event menus

Our chef, Carl Dovey, revels in fresh ingredients, big flavours and imaginative combinations. His inventive cuisine draws diners from across the East Midlands to Kilworth House.

Christmas Season Menu

Cream of sweet potato
and butternut squash soup

or

Home smoked salmon
with a potato and onion salad
and lemon and lime dressing

or

Sautéed pigeon breast
with lentil and woodland mushroom risotto
and balsamic jus

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Norfolk turkey parcel
filled with sage and onion stuffing
accompanied with roasted potatoes
bacon roll and cranberry jus

or

Roasted rump of lamb
with minted royal potato, pumpkin
and beetroot port sauce

or

Fillet of seabass
with spinach and new potato ragout
and shellfish broth

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Christmas pudding
with brandy ice-cream
and custard

or

Chocolate tart
with orange cream

or

Raspberry mirror
with white chocolate sauce and mint jelly

-

Coffee
and mini mince pies

Christmas Season Vegetarian Menu

Cream of sweet potato
and butternut squash soup gluten and wheat free

or

Winter roasted vegetable salad
with artichoke and pine nut dressing vegetarian, gluten and wheat free

or

Sweet melon ribbons
with plum and date chutney vegetarian, gluten and wheat free

-

Parsnip and swede risotto
finished with olives

or

Cottage cheese and spinach tart
with carrot purée

or

Garlic and thyme roasted vegetables vegetarian, gluten and wheat free
with lemon couscous

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Suitable for vegan vegetarian or gluten free diets gluten and wheat free

Kilworth Presents... Menu

Red onion and stilton tart
with winter leaves
and balsamic dressing

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Rump of lamb
with tarragon, tomato and lentil jus
and fondant potato

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Chocolate and black cherry tart

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Coffee and petit four

Charity Gala Dinner Menu

Winter nibbles on arrival served in the cellar bar

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Smoked salmon and prawn parfait
with cucumber and shallot salsa

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Fillet of beef with prune and apricot jus
and rosemary and garlic royal potato

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Lemon and lime
meringue tart

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Coffee and petit fours

The Staging Post Christmas Menu

Wild mushroom
and chestnut soup

-

Turkey parcel filled with stuffing
served with roast potatoes, carrots, sprouts
roasted parsnips and a bacon roll

or

Parsnip and swede risotto
finished with olives vegetarian

-

Christmas pudding pannacotta

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Coffee and mini mince pies

 

Suitable for a vegan diet vegetarian

Christmas Day Menu

Sweet melon ribbons
with a plum and date chutney

or

Chicken liver parfait
with ginger brioche, port wine and shallot chutney

or

Smoked haddock and crab risotto
with coriander pesto

or

Charred asparagus
with red pepper mousse and goat’s cheese fondue

-

Leek and potato velouté

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Lemon sorbet

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Roast Norfolk turkey parcel filled with stuffing
bacon roll, roast potatoes and bread sauce

or

Fillet of beef with dauphinoise potato,
sautéed peppers and onions and wild mushroom jus

or

Vegetable nut cutlet
with herb cream

or

Baked cod with a parmesan and watercress crust
served with aioli potato, tiger prawn and butter sauce

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Christmas pudding
with brandy ice-cream and custard

or

Vanilla pannacotta
with berry compote

or

Cappuccino coffee cup

or

Mandarin and white chocolate
cheesecake

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Coffee and mini mince pies

Boxing Day Menu

Mushroom and sweet chestnut soup

or

Crab cake and oriental vegetable salad
with black bean sauce

or

Seared beef salad with horseradish
served with a carrot salad and watercress purée

or

Traditional smoked salmon
with all the trimmings

or

Goat’s cheese and red onion tart
with winter leaf salad and cherry tomatoes

-

Roast strip-loin of beef with Yorkshire pudding
roast potatoes and red wine jus

or

Pork cutlet with apple stuffing
sage and garlic new potatoes and cider sauce

or

Braised lamb shank
with ratatouille vegetables and thyme mash

or

Supreme of salmon
rosti potato, wilted Bok choi, scallop and dill butter sauce

or

Parsnip and swede risotto finished with olives

-

Christmas pudding
with brandy ice-cream and custard

or

Rhubarb and apple crumble

or

Chocolate crème brulée

or

Coconut parfait
with pineapple crisps

or

Cheese selection

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Coffee, mini mince pies and petit fours

New Year's Eve Menu

Chicken and duck liver parfait
with orange and black cherry pickle

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White onion velouté

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Fillet of lemon sole
with mini fondant, baby prawns and spinach cream

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Champagne ice

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Fillet of beef
with croquette potatoes,
sun-blushed cherry tomatoes and peppercorn jus

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Trio of chocolate with honeycomb ice-cream

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Coffee and petit fours

New Year's Day Menu

Mushroom and sweet chestnut soup

or

Crab cake and oriental vegetable salad
with black bean sauce

or

Seared beef salad with horseradish
served with a carrot salad and watercress purée

or

Traditional smoked salmon
with all the trimmings

or

Goat’s cheese and red onion tart
with winter leaf salad and cherry tomatoes

-

Roast strip-loin of beef with Yorkshire pudding
roast potatoes and red wine jus

or

Pork cutlet with apple stuffing
sage and garlic new potatoes and cider sauce

or

Braised lamb shank
with ratatouille vegetables and thyme mash

or

Supreme of salmon
rosti potato, wilted Bok choi, scallop and dill butter sauce

or

Parsnip and swede risotto finished with olives

-

Bread and butter pudding
with brandy ice-cream and custard

or

Rhubarb and apple crumble

or

Chocolate crème brulée

or

Coconut parfait
with pineapple crisps

or

Cheese selection

-

Coffee and petit fours