Alternative Starters and Puddings

starters and puddings menus

Alternative Starters and Puddings suggestions.

Here’s a few different starters and desserts which can easily be incorporated into the dinner of formal buffet menus. The hors d’oeuvres platters are particularly popular as they give you the chance to have a variety of different starters on one platter which is then passed round for guests to help themselves. The beauty of this is that you can in fact offer any variety of different dishes and come up with a different and memorable menu.

Likewise with the puddings. The assiettes are particularly popular as they give bite size portions of different desserts and if you don’t like our suggestions you can design your own.

Cold Starters

Smoked Chicken & Bacon Salad with a Lime & Coriander Dressing

Spinach Roulade filled with Smoked Salmon, Salmon & Prawns drizzled with a Dressing of Lime & Dill

Chicken Liver Paté served with Mixed Leaves & an Onion Marmalade

Rocket, Sweet Pear & Walnut Salad with Dovedale Blue Cheese & Slivers of Parmesan

Half Baby Pineapple with Mango, Passion Fruit & Strawberries Laced with Malibu

Hot Starters

Thai Fish Cakes with a Chilli & Garlic Dipping Sauce

Stir-Fried Tiger Prawn Tails with Chilli, Lemon Grass, Garlic & Ginger

Caramelised Onion Tart served with Mixed Leaves and a Balsamic Dressing

Wild Mushroom & Brie Filo Tart

Roasted Red Onion, Leek & Roquefort Tart with a Parmesan Pastry Crust

Twice Baked Cheese Souffle with a Champagne Cream Sauce

Mixed Hors D'Oeuvres

A Platter of starters can be served to each table for guests to help themselves.
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Mozzarella, Proscuitto, Tapenade, Vine Cherry Tomatoes, Olives & Ciabatta With Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar

Honeydew Melon, Prawns, Salmon Mousse & Parma Ham served with Baskets of Home-made Breads

Lakeland Platter: Cumberland Sausage Rings, Morecambe Bay Shrimps, Hawkshead Smoked Trout Paté, Waberthwaite Air Dried Ham served with Onion Bread

Soups and Sorbets

The following Soups & Sorbets can be added to any of the menus.
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Soup

Leek & Potato, Tomato, Apple & Celery, Broccoli & Stilton, Country Vegetable, Cream of Watercress, Cream of Mushroom, Carrot & Orange, Carrot & Coriander, Chicken & Vegetable.

Sorbet

Champagne, Pink Sparkling Wine, Green Apple & Mint, Damson Gin, Lime & Ginger, Passion Fruit

Alternative Puddings

Rhubarb Crumble

Tart Tatin with Clotted Cream

Bread & Butter Pudding

Chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding

Terrine of Summer Fruits in Pink Champagne

Banoffi Cheesecake with Toffee Sauce

Strawberry Mascarpone Tart

Chocolate Crème Brûlée

Brand Snap Baskets with Coconut Ice-Cream & Exotic Fruits

Eton Mess

Raspberry & Chocolate Tart

Pudding Assiettes

Sticky Assiette

Hot Sticky Toffee Pudding with Lakeland Ice-Cream & Toffee Sauce, Eton Mess Shot & Mini Crème Brulee

Strawberry Assiette

Strawberry Shortbread, Strawberry Cheesecake & Strawberry Meringue with Strawberry Ripple Ice-Cream

Lemon Assiette

Tarte au Citron, Lemoncello Mousse & Lemon Ice-Cream

Chocolate Assiette

Tricolour Chocolate Shot, Chocolate Truffle in Belgium Chocolate Cup & Chocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake

Alternative Starters and Puddings