ALL COLD BUFFET MENUS ARRANGED BY THE INSTITUTES CATERING STAFF
(Prices on application)
 

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Cresta Caterers Standard Dinner Menu

From our standard menu you may choose the following:

Hors D'oeuvres or
Soup
One Main Course
Three Vegetable Dishes
Two Potato Dishes

One Dessert

Cheese board, Coffee & After Dinner Mints are included.

Should you wish to have Hors d oeuvres and soup there will be an extra charge. Please select one complete menu for the entire party.

HORS D' OEUVRES

Fresh Melon with Port
Melon Fan with a cascade of Fruits of the Forest
Ardennes or Brussels Pate, Salad of Mixed Green Leaves & Melba Toast
Smoked Mackerel & a Salad of Mixed Leaves
Stilton & Chestnut Pate with a Salad of Mixed Leaves & Melba Toast
Prawn Salad served with Creamy Marie Rose Sauce
Seafood Cocktail on a bed of Mixed Salad Leaves & served with Marie Rose Sauce
Greek Salad with Feta Cheese & Kalamati Olives
Caesar Salad
(Our own version of this ever-popular Salad)

SOUP

Cream of Asparagus
Minestrone
Tomato & Rosemary
Thick Country Vegetable
French Onion with a crisp Cheesy Crouton on top
Cawl Cennin or Cawl Cresta
(Our own vegetarian versions of these popular & traditional soups)
Stilton & Broccoli
Cream of Mushroom


MAIN COURSES

Roast Leg of Lamb, Mint Sauce & Redcurrant Jelly
Roast Turkey, Sausage, Stuffing & Cranberry Sauce
Roast Chicken, Sausage & Stuffing
Roast Leg of Pork & Apple Sauce
Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Horseradish Sauce & English Mustard
Chicken Chasseur with a robust Red Wine Sauce
Chicken a la King with a Creamy White Wine Sauce
Chicken Veronique in a White Wine Sauce & garnished with Green Grapes
Home-made Steak & Kidney Pie
Ty Mawr Pie (cubes of Steak & Mushrooms in Red Wine Sauce with a crisp pastry top)
Honey Roast Ham & Parsley Sauce
Darnes of fresh Salmon & Cucumber Sauce

VEGETABLES

Button Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower au Gratin
Baby Broad Beans
Cabbage Caerdydd
Chantenay Carrots
Roasted or Buttered Parsnips
Creamed Swede
Buttered Spinach
Braised Leeks
Petit Pois
French Beans
Sliced Green Beans
Broccoli Florets

POTATO DISHES

Buttered New Potatoes
Roast Potatoes
Creamed Potatoes
Duchesse Potatoes
Baby New Potatoes cooked in their skins
Potato Portuguese (creamed with diced tomato)
Canarian Roast Potatoes
Potato Suzanne (cooked with diced Onion & creamed)
Lyonnaise Potato
Potato Champ (Traditional Irish recipe with chives)
Potato Croquettes
Mustard Mashed Potato (with wholegrain mustard & cream)
Mediterranean Potatoes (Baby New Potatoes roasted in their skins with Olive Oil, Rosemary & Sliced Mixed Peppers

DESSERTS

Exotic Fresh Fruit Salad
Belgian Apple Flan
Apple Crumble
Fresh Cream Chocolate Gateaux
Coffee Mandarin Gateaux
Strawberry Gateaux
Vanilla, Blueberry or Toffee & Pecan Cheese Cake
Profiteroles with Chocolate Sauce
Chantilley Profiteroles with Toffee Sauce
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Miroir Citron
Lemon Meringue Pie
Chocolate Marquise
Home-made Bread & Butter Pudding

The Cheese Board
Stilton, Brie & Cheddar served with crisp biscuits, French bread and accompanying chutneys

Coffee & After Dinner Mints

This menu is priced at £18.50 and is subject to vat at the standard rate

Children's Meals on all food and drink packages:

0yrs to 2yrs - No Provisions, Free of Charge
3yrs to 10yrs - Half Price
11yrs + - Full Price


 
BBQ Menu

This menu includes a Jumbo Hotdog and a Welsh Black Beef Quarter Pound Burger per person and is served with a large selection of Home-made Salads, Coleslaws, Pickles & Sauces.

