Food
Following the recent government announcement putting North Yorkshire into Tier 3 we will be closed from Thursday 31 December 2020.
We are planning to remain closed during January and February and will re-open on 1 March 2021, if government guidelines allow.
All reservations made for stays or dinner during the closure have been automatically cancelled.
If you have any queries, please contact us via email on enquiries@thebluelion.co.uk, and we will aim to reply as soon as possible.
Thank you for your continued support during this difficult time, and we sincerely look forward to seeing you again in 2021.
Best Wishes
Paul and Helen
Main Road, East Witton, Nr Leyburn DL8 4SN
01969 624 273
enquiries@thebluelion.co.uk
Food
You’ll be spoilt for choice by the Blue Lion’s freshly prepared seasonal menu that sources the best Yorkshire produce to be found –we've been lucky enough to win the Dining Pub of the Year Award three times.
The real ale bar with its log fire fueled cosy atmosphere, large sweeping settles and sturdy oak tables provides an English pub setting for you to sit back, relax and take in our famous cuisine which is laid bare on our chalked up menu boards ready for your taste buds to be tantalised.
The Blue Lion is renowned for its extensive wine list, with real ales from the local Black Sheep Brewery in nearby Masham.
Homemade soup of the day
Blue wensleydale, cos and walnut salad, croutons and creamy blue cheese dressing
Twice baked Wensleydale cheese soufflé, with chive cream sauce
Oven baked queen scallops in garlic and herb butter, gruyere cheese crust
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Confit yorkshire pork belly, wagyu boudin, celeriac purée, pork dripping potatoes, apples and cider
Cassoulet of yorkshire duck confit, morteau sausage, roast tomato and white beans, sourdough and sauerkraut
Classic moules mariniere
Potato and thyme rosti with mushroom, garlic and leek fricassee served with dressed salad - V
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
Rich creme brulee with traditional shortbread and seasonal berry compote
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
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 - £16.50
Blue Lion Tartiflette:
Creamed new potatoes, bacon and shallots topped with baked raclette cheese, dill pickle and dressed leaves -£13.50
Homemade pork pie with piccalilli and dressed salad - £8.95
Blue Lion Platter:
Pork pie, black pudding sausage roll, blue wensleydale cheese, proscuitto, homemade chutneys, pickle and bread roll £12.50
Chargrilled chicken and bacon with whole grain mustard mayonnaise served in grilled sourdough - £10.25
Chargrilled minute steak and red onion marmalade on sourdough- £12.50
Grilled mature cheddar cheese with tomato chutney in ciabatta- £9.25
Smoked salmon and cream cheese ciabatta - £12.25
All served with chips and salad
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
Iced liquorie terrine, candied hazelnuts, rich dolcezza di latte £9.50
Rich creme brulee with traditional shortbread and seasonal berry compote £8.95
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
A selection of handmade ice cream £7.50
Savoury - Grilled raclette cheese on toasted ciabatta, dill pickle £9.75
Dessert Wines
70 ml glass |
Bottle |
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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
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50cl £45.00
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Homemade soup of the day £7.50
Moules Mariniere £10.50
Twice baked Wensleydale cheese soufflé with a chive cream sauce £9.50
Oven baked queen scallops in garlic and herb butter, gruyere crust £12.50
Pan seared wood pigeon breast, roast butternut, damson, truffle honey and lavender cracker £9.50
Yorkshire fillet of beef carpaccio, shaved parmesan, pomegranate compote, beer bread croutons with truffle emulsion £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
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
Poached fillet of smoked haddock on a bed of new potatoes, mushroom and leek cream, soft poached egg and glazed with gruyere £22.50
Grilled fillet of halibut with new potatoes, buttered spinach and hollandaise sauce £27.50
Roast crown of yorkshire partridge, confit leg bonbon, liquorice blackberries, roast sweet potato £28.50
Chargrilled sirloin steak with bearnaise sauce, slow cooked garlic and thyme tomato, mushrooms and hand cut chips £29.50
Pan roasted chicken supreme, roast jerusalem artichokes, truffle and chestnut mushroom tortellini, hazelnut veloute £23.50
Pork tenderloin and wagyu black pudding wellington, celeriac purée, pork dripping chateau potatoes £25.50
Cassoulet of Yorkshire duck confit, Morteau sausage, roasted tomato and white beans, sourdough and sauerkraut £22.95
Braised short rib of Wagyu beef Borderlaise, truffle pommes dauphine, braised salsify £29.95
Rack of yorkshire dales lamb, rosemary fondant potato, yellison's goats curd, piccolo tomato confit in aged balsamic and rosemary £28.75
£79.00 per person
Winter vegetable broth, roast walnut cracker
Whisky cured salmon, kumquat chutney, yorkshire parkin crisp, tarragon creme fraiche
Duck liver parfait, armagnac soaked prunes, toasted brioche
Grilled goats cheese and beetroot tartlet, golden beetroot and chicory salad
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Roast bronze turkey crown, orange and cranberry and orange stuffed leg, pigs in blankets and rich turkey gravy
Roast sirloin of yorkshire dry age beef with yorkshire pudding, rich beef and claret gravy
Pan fried halibut supreme, brown shrimp and caper beurre noisette, pork rillettes bonbon, roast celeriac purée
Caramelised carrot and sweet potato wellington, thyme potato fondant, roasted vegetable gravy
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Traditional Christmas pudding with brandy sauce
Rich chocolate yule log, orange and cardamom ice cream
Mango and coconut cheesecake, dark rum chantilly cream, mango compote
A selection of yorkshire cheeses, homemade spiced apple chutney, artisan crackers
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Filter coffee and petit fours
*Prices correct at time of publication
Late Sunday afternoon lunch today in the bar. Cosy with open fire and still nicely busy at 3.30pm. Friendly, prompt service, linen napkins and excellent good quality bread and butter a bonus. Duck and blackberry and celeriac; sausage, potato, poached egg and salad starters really very good; roast beef; confit of lamb with all the trimmings the best we’ve had in ages. The chocolate mousse was also excellent. The perfect Sunday afternoon. We will be returning- thank you!
- ChatelaineLondon from Trip Advisor
Monday 18 January, 11:30am
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Friday 15 January, 4:59pm
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