Roast Parsnip & Apple Soup
Parsnip crisps, crispy sprouts
Please ask if you would prefer this dish to be vegan
Festive menu 2022 at Browns Reading.
Christmas 2022 is set to be our most memorable festive season yet. Our chefs are finalising the finishing touches on our magical menus. Watch this space to be the first to see what we have in store.
Sample Festive Menu
Starters
North Atlantic Prawn Cocktail
Classic cocktail sauce, buttered sourdough
Duck Parfait
Bramley apple purée, pumpkin seed brittle, pickled blackberries
Glazed Shallot Tarte Tatin
Warm green bean salad, rocket pesto, salted seed granola
Smoked Salmon
Beetroot, lemon crème fraiche, dill mustard dressing, dark rye
Mains
Browns Festive Turkey
Cranberry stuffing, pigs in blankets, garlic & thyme roast potatoes, maple roast carrots and parsnips, red wine jus
Slow-Cooked Belly of Pork
Grain mustard mash, baby fennel, cavolo nero, crackling, orange & white wine sauce
Fillet of Salmon
Basil & lemon crumb, sautéed heritage potatoes, samphire, seafood & white wine velouté
Braised Blade of Beef
Bubble & squeak, forestiere sauce, horseradish crème fraîche, crispy onions
All of the above dishes are served with mulled wine braised red cabbage and shaved Brussels sprouts with chestnuts
Spiced Roast Pumpkin
Walnut & almond roast, hummus, pomegranate, mint & almond pesto, shaved Brussels sprouts with chestnuts
Desserts
Christmas Pudding
Vanilla bean custard, brandy butter
Dark Chocolate Torte
Brandy snap basket, vanilla ice cream
Salted Caramel Profiteroles
Devon cream toffee sauce
Spiced Orange & Cranberry Posset
Candied orange peel, cinnamon dusted biscuits
Apple & Cherry Crumble
Ginger ice cream
Please ask if you would prefer this dish to be vegan
To Finish
British Cheeseboard
Double Gloucester, Shropshire Blue, Barbers Farmhouse Cheddar, Cricket St Thomas Somerset Camembert, sourdough crisps, fig & Bramley apple chutney, celery
Sample Children's Festive Menu
Starters
Tomato & Basil Soup
Sourdough bread & butter
Prawn Cocktail
Chopped iceberg, classic cocktail sauce
Garlic Bread
Toasted sourdough, garlic & parsley butter
Vegetable Cruditès
Cucumber, carrot & pepper batons, smashed avocado
Mains
Browns Festive Turkey
Roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts with chestnuts, maple roast carrots & parsnips, cranberry stuffing, pigs in blankets, onion gravy
Tomato Linguine
Slow roasted hierloom tomato sauce
Fillet of Salmon
Buttered mash, dressed watercress
Desserts
Salted Caramel Profiteroles
Whipped cream
Ice Cream
Choose two scoops of vanilla or chocolate
Home-Baked Chocolate Brownie
Honeycomb ice cream
Fresh Berries
Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, raspberry sorbet
Sample Menus.