Please select an additional two items from the list below:


Lamb Steak & Mint Marinade Koftas
Honey Roast Chicken Pork /Chinese/BBQ Steaks
Tandoori Chicken Pork & Leek Sausages
Spicy Pork Spare Ribs Variety of Kebabs:- Pork, Chicken or Beef
Minted Lamb Chops Chilli Sausages
Sirloin Steak Cumberland Sausage
Sweet'n'sour Pork Ribs Hot New Baby Potatoes
Sesame Buns & French Sticks/Garlic Bread

This menu is priced at £9.50 per person and is subject to vat at the standard rate.

Extra items can be added at £2.00 per person.

 

 The Hog Roast Party

A whole succulent Pig cooked on our mobile gas spit.

Cooked to perfection by our Chef, the meat is carved and served in a large crusty roll. Sage and Onion Stuffing, Apple Sauce with Sauces and Pickles accompany it. A selection of our home-made Coleslaws and Salads are served from a buffet table.

The cost inclusive of all the above with all china, cutlery, napkins and buffet table service is
£815.00 + vat (£5.43 + vat per head based on 150 guests)

Extra meals can be provided at a cost of £4.80 per person.

Vegetarian or Chicken meals can also be provided for guests who do not eat Pork.
The charge for these meals is £4.80 per person.

B.B.Q and other menus incorporating our gas spit are available on request.

All prices quoted are subject to vat at the standard rate

  Cajun Night
Jambalaya
A generous portion of our special Jambalaya needs no accompaniments. Prawns, Chicken, Chorizo Sausage combined with the trinity of Celery, Peppers & Onions plus Cajun Spices make this a memorable supper dish.

This menu is priced at £7.00 per person.

All prices quoted are subject to vat at the standard rate

 Mexican & Italian Nights

Mexican

Chile Con Carne or Pollo en Adobe (Spicy Chicken in a rich Tomato & Chile Sauce)
Fiesta Rice
Tortillas
Guacamole & Spicy Salsa

This menus is priced at £7.00 per person.

Italian

Spaghetti Bolognese
Served with Parmesan Cheese & Garlic Bread
OR
Pasta al forno con salsa Fredda

Three colour Pasta spirals with a rich wild Mushroom, Tomato & Basil Sauce, topped with grated Cheese and served with Ciabbatta & Focaccia Bread.
OR
Lasagne Verdi
Generous portions of Lasagne served with a Salad of Crisp Leaves & Chuncks of Crunchy Baguette.

All of the above Italian meals are priced at £7.00 per person.

All prices quoted are subject to vat at the standard rate

 

Cresta Caterers - Curry Night

Chicken Balti, Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Madras, Chicken Korma, Beef Madras, Beef Dupiaza, Beef Korma, Vegetable Balti and Mushroom Korma

Please choose one Meat Curry and one Vegetarian alternative. These will be accompanied by: -
Naan Bread, Poppadoms, Onion Raita, Mango Chutney & Pillau Rice

The cost of the above is £7.00 per person.
If you would like two Meat plus one Vegetarian Curry please add £2.10 per person.

All prices quoted are subject to vat at the standard rate

 

 Crestas Caterers - Hot Fork Buffet

Traditional Dishes

Home-made Steak & Kidney Pie Chicken Veronique
Chicken Chasseur Chicken Tikka
Ty Mawr Pie Festival Chicken
Chicken & Leek Pie Chicken a la King
Ragout of Lamb Catalan Tuna Fish Creole
Home-made Lasagne Verdi
Moussaka Cold:-Turkey, Ham, Beef or Salmon

Vegetarian Dishes

Pasta al forno con salsa de fredda Tomato & Basil Quiche
Vegetarian Lasagne Vegetarian Moussaka
Quorn Mushroom Stroganoff Quorn a la King

All dishes are served with a choice of the following:- A selection of Fresh Vegetables, Baby New Potatoes, Harlequin Rice & a selection of home-made Salads and Coleslaws. Please choose two traditional dishes and one Vegetarian dish. If starters or Cheese board are required these will be priced on request.

