Main Course

Jambalaya-

a rice dish of lean pork, smoked pork sausage, mushrooms, peppers and flavoured with allspice

Chicken Basque -

Chorizo, red peppers and chicken mingle within saffron rice

Nasi Goreng -

Indonesian dish of fried rice with shrimps and chicken flavoured with galangal and ketjap

CHICKEN

Medallions with mushroom and thyme sauce

Chicken in sticky Lemon Sauce

Chicken with watercress, lemon and caper sauce

Chicken Puttanesca 

(tomato, chilli, black olive & caper sauce)

Hawaiian Chicken

(chicken fillets with ginger and pineapple)

Chicken, Brie, Red Pepper Puff Pie -

(layers of the same encased in puff pastry)

Catalan Chicken

(chicken fillet with sherry, tomato and red peppers)

Pollo a Cacciatore

(slices of chicken in a rosemary flavoured white wine sauce)

Thai spiced coriander Chicken

(marinated chicken in a picante, coriander sauce)

Majorca

(oranges, red peppers, green olives in a white wine sauce)

Rossini

(boned thighs stuffed with pate in a cream sauce)

Chicken & ham & / mushroom pie

Thai Green Curry

Groundnut stew

(chicken with peanuts in a creamy peanut sauce, slightly hot)

Medallions with mushroom and thyme sauce

Chicken Parmesan with basil sauce

Baked Chicken Maryland – quarters stuffed with a pepper, courgette, parmesan and herbs served with a creamy tomato sauce

Chicken Mozzarella

Gumbo – Creole dish with okra and spices

Chicken in Sherry and Tarragon sauce

BEEF

South American Beef, Sweet potato and Black Bean Stew

Bourguignonne

(beef with shallots, lardons and button mushrooms in a rich red wine sauce)

Carbonnade

(a lighter casserole but with a sturdy sauce of brown ale, mustard, brown sugar and other combinations)

A La Orange

(dark and rich. oranges, treacle and brandy)

Spicy Beef with Cashew nuts

(a creamy sauce made with coconut cream and flavoured with 'Asian' spices)

Burgundy Beef

(A dark, slightly sweet richness gained from lucious prunes and a heavy red wine)

Irish Tavern

(Guinness, herbs & topped with individual puff pasty)

Beef with Horseradish

(cream horseradish and spices of coriander and ginger)

Chinese steak

(thinly sliced steak marinated in sherry& green ginger then fried and served with the marinade sauce)

Agrodolce

(sweet-sour marinade, slowly cooked with pancetta, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and dark chocolate)

Goulash

(paprika and soured cream (other meats can be used)

Thai Red curry

Stroganoff

VENISON

Daube of Venison

LAMB

Tangine

(Moroccan dish of intoxicating spices: cloves, cinnamon, allspice and more and cooked with apricots)

Marsala wine Lamb

(fillets stuffed with almond based stuffing and cooked in Marsala wine)

Spicy Lamb

(cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar combine to make a wonderful aromatic sauce over fillets stuffed with a rice based stuffing)

Greek Filo Pie

(highly spiced lamb layers with sour cream and aubergines encased in Filo pastry)

Daube

(marinated in red wine and slowly cooked with a concoction of cloves, orange peel and various other spices

Kofta meatballs

(minced lamb with spices of cumin, mixed spice, fresh coriander)

Kashmir (Roghan Josh)

Boned loin encroute with mushroom and sherry sauce

Tenderloin in a Madeira sauce

Greek style Leg of Lamb

(marinated in a concoction of yoghurt and spices and slow cooked for hours)

Navarin

Moussaka

PORK

Calvados

(medallions of fillet in a calvados cream sauce with caramelised apples)

Tarragon

(medallions in a Tarragon cream sauce)

Nicoise

(pork cubes cooked in a red wind and tomato sauce with black olives and gherkins)

Stifado

(Marinated for 24hr in red wine, cloves, star anise, cinnamon sticks, herbs. cooked with root veg and tomatoes. Strained and served just as pork in a sauce)

Abondigas

(Spanish pork meatballs in a white wine sauce)

Asian Spicy pork Casserole

( Indian spices gives this a rich but sutle sauce)

Pork with ale, black pepper & prunes

(slow cooked, infuses into a rich caramelised casserole)

Medallions with mustard and Procuitto

Country Meat Loaf served with a tomato sauce

Caribbean Spiced pork

VEGETARIAN

Spinach, lentil and aubergine Moussaka

Spiced green lentil ragout

Valencia vegetables with saffron and almonds

Minted ratatouille Lasagne

Butternut and chilli risotto - the sweetness of the squash marries well with the spicy chilli

Lentil and cashew nut loaf

Tomato Summer Pudding –tomato, basil ragout in a bread case

Lentil and cheese loaf

Cashew and Mushroom loaf with (chilli) tomato sauce

Red Dragon Pie -

(a mixture of vegetables, aduki beans and rice in a soy sauce, tomato sauce under a snowy mashed potato topping)

Spanakopita –

(spinach and feta cheese in a filo pastry)

Smoked Applewood risotto cakes

Sweet and sour Sicilian aubergine stew

Braised mushroom and Jerusalem artichoke pie with cornmeal crust

Caramelised onion &Camembert parcels

Moroccan spicy brown rice with grilled vegetables

Saffron butternut squash cous cous / risotto

Mushroom Stroganoff

Red Lentil & Bean casserole - red lentils, mixed beans, roasted vegetables in a tomato & basil sauce

Layered tomato loaf

Three layered terrine – cheese, nuts and celery and tomatoes

Mushroom, pepper and pine nut loaf

Felafel with tahini sauce

Courgette patties with dill Tzatziki

Spiced chickpea cakes with red onion ~& coriander salsa

Vegetarian ghoulash with smoked pimenton

Courgette and herb filo pie

Bulghar shepherds pie

Various tarts and quiches

Stuffed Peppers

Various vegetable Risottos

Spiced Almond risotto

Fennel & spinach with lemon & garlic pangratto (breadcrumb topping)

Butternut and chilli

Cheesy baked Borlotti beans with spinach and onions ragout

Imam Bayildi

Spiced vegetable Pilau

Cashew Paella

Spicy savoury crumble

Country Hot-pot

Basque Ratatouille

Fish

Fish pie

(un-dyed smoked haddock, cod, prawns, salmon with either a potato or cous cous top)

Fish Provencal

(squid, prawns, monkfish, muscles, various seafood topped with scalloped aubergine, tomatoes and herbs0

Salmon fish cakes ( or other fish)

Salmon or Tuna steaks with avocado sauce

Thai fish cakes with red pepper sauce

Spanish fish casserole

(Monkfish, seafood in a ragout of tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Best served with chunks of bread).

If you have a ‘family favourite’ or dish that is not on my menu, please speak to me about it.