Home-cooked Meals
When on holiday it is lovely to eat out; but it is also very pleasant when staying somewhere comfortable in beautiful surroundings to stay 'at home' and have the food come to you.
I do therefore provide meals for guests staying in our barn. We are not a restaurant, though, and I find (after trying!) that I can only cope with one choice of food per night.
I can usually provide a meal at short notice, depending on activities on the farm, but can do better if given a day or two's warning!.
Meals come with lots of fresh vegetables and potatoes (mashed, boiled, baked
or gratin) or rice. Where possible I use our own organic produce; otherwise
it is sourced locally from non-intensive, 'environmentally friendly' systems.
Teatime
A plate of my hot-from- the-oven scones, with
clotted cream and home-made strawberry jam, £10 for 18 scones.
Or (maximum of six) come to the farmhouse kitchen and sit round the table
eating drop scones or pancakes as fast as I can cook them on the top of the
Aga, £4 a head.
Supper
£10 a head, for a minimum of six people, for main course and
pudding. I can cook for less than six; but may have to charge more per
head. (eg for 4 people I'd charge £50).
Choose from the following: -
Braised Sausages - locally made sausages in a creamy onion and cider sauce.
Chicken Curry -a recipe from our days in the Far East (no curry powder, it's
the real thing!)
Lamb Hot Pot - our own lamb cooked very slowly with scrumpy.
Beef Pot-roast - a joint of beef braised on a bed of vegetables.
Beef Casserole - cooked in red wine or beer.
Coq au Vin.
Pork with Cream and Apples - pork steaks in a lovely creamy sauce.
Vegetarian -- Curry, Pizza, Baked Pasta etc.
Bread-and-butter Pudding.
Rice Pudding.
Fruit Salad.
Hot Chocolate Fudge Pudding.
Apple Crumble.
Dinner
Or for £15 a head, 3 courses. (if there are only 4 of you it would be £75 )
Mushrooms a la Greque
Smoked Mackerel Pate
Avocado and Fresh Crab Salad
Roast Lamb with Rosemary.
Roast Rare Breed Pork
Chicken with Lemon.
Roast Beef.
Honey Roast Gammon.
Sea Trout Poached in White Wine
Fillet of Beef with Madeira Sauce. (£2 extra per person).
Rhubarb Fool.
Creme Caramel
Fruit Salad.
Profiteroles.
Chocolate Mousse
Local Cheeses
I've listed some of my own favourites but I'd be delighted to try to cook
anything you wish. Ask me, and I'll let you know if I can! I would enjoy discussing
menus and recipes with you.
