Plan Your Christmas 2023
at The Essex

Festive Lunch Menu

To start

Ham Hock Terrine

Slow cooked honey glazed ham hock terrine, served with dressed mixed leaves and freshly baked ciabatta bread

Parsnip Soup (vg)

Creamy parsnip soup finished with truffle oil and served with freshly baked ciabatta bread

Main Courses

All served with traditional festive trimmings and seasonal vegetables

Roast Turkey

Roasted Turkey breast wrapped in bacon and filled with sage and onion stuffing.

Pan Fried Sea Bass

Pan fried Sea bass fillet with tenderstem broccoli finished with a dill butter

Vegetable Filo Parcel (vg)

Roasted vegetables wrapped in filo pastry served on a chive cream sauce

Desserts

Christmas Pudding

Traditional festive pudding with Brandy sauce and redcurrants

Chocolate & Raspberry Torte (vg)

Chocolate biscuit base filled with a Belgian dark chocolate and raspberry filling, finished with raspberry and chocolate biscuit crumb

Festive Dinner Menu

To start

Ham Hock Terrine

Slow cooked honey glazed ham hock terrine, served with dressed mixed leaves and freshly baked ciabatta bread

Parsnip Soup (vg)

Creamy parsnip soup finished with truffle oil and served with freshly baked ciabatta bread

Main Courses

All served with traditional festive trimmings and seasonal vegetables

Roast Turkey

Roasted Turkey breast wrapped in bacon and filled with sage and onion stuffing.

Pan Fried Sea Bass

Pan fried Sea bass fillet with tenderstem broccoli finished with a dill butter

Vegetable Filo Parcel (vg)

Roasted vegetables wrapped in filo pastry served on a chive cream sauce

Desserts

Christmas Pudding

Traditional festive pudding with Brandy sauce and redcurrants

Chocolate & Raspberry Torte (vg)

Chocolate biscuit base filled with a Belgian dark chocolate and raspberry filling, finished with raspberry and chocolate biscuit crumb

Festive Party Night Menu

To start

Ham Hock Terrine

Slow cooked honey glazed ham hock terrine, served with dressed mixed leaves and freshly baked ciabatta bread

Parsnip Soup (vg)

Creamy parsnip soup finished with truffle oil and served with freshly baked ciabatta bread

Main Courses

All served with traditional festive trimmings and seasonal vegetables

Roast Turkey

Roasted Turkey breast wrapped in bacon and filled with sage and onion stuffing.

Pan Fried Sea Bass

Pan fried Sea bass fillet with tenderstem broccoli finished with a dill butter

Vegetable Filo Parcel (vg)

Roasted vegetables wrapped in filo pastry served on a chive cream sauce

Desserts

Christmas Pudding

Traditional festive pudding with Brandy sauce and redcurrants

Chocolate & Raspberry Torte (vg)

Chocolate biscuit base filled with a Belgian dark chocolate and raspberry filling, finished with raspberry and chocolate biscuit crumb

New Year's Eve Menu

To start

Chicken & Smoked Ham Hock Terrine.

Chicken and smoked slow-cooked ham hock, served with dressed mixed leaves, red onion marmalade and freshly baked ciabatta bread.

Calamari

Lightly fried calamari rings served with a homemade tartare sauce.

Butternut Squash Soup (vg)

Creamy roasted butternut squash soup finished served with freshly baked ciabatta bread.

Intermediate Course

Champagne sorbet

Main Courses

All served with traditional festive trimmings and seasonal vegetables.

Braised Beef

Slow cooked beef in a Chianti sauce with baby onions.

Chicken & Mushroom Supreme

Oven roasted chicken supreme in a creamy, herb and mushroom sauce.

Sea Bass with Chorizo

Pan fried Sea bass fillet with chorizo and a cream and white wine sauce, served with tenderstem broccoli.

Mushroom & Chestnut Wellington (vg)

Herby mushrooms and roasted chestnuts wrapped in puff pastry and served with vegan onion gravy.

Desserts

Lemon Cheesecake

A biscuit based lemon cheesecake topped with a lemon and orange marbled glaze.

Chocolate and Raspberry Tart (vg)

Chocolate biscuit crumb topped with a Belgian chocolate and raspberry filling sprinkled with a chocolate biscuit crumb.

Winter Pavlova

Meringue nest with Chantilly cream topped with winter berries and a red berry coulis.