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Our various menu options can be viewed here:

Hot menu

Menu lists

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West Country Caterers is a well established business specialising in a personal service and concentrating on a high level of home cooked cuisine

It is a family run business employing a number of efficient friendly staff who endeavours to assist in all requirements

All cutlery, crockery etc. is of a high quality and included within any pricing. We hire in any cooking equipment and can hire table linen to suit your colour scheme which we will coordinate for you. We also offer a wine service which incorporates the hire of glasses, staff to serve and chilling facilities if you wish to supply your own wine and this is £6.50 per head. We can offer wine lists should you wish to choose our wines and these prices are fully inclusive of glasses, staff and chilling.

Attached are lists of some of the menus, canapés and finger buffets available to you but these can be tailored to meet every individual's special requirements. Please note that these prices are calculated to cater for 100 guests and they may vary according to numbers.

VARIOUS CANAPES AVAILABLE

Usually a choice of 9/10 different items at a price of £15.50 per head

Crab Tartlets
Parma Ham Palmiers
Filo parcels filled with spicy mackerel
Asparagus rolls (v)
Dimsum & Wonton (both Vegetarian and meat)
King size prawns in batter with tartare sauce
Garlic Prawn purses
Savoury cocktail sausages in seed mustard and honey
Stilton Truffles (v)
Savoury choux pastry filled with cream cheese & smoked salmon
or other savoury fillings (both vegetarian and meat
Prawn Gougeres - choux pastry filled with creamy prawn and parsley
Blinis with smoked salmon, creme freche & caviar
Meat Sate
Devils on Horseback - prunes wrapped in bacon
Cherubs on Horseback - apricots wrapped in bacon
Angels on Horseback - oysters wrapped in bacon
Miniature spinach & cheese samosas (v)
Salmon, spinach & cream cheese pinwheels served on wholegrain toast
Miniature smoked salmon sandwiches
Spinach & feta parcels (v)
minted pea and coriander triangles (v)
Crab fritters with a lime and yoghurt mayonnaise
Cranberry chicken cups
Creamed Roquefort & walnuts served on wholegrain toasts (v)
Herb pancake with crème fraiche and a red onion confit
Blue cheese puffs (v)
Mini brochettes - mini chicken & pepper kebabs marinated in soy sauce & ginger
Ginger chicken cakes with a lime mayo and mango
Cajun chicken bites served with a minty dip
Smoked chicken bites
Tandoori chicken & minted cucumber dip
Miniature savoury quiches (both vegetarian & meat)
Scottish oatcakes topped with chicken liver or spicy mackerel pate
Grilled Scallops with bacon & parmesan
Mini crostini (v)
Gravdlax on rye bread with a dill mustard
Sesame beef skewers
Mini fillets on a crouton with Verdi Salsa
Tidgy Puds (mini yorkshires with beef & horseradish)
Fresh fruit tartlets
Miniature éclairs
Meringues With Devon cream
Miniature strawberry shortcakes
Fruit kebabs with a honey glaze
Strawberries dipped in chocolate
Chocolate roulade pinwheels served on an orange polenta biscuit

Alternatively should you wish to have canapés to start with then there is a charge of £6.50 per head for a selection of about 5 or 6.


Menu 1 @ £15.25 per head

Coronation Chicken

Sliced Honey roast Gammon Ham served with mustard

Spinach Roulade with a spicy tomato relish filled with cream cheese & walnuts

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Summer Salad of Lettuce, Green peppers, cucumber, spring onions and avocado with a sun dried tomato vinaigrette

Festive coleslaw with grated carrots, apple, and cheese,

Tomato & Melon Salad with a mint dressing

Hot new potatoes with butter, black pepper & parsley

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Profiteroles served with chocolate sauce

Pavlova with forest fruits

Chilled Lemon Flan

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Coffee/Tea & mints


Menu 2 @ £15.75 per head

Devon Roast Beef served with horseradish or mustard cooked to your specific requirement

Diced breast of chicken in Tarragon Mayonnaise dressing

Filo Pastry Celebration Roll a filo pastry roll with a selection of Italian and English cheeses spinach, apricots and peanuts

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Mixed lettuce salad with cucumber, avocado & green pepper, tossed in a vinaigrette dressing

Waldorf Salad with celery, apple, grapes and walnuts

Cucumber & strawberry salad

Hot potatoes dressed in olive oil, garlic & Rosemary

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Chocolate Roulade

Brandy Snaps filled with Cream and Fresh Fruit

Lime Cheesecake

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Coffee/Tea & Mints


Menu 3 @ £16.75 per head

Fresh Poached Salmon served with Hollandaise sauce

Riviera Chicken served with red cherries and a creamy vinaigrette