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Menus

The following are sample menus, they may be tailored to suit the guests on board:

Sunday

Amuse-bouche
Foie gras on pain d'piece
Entree
Roast sweet corn soup with lobster and spiced butter
Main
Crispy skinned sea bass fillet on pea and mint puree with a truffle beurre blanc and watercress salad
Dessert
Sticky date pudding with whisky toffee sauce and cream fraiche

Monday

Buffet Lunch
Moule mariniere
Shrimp and celeriac remoulade
Watercress, frisse, fennel and orange Salad
Grilled vegetable, artichoke and ficotta tart with fruit chutney
Insalata caprese – mozzarella, basil, tomato, spanish onion vinaigrette

Amuse-bouche
Wholemeal pancakes topped with duck and red pepper chutney
Entree
Tempura zucchini flowers stuffed with chevre, honey and thyme with beetroot relish
Main
Chicken breast stuffed with morel mushrooms wrapped in jambon cru with asparagus tips, pesto quinoa and a light chicken jus.
Dessert
Raspberry brioche with a white chocolate sauce

Tuesday
 
Buffet Lunch
Honey cured pork fillet mignon studded with clove and a orange and garlic glaze
Smoked salmon and camenbert quiche
Potato and egg salad with tarragon and sundried tomato
Baby spinach, parmesan and crouton salad
Melon and proscuitto

Amuse-bouche
Beetroot and walnut pate on wholemeal crostini
Entree
Caramelized onion of suxonne, St. Agur and pear tart
Main
Rosemary and garlic marinated lamb loin, herbed cous cous, steamed broccoli and red current, red wine jus
Dessert
Peach tartin with a vanilla and pecan ice cream

Wednesday

Amuse-bouche
French sausage and comte en croute
Entree
Quail marinated in citrus and genepi on creamy polenta
Main
Twice cooked pork belly, asian style salad with chilli caramel dressing and basmati rice
Dessert
Lime and rhubarb poussette with an almond tuilles

Thursday
 

Buffet Lunch
Oven baked salmon fillet with a dill hollandaise
Spinach, tomato and  chevre quiche
Mesclun and boccocini salad
Chickpea, peppers, and feta salad
Green bean and tomato Salad with basil vinaigrette

Amuse-bouche 
  Quail egg and caviar tartlet
Entree
Spicy capsicum soup
Main
Fillet d'boeuf et foie gras en croute, feta and rosemary potato smash, roasted cherry tomatoes and wilted spinach
Dessert
White and dark chocolate mousse with strawberry and mint salsa

Friday
 

Buffet Lunch 
  Dijon mustard encrusted veal fillet
Savoyard tart
Cous cous salad
Roast root vegetables with feta and toasted seeds
Rocket bleu cheese and pear salad 
 
Amuse-bouche
Thai sweet corn and coriander fritters with chutney
Entree
Dill and crab cakes with a campari sorbet
Main
Confit de canard with a cherry glace, celeriac and potato gratin and grilled courgettes
Dessert
French lemon yart with a raspberry coulis and fromage blanc

 
Each dinner is accompanied by wines representative of the main wine regions of France

 

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