Weddings & Civil Partnerships

Aniseed wedding & civil partnership menus are designed to give you both choice and flexibility in the style of food and service.

Each menu is bespoke and tailored to your individual requirements complimenting the theme, style and colours of your very special day.

Please contact us to discuss your wedding menu requirements on 0117 954 2251 to obtain a free no-obligation quote.

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Starter

Summer roast vegetable minestrone with soft goats cheese and basil croutons

Salad of char-grilled asparagus, garlic croutons with a lemon dressing and Monchego shavings

Pressed terrine of chicken and oyster mushrooms with a tomato and grain mustard dressing

Sweet potato and goats cheese tart in a thyme crust with tomato & chive dressing

Potted honey roast salmon and dill with walnut pave toasts

Dressed crab salad with spiced tomatoes and avocado purée

Marinated baby squid and mange tout salad with a chilli, lime dressing

Smoked salmon and dill tian with a warm potato galette and a fennel, apple salad

Crayfish ceviche in the shell with chilli, ginger, tomato and coriander

Asparagus spears roasted in a puff pastry case topped with poached quail eggs and hollandaise sauce

Cocktail of crab with retro mayonnaise and soft herbs

Main

Roast breast of chicken with butter roasted potatoes, bread sauce and red wine thyme gravy

Breast of chicken in lime butter with leeks, creamy roasted garlic mash and a lemon thyme jus

Roast loin of pork with sage and onion stuffing served with roast fennel, spring greens, pancetta and roasting juices

Pork belly with smoked garlic croquettes, root vegetable puree and cider sauce

Fillet of beef with roasted summer vegetables, sweet potato wedges and gorgonzola butter

Char-grilled marinated lamb rack with asparagus, jersey royals and mint hollandaise

Smoked haddock with asparagus spears, buttered jersey royals a poached egg and a lemon butter sauce

Fillet of salmon wrapped in pancetta oven baked served with jersey royals and pea purée

Home-salt cod with French beans, char-grilled sweet potatoes and a horse radish, walnut sauce

Grilled Portobello mushroom with mozzarella and tomato & pistachio dressing

Dessert

Glazed lemon tart with crème fraiche and raspberry coulis

Vanilla panna cotta with Grand Marnier marinated strawberries

Passion fruit and lime syllabub with coconut tuilles

Rhubarb compote with cardamom custard and pistachio crackle

Raspberry and hazelnut crème brûlée with aniseed biscuits

Rhubarb and ginger bread cheese cake

Chocolate tart with honeycomb crunch and salted caramel ice cream

Raspberry and meringue fool with lavender short bread

Raspberry, white chocolate and pistachio profiteroles

Vanilla yoghurt pannacotta with strawberry mousse and strawberry glee

Duo of dark mint and white chocolate mousses with a coconut cookie crunch

Exotic fruit cocktail with mango sorbet and a white chocolate foam

Alternative Courses

The following alternative courses can be exchanged for any course from our sit down menu above, providing a more relaxed, less formal dining style.

Sharing platters can replace the starter course, placed on the table for guests to help themselves.

Butchers block served on a carving board with a knife ready for the host of each table to carve.

Whole desserts can be substituted for the plated dessert, these are placed on the table for guests to help themselves.

Sharing Platters

Terrines

Terrine of chicken and wild mushrooms

Terrine of salmon mousse, spinach wrapped in lemon sole fillets

Compression of summer vegetables set in a red pepper mousse

Terrine of local game with a spiced recurrent jelly

Meats

Charcuterie platter of cooked and cured meats served with home made preserves

Fish

Platter of cured and smoked fish served with a brandy & dill dressing

Vegetarian

Marinated char-grilled vegetables, halloumi cheese, hummus & olives

All platters include a selection of artisan breads

Butchers Block

Peppery parmesan-crusted roast topside of beef, roasted potatoes served with a watercress pistou

Honey baked horse shoe ham with minted new potatoes and parsley sauce

Pan roasted chicken portions with dauphiniose potatoes and roasting juices

Slow-roasted pork shoulder with duck fat roasted potatoes and a scrimpy & apple sauce

Stuffed whole salmon oven baked served with herb roasted new potatoes and a mustard, dill sauce

Roast saddle of lamb stuffed with roasted garlic and rosemary served with dauphiniose potatoes and red wine, red current jus

All of the above are served with seasonal vegetables

Whole Dessert

Tower of profiteroles with a brandy and chocolate sauce

Bowls Summer fruit salad in aniseed syrup with cinnamon crisps

Sticky meringue nest with strawberries and passion fruit coulis

Homemade chocolate brownies with vanilla whipped cream

Summer berry compote with elderflower cream

Rhubarb and custard trifle

Marshmallow and fresh strawberries skewers with dark chocolate dipping sauce

Cheese course

A selection of English, West Country and Welsh cheeses Served with oat cakes, crackers , homemade chutney, grapes and celery.

Extra Courses

Add any of the following extra courses to your wedding sit down meal for an additional
charge.

Amuse Bouche

Cornish crab bisque laced with a brandy tarragon cream

Roasted butternut and coriander soup with crisp smoked bacon

Cream of pea and mint soup with lemon thyme croutons

Sorbet Course

Lemon & lime

Raspberry

Strawberry & elderflower

Pink grapefruit

Cheese Course

A selection of English, West Country and Welsh cheeses

Served with oat cakes, crackers, homemade chutney, grapes and celery.

Petit Fours

Selection of hand made petit fours served with coffee

Children’s Meals

Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Suppliers Meals

Please contact us to discuss your requirements