18th August dinner

STARTERS
Watercress, pea and spinach soup £3 V
Rabbit and Ravensworth grange middle white pork pâté with celeriac coleslaw, pickles and toast £5
Devilled corn fed Goosnargh chicken livers on toast £5
Field mushrooms with Guinness and poached free range egg on toast £5 V or £8 as a main V
Smoked eel, Northumbrian bacon and creamy mash with fresh horseradish £6 or £12 as main
North Sea shellfish cooked in cider with parsley and garlic £6 or £11 as a main with organic home made bread and garlic mayo
MAIN COURSES
Baked North Sea Brill for four with fine herbs and rosé served with royal kidney heritage potatoes and watercress £12 per person
Local marrow stuffed with Doddington’s cheese and spinach with braised white beans and smoked paprika £9V
Beer battered North Sea hake, chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce £10
Whole baked north east Atlantic bream with peppers, fennel, plum tomatoes and olives with saffron sauce £12
Pot roast local lamb with prunes, thyme and white wine, hot pot potatoes and summer turnips £10
Sirloin of Dere Street Highland Cattle, chunky chips, garden leaf salad and pepper sauce £16
Rabbit saddle stuffed with home made black pudding, creamy mashed potato, carrots and wild mushroom sauce £10
EXTRAS
Creamy mashed potato, buttered royal kidney heritage potatoes, green salad, chunky chips and garlic mayo, runner beans, home made organic bread and butter all £2 each
DESSERTS
Burnt Northumbrian Cream £5-suggested accompaniment -a glass of Monbazillac £5
Summer pudding with Northumberland cream -£4 suggested accompaniment Elysium Muscat £4.50
Dark Chocolate and raspberry mousse £5 – suggested accompaniment – Poncho Cabalero, spiced brandy liqueur £2.50
Selection of Wheelbirk’s ice cream (Jersey cream, orange milk ice and wild cherry ripple) £4
Northumbrian spice biscuit, macerated local strawberries and Northumbrian cream £5
Local cheese from the board £7- suggested accompaniment -Poças Directors choice Port £2.95

Pumphrey’s teas, ‘Feathers’ blend Daterra single estate coffee and decaffeinated coffee from £1.95
Wide choice of rare malt whiskies, fine Cognac and other digestives available