Below are example Christmas menus from 2005
The Abbotsford Arms Hotel
Menu
Smoked Salmon
Scottish smoked salmon served on a bed of seasonal salad leaves
drizzled with honey and mustard dressing
Flat Cap Mushrooms
Flat cap mushrooms topped with blue cheese served with seasonal salad leaves
and a ribbon of balsamic vinaigrette
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Broccoli and Toasted Almond Soup
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Traditional Roast Turkey
Served with roast potatoes, chipolatas wrapped in bacon,
chestnut stuffing & winter vegetables
Tournedos Rossini
6oz fillet steak topped with chicken liver pate, sat on a parsley crouton
drizzled with a cognac reduction
Caramelised Onion and Goats Cheese Tart
Served on a bed of roasted peppers drizzled with basil oil
Baked Herb Crusted Fillet of Salmon
With lemon and chive butter served with a rocket and parmesan salad
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Christmas Pudding
Served with brandy sauce
Trio of Milk , Plain & White Chocolate Topped Profiteroles
Filled with chantilly cream
Tipsy Laird Trifle
Served with cream
Cheese and Biscuits
Orkney Cheddar, Smoked Applewood & Stilton cheese
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Coffee and Petite Fours
The Douglas Arms Hotel
Menu
Soup of the Day
Crown of Gala Melon
Filled with exotic fruits
Timbale of Smoked Salmon
Topped with a prawn mousse
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Capon Consume
Orange Sorbet
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Roast Turkey with Chipolata & Chestnut Stuffing
Accompanied with a rosemary gravy
Sirloin of Scottish Roast Beef
Served with seasonal potatoes and vegetables
Fillet of Monk Fish & Red Mallet
Served in a white wine sauce, accompanied with mussels
Portobello Mushrooms
With Mediterranean vegetables, topped with camembert
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Sant Apore (profiteroles)
Traditional Christmas Pudding
Baked Alaska
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Coffee and Mints
The Crosshill Arms Hotel
Menu
Scotch Broth
Served with a crusty roll
Pate
Our own home made chicken liver pate
served with onion marmalade and hot toast
Prawn Cocktail
Norwegian prawns and seasonal salad leaves covered with
Marie Rose sauce and served with brown bread & butter
Goats cheese tarts (V)
Filo tarts stuffed with goats cheese oven baked and
served with a sweet pear chutney
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Traditional Roast Turkey
Served with roast potatoes, chipolatas wrapped in bacon
chestnut stuffing and winter vegetables
Roast Beef
Roasted prime scotch rib roast, served with Yorkshire pudding
roast potatoes & winter vegetables
Butternut & Saffron Risotto (V)
Served with parmesan shavings and drizzled with basil oil
Poached Salmon
Served in a lemon and parsley butter
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Christmas Pudding
Served with brandy sauce
Sherry Trifle
Served with cream
Tiramisu
Traditional Italian sweet of coffee soaked Savioardi biscuits
topped with liqueur laced whipped mascarpone cheese
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Coffee or Tea
Served with chocolate mints
Smugglers Inn Christmas Menu - please contact the hotel directly on 01333310506
Laurelbank Hotel Christmas Menu - please contact the hotel directly on 01596611205
The Royal Hotel Christmas Menu - please visit www.theroyalhotel.net