Desserts

Please choose two from the following:-
Chantilly Profiteroles Chocolate Fudge Cake
Fruits of the Forest Cheesecake Miroir Citron
Strawberry Cheesecake Dutch Apple Flan
Chocolate & Praline Gateaux Cherry Flan
Blackforest Gateaux Fresh Fruit Salad

All desserts are served with thick fresh cream.


Tea, Coffee & After Dinner Mints


This menu is priced at £14.45 and is subject to vat at the standard rate

 

 A Traditional Welsh Wedding Feast

Served Buffet style with no separate courses, although Guests can have Starters, Main course, Dessert & Cheese if they wish.

Welsh Smoked Salmon
Seafood Salad with Cockles
Ogen, Honeydew & Water Melon
Rough Farmhouse Pate
The Whole Hog
(Spit roast at the table)
Glamorgan Pie
(Similar to Quiche)
Stuffed Leeks with Cheese & Mustard Sauce
Decorated Salmon
Bidding Pie
(This pie was traditionally prepared for Weddings on the Gower Peninsula. The specially appointed bidder (Gwahoddwr) sold small pieces of pie which had been made by the family to the guests and recorded the amounts paid. (Usually about 5/=). The young couple to set up home then used this money)
A large selection of Home-made Salads
Baby New Potatoes

Home-made Welsh Cakes
Bara Brith
Teisen Sinamwn
Pwdin Watcyn Wynne
(This pudding is named after Sir Watcyn William Wynne Bart. Who on the 19th April 1770 celebrated his coming of age with a grand Welsh Feast in the Park of his home)
Llanboidy, Caerphilly, Pencarreg & Pantysgawn cheeses
Celery, Grapes, traditional breads & Welsh Oatcakes

Coffee, Tea & Welsh Fudge

This menu is priced at £24.30 per person
This price is based upon 100 guests & is subject to vat the standard rate


All prices quoted are subject to vat at the standard rate

 

  The Hog Roast Dinner Menu

This Menu is based on 100 people

Starters (Served to the table)

Cawl Mamgu
(Granny's thick Vegetable Broth served with Chunks of Granary Bread)


Main Course (Served Buffet Style)

The Whole Hog Spit Roast carved by our Chef
Honey Roast Chicken with a Wild Mushroom Sauce
Served with a Salad of Crisp Green Leaves
Assorted Coleslaws
Baby Jacket Potatoes
Apple Rings soaked in Cider


Dessert

Selection of Desserts
served with Pouring Cream


Cheese Board served with Stilton & Caerphilly Cheeses and accompanied by
Oatcakes, Dried Apricots, Figs & Nuts
served to the table


Coffee & After Dinner Mints
served to the table


This menu is priced at £18.00 + vat per person

 

 Cresta Caterers - Medieval Menu

Starters

Cawl Mamgu Tregaron
(Granny Tregaron's thick Vegetable Broth served with Chunks of Granary Bread)


Fish Course

Baked Trout wrapped in Bacon with Herb Butter


Main Course (Served Buffet Style)

The Whole Hog
Spit Roast carved by our Chef

Served with a Salad of Crisp Green Leaves
Winter Salad
Apple Rings soaked in Cider

Honey Roast Chicken with a Wild Mushroom Sauce
Baby Jacket Potatoes


Dessert

Gin & Lavender Syllabub
(Thickened creamy mixture with Gin infused with Lavender)


Cheese Board served with Stilton & Caerphilly Cheeses and accompanied by Oatcakes, Dried Apricots, Figs & Nuts


Coffee & After Dinner Mints


This menu is priced at £22.50 + vat per person

All Menus are served on Medieval Earthenware and Medieval Glasses with Daggers & Spoons

 Medieval Menus

Starters

Cawl Cresta served with a warm granary roll
(A Home-made thick vegetable soup)


Main Course

Seared Pork Loin
Honey Roast Chicken
Corn on the Cob
Winter Vegetables


Dessert

Orange & Lime Syllabub
(Thickened cream & yoghurt mixture with Grand Marnier and topped with Orange & Lime Zest)


Cheese Board served with Stilton, Caerphilly & Pencarreg Cheeses and accompanied by Granary Bread, Grapes & Celery


Coffee & After Dinner Mints


This menu is priced at £20.00 + vat per person

All Menus are served on Medieval Earthenware and Medieval Glasses with Daggers & Spoons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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