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Christmas starters and appetisers

CHRISTMAS STARTERS
& APPETISERS


Set the tone of your festive feast with show-stopping dishes

Marinated goat’s cheese with pink peppercorns, beetroot & crispbreads


Marinated goat’s cheese with pink peppercorns, beetroot & crispbreads >

Buckwheat blinis with soured cream & caviar


Buckwheat blinis with soured cream & caviar >

Box-baked cheese


Box-baked cheese >

Crab & rouille crostini with fish soup


Crab & rouille crostini with fish soup >

 

Crab, orange & fennel salad


Crab, orange & fennel salad >

 

Smoked venison with beetroot & juniper


Smoked venison with beetroot and juniper >

Chicken liver parfaits with sauternes jelly


Chicken liver parfaits with
sauternes jelly >

Tomato and feta flatbreads


Tomato and feta flatbreads >

Celeriac soup with toasted hazelnuts & truffle oil


Celeriac soup with toasted hazelnuts & truffle oil >

Crab salad with citrus mint dressing


Crab salad with citrus mint dressing >

Hot-smoked salmon with quick-pickled cucumber & horseradish crème fraîche


Hot-smoked salmon with quick-pickled cucumber & horseradish crème fraîche >

Prawn cocktail


Prawn cocktail >

Shellfish platter with three dipping sauces


Shellfish platter with three dipping sauces >

Red cabbage and caraway soup with horseradish


Red cabbage and caraway soup with horseradish >

Guinea fowl pastilla


Guinea fowl pastilla >

 

Cacio e pepe fondue


Cacio e pepe fondue >

Martin Morales’ potato cakes with salmon tartare


Martin Morales’ potato cakes with salmon tartare >

Houmous with lamb, cauliflower and pine nuts


Houmous with lamb, cauliflower and pine nuts >

Sweetcorn polenta fritters with sweet chilli and avocado


Sweetcorn polenta fritters with
sweet chilli and avocado >

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