed of new potatoes, mushroom and leek cream, soft poached egg and glazed with gruyere £21.50

Grilled fillet of halibut with new potatoes, buttered spinach and hollandaise sauce £26.00

Pan seared stone bass, pearl barley and smoked pancetta stew, roast butternut squash, toasted seeds £22.50

Chargrilled sirloin steak with bearnaise sauce, slow cooked garlic tomato, mushrooms and hand cut chips £29.50

Ox cheek and riggwelter suet pudding, with a maple glazed parsnip, colcannon potato and parsnip crisps £19.95

Pan roasted chicken supreme, roast jerusalem artichokes, truffle and chestnut mushroom tortellini, hazelnut veloute £22.50

Pork tenderloin and wagyu black pudding wellington, celeriac and cider pomme anna, gooseberry compote £24.95

Cassoulet of Yorkshire duck confit, Morteau sausage, roasted tomato and white beans, sourdough and sauerkraut £21.95

Pan seared veal loin, roast mushroom pithivier, roast shallot, salt baked turnip £28.50

Braised short rib of Wagyu beef Borderlaise, truffle pommes dauphine, braised salsify £29.95

 

Sample Christmas Day Menu

£79.00 per person

Spiced parsnip soup with candied walnuts

Gin fennel cured salmon, kumquat compote, crisp pain d’épices

Ham hock foie gras terrine, fig and liquorice jam and duck fat brioche

Charred red chichory and beetroot salad, sesame crusted goats cheese, golden beetroot mousse

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Roast crown of British bronze turkey, cranberry and orange stuffed leg,

pigs in blankets and rich turkey gravy

28 day dry-aged sirloin of beef with Yorkshire pudding

Red wine poached turbot, roasted white turnip and walnut pommes dauphine

Braised winter vegetable tagine, aromatic cous cous, toasted pine nuts

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Homemade Christmas pudding with brandy sauce

Rich chocolate and cardamom tart, Bunnahabhain cream, candied hazelnuts

Brandy and cinnamon poached pear, caramel ice cream, Calvados Espuma

5 cheese selection

 

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