A weekend of French Summer kicks off with our Fête champêtre…..Communal feasting, often outdoors and with local village family and friends. Some traditional French summer dishes with a club twist.
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AMUSE
Canapés
smoked garlic and artichoke tapenade with baguettes toasts…ideal with a French 75 cocktail..!
STARTERS
Onion and anchovy tartlet*
all butter pastry with lemon thyme and sea salt. Caramelised onion and a farci of anchovy, red pepper and chives. Herb salad. *works really well with black olive instead of anchovy for a vegetarian option
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Entrecôte salad
strips of 28 day aged sirloin with roasted peach, crumbled Roquefort, roasted tomato, leaves and balsamic reduction
MAINS
Duck confit
slow cooked duck leg, white wine and juniper reduction, aligot mash, green beans with shallots and sun-blush tomatoes
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Swordfish Niçoise
Seared swordfish steak with a caper and lemon butter, roasted cherry tomatoes, squeaky green beans, griddled Charlotte potatoes, Kalamata black olives, soft poached egg, fresh herbs and our Club dressing
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Basque vegetable stack
Aubergine, peppers, courgettes and sweet potato with melted chèvre blanc. Honey, orange and walnut glaze. Piment d’Espelette and tomato sauce.
DESSERT or CHEESE
Black Cherry Clafoutis
part flan, part tart with black cherries soaked in rosé port. Chantilly cream. Toasted almonds
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Cointreau pot au chocolate
intense dark chocolate thick mousse topped with orange fillets and raspberries
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House French cheeseboard
salty Roquefort with honey, Ossau Iraty with a sweet and tangy relish and petit Valençay goats cheese with black grapes
Prix £37.50