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Organic globe artichoke baked with emmental
cheese in the Italian style with a tomato sauce
Baked fillet of lemon sole on a lemon &
asparagus risotto
Melon & organic ginger wine cocktail
Poached sirloin of beef
Nutmeg potatoes; braised organic leeks; sautéed
breadcrumbed courgettes; braised carrots &
mushrooms; broad beans with bacon & onion
Mint ice cream in a brandy snap basket with
mango & passion fruit; strawberry & orange
salad; macaroon biscuits
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Chilled gazpacho with a mezze of baby vine
tomatoes, croûtons, spring onions, red pepper,
cucumber & avocado
Filet of sea bream with a mousseline of
salmon, organic spinach & shallots
Organic melon, cherry & port cocktail
Pan fried breast of guinea fowl (free range,
from France) with a pink grapefruit sauce
Pembrokeshire new potatoes with mint; broad
beans with parsley sauces; braised organic
carrots with freshly shelled peas; stuffed
mushrooms with chicken, shallots & basil;
breadcrumbed, sautéed courgettes
Lemon ice cream in a brandy snap basket with
roast grapes; peaches Penelope (with strawberry
mousse & raspberries; orange compotepe (with
strawberry mousse & raspberries; orange compote
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Vegetable garden strudel (in our own rough
puff pastry made from organic flour & butter)
with asparagus
Tomato mousse (with basil, chives, mayonnaise
& yogurt), spinach soufflé & roast red onion
Mandarin sorbet with organic melon & grapes
Escalope of loin of lamb breadcrumbed &
sautéed (alternative: pork tenderloin
breadcrumbed & sautéed)
Berrichone potatoes; stuffed mushrooms with
cream cheese & shallots; sweet corn & spring
onion fritters; sautéed cauliflower with
parmesan, parsley & breadcrumbs; baby organic
carrots braised
Organic strawberries in strawberry & cava jelly;
vanilla panacotta with cherries; honey,
Drambuie, raisin & almond petits fours
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| Thursday 17
July 2008 The first night of our off-road
motorbike rally guests, and a family celebration
of the mother graduating from Aberystwyth with a
first class arts degree; for one guest no meat
or fish
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Friday 18 July
2008 This menu had to avoid gluten, and for
one guest meat; because it was the second of
four dining evenings for one couple, we provided
an alternative main course for them
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Saturday 19
July 2008 Saturdays tend to be our most
popular evening, for locals from up to 30 miles
away, and for guests on a weekend break
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Parma-ham wrapped asparagus (red pepper in
place of ham for one) breadcrumbed and sautéed,
served with pink and yellow grapefruit
Soufflé mousseline (emmental & parmesan) with
roast tomato sauce
Melon, orange & ginger cocktail
Braciole of sirloin of beef with free range
chicken breast, herb & mushroom & shallot
stuffing OR fillet of organically farmed salmon
en croûte with herb & mushroom stuffing
Potato creçy; sweet potato & spinach
fritters; courgettes surprise (with cheese
stuffing); steamed French beans; broccoli with
coconut & lightly creamed butternut squash
Warm bitter chocolate tartlet with ivory ice
cream in a brandy snap basket with bitter orange
sauce; poached pears & raspberries; meringue
nests with blackberries
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Roasted pepper timbale & caramelised pear
with pecan & Roquefort salad, beetroot & apple
with horseradish & crème fraîche
Onion marmalade cheesecake (one with
courgette as base) with roast red onions & slow
roasted baby tomatoes
Grape & melon sorbet with apple crisps
Poached guinea fowl breast with spinach &
juniper berries stuffing, served with spinach &
shallot & puy lentils OR pan fried fillet of
salmon with puy lentils & spinach OR roast
sirloin of beef on a bed of vegetables
Sautéed barrel potatoes; sweetcorn & spring
onion fritters; steamed runner beans; braised
carrots with spring onions & freshly shelled
peas; stuffed cabbage with rice & currants &
shallots
Banana & passion fruit soufflé (no flour or
dairy in this Le Gavroche/Michel Roux recipe);
lemon & yogurt iced parfait; berry & peaches
fruit salad
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Consommé with chicken & chive quenelles
Fishcakes made with Graig Farm organically
farmed salmon, served on a tomato carpaccio with
tomato crisps
Chilled cherry & rosé wine soup
Roast leg of lamb with honey & rosemary
Berrichone potatoes; courgette & mint
fritters; stuffed mushrooms with spinach & cream
cheese & shallots; leeks mornay; sautéed
cauliflower with garlic
New York cheesecake with rhubarb & ginger
compote; crustade of apples with calvados crème
fraîche; warm strawberries in sweet Bordeaux
wine
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| Sunday 20 July
2008 We had a birthday celebration this
evening, and for two guests here for the World
Enduro Championships, which Llanidloes hosted in
2008, it was their fourth evening of dining with
us
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Thank you so much for making my mother, Dorothy,
feel so special on her 93rd birthday. A splendid
evening, we all loved the food and the
presentation and ambience were superb.
Jacquie, David & Dianna,
Caersws, April 2004
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Saturday 9
August 2008 We had one guest this evening who
must avoid gluten and dairy products (she was
happy to skip the bread and the trifle), another
who dislikes lamb, and three guests (including a
lady celebrating her 75th birthday) who only
like fish or chicken
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My anything salad (inspired by the chef David
Nicholls): leaves, sugar snap peas, asparagus,
French beans, sautéed mushrooms & red onions,
avocado, salad potatoes, spring onions,
croûtons, cherry tomatoes, sautéed chicken
breast, Dijon dressing
Goujons of lemon sole on a spiced sweet
potato mash (inspired by Steven Doherty), with
ginger & spring onion & soya sauce dressing
Melon and parma ham
Filet of beef cooked in herb bread with
Madeira sauce (another David Nicholls recipe)
Minted new potatoes; broccoli timbale; carrot
& courgette stir fry; steamed green beans;
tomatoes stuffed with spiced aubergine
Richard Ekkebus's Revisited lime tart (with
lemon custard, lime foam, caramelised rice
crispies, lime sorbet and lime peel preserve);
shortbread millefeuille with fresh berries &
cream; oranges in cointreau with mango ice cream
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Thanks very much
indeed for an excellent evening. Margaret has
received several phone calls of thanks this
morning. Everyone was impressed by the
excellence of the food, the warmth of the
welcome and the general atmosphere. Please
extend our thanks to Roy for the quality of the
food. We were all certainly well impressed.
Gareth, Newtown
(referring to the evening on 12 January 2006)
Many, many thanks
for giving my father a wonderful 80th birthday
(referring to the evening on 28 December 2005).
The evening was a delight, the food superb and
the company and singing a joy.
Ann & family,
Llanidloes, January 2006
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Gordon Ramsay's roasted tomato soup with
brioche
Poached fillet of sea bream with a monkfish
mousseline, on a spiced sweet potato mash with
ginger & spring onion dressing & poached pear
with horseradish crème fraîche (plain for one)
Grape, greengage, kiwi & mandarin cocktail
Roast saddle of lamb (our butcher was a guest
at this dinner, with his mother, sisters and
aunt, and supplied the lamb) OR pot roast guinea
fowl OR pan fried suprême of salmon trout with
'creamed' puy lentils & shallots
Creçy potatoes; steamed runner beans;
courgette & mint & feta balls (plan sautéed
courgette for one); stuffed cabbage (with
basmati, shallots, currants, cinnamon); braised
leeks with cornflour thickened vegetable stock
sauce
Banana & passion fruit soufflé (see 18 July
menu); Heston Blumenthal trifle (sponge fingers
soaked in green tea, egg custard, sherry, lemon
& lime syllabub); warm strawberries in dessert
wine
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