Banqueting Menus

Starters

Salad of Smoked Chicken
with prawns, blue cheese and a piquant sauce
£5.70

Parfait of Duck Livers
with a basil and redcurrant sauce
£5.70

Half a Galia Melon
with seasonal fruits and raspberry sauce
£4.95

Terrine of Chicken, Wild Mushrooms and Tarragon
with mixed leaf salad and herb croutons
£4.95

Salad of Smoked Salmon and Asparagus
with orange and sweet chilli dressing
£7.95

Basil Marinated Goats Cheese Salad
with olive and tomato bruschetta
£6.45

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Soups

Creamed Tomato and Basil Soup
served with garlic sippets
£3.70

Rich Seafood Chowder
with tomato and cognac
£4.50

Spicy Beef and Vegetable Broth
with mixed pulses and tomato
£3.95

Creamed Celery and Stilton
£3.70

Roasted Pepper and Tomato
with pesto
£3.50

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Sorbets

Lemon and Ginger
£2.50

Champagne
£2.50

Blackcurrant and Pernod
£2.50

Mandarin
£2.50

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Main Courses

Oven Roasted Supreme of Chicken
wrapped in smoked bacon with creamed leek and mushroom sauce
£15.95 

Pan-fried Fillet of Beef
with roasted garlic and wild mushrooms, puff pastry trellis and red wine jus
£19.95

Roasted Loin of Pork
with caramelised apples, thyme and calvados jus
£15.95 

Grilled Supreme of Salmon 
herb crust and tomato and shallot sauce
£15.95 

Roast Sirloin of Beef,
Yorkshire pudding and a rich roast gravy
£17.95

Pan Fried Fillet of Seabream
with sauteed greens, lemon and dill sauce
£17.95

Pan-fried Loin of Lamb,
dauphinoise potatoes and rosemary jus
£18.50 

All main courses are served with a selection of seasonal vegetables and potatoes

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Desserts

Dark Chocolate Mousse with a Compote of Raspberries and Clotted Cream £3.95 

Iced Raspberry Parfait Fruit Coulis and Chocolate Tuille £3.80

Nest of Meringue with Seasonal Fruits and Raspberry Coulis £3.75 

Apple and Calvados flan on a Vanilla Custard Sauce £3.45

Assiette of Chocolate Desserts £4.95

Choux Pastry Buns with 'Creme Patissiere' Chocolate Sauce £3.70

Selected Cheese, Celery, Grapes and Biscuits £5.25

Coffee and Mints   £2.30

Coffee and Petit Fours   £2.80

Macdonald Linden Hall reserves the right to amend prices without prior notice. 

Vegetarian Menu

Starters

Spinach and Lentil Soup

Gazpacho Soup
served hot or cold

Tian of Melon
with strawberries and a spiced berry compote

Salad of Poached Pear and Blue Cheese, Toasted Pinenuts and Red Chard

Antipasti Salad of Herb Vegetables and Pesto Oil

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Main Courses

Tomato and Roast Shallot "Tarte Tatin"

Baked Avocado
glazed with goats cheese, tomato compote

Wild Mushroom and Blue Cheese Risotto

Gateau of Mediterranean Vegetables
with thyme and garlic

Northumbrian Cheese Souffle
with sauteed wild mushrooms and shallots

Home-made Ravioli
filled with butternut squash and served with a shallot and basil butter

Puff Pastry Casket, Wild Mushrooms and Asparagus Compote

Feta Cheese and Roasted Pepper Parcels
with filo pastry and spinach

Please choose one dish per course for all vegetarians within the party