Local pubs join forces to celebrate British Food Fortnight

11th September 2009, 4:17pm

Local pubs including The Ship in Wandsworth, The Devonshire in Balham and The White Hart in Littleton-on-Severn, Bristol, will be launching a selection of new seasonal menus and special events to coincide with British Food Fortnight.

The Young pubs will serve a dedicated British Food Fortnight menu which includes pan seared Cornish scallops with black pudding, wild mushrooms and Addlestones cider sauce; classic London Particular; and potted red mullet and brown shrimps with smoked paprika butter to start.

For main courses, treats include featherblade of Exmoor beef, Bombardier and oyster pie; slow cooked Somerset pork belly with braised red cabbage; wild Scottish lion of venison with puy lentils, black cherries and horseradish jus; or roast pheasant casserole with pearl barley and thyme dumplings.

For dessert, diners can indulge in bread and butter pudding with honey ice cream and apple tuile; lemon posset with gingerbread biscuits; or treacle tart with wicked Glenmorangie cream. The menu will be priced at £12.95 for two courses and £14.95 for three.

Aside from the food will be masterclasses hosted by renowned cookery writer and author, Maxine Clark. At The Ship in Wandsworth and The White Hart in Littleon-on-Severn, Bristol on 29th September and 1st October, guests will be able to enjoy an introduction to game meats, learn how to decipher between cuts, how to prepare them and how create great game dishes at home.

They will also receive a complimentary goody bag to take home, complete with Maxine's recipe book, selected Highland Game products and British drinks.

British Food Fortnight rund from 19th September to 4 October.

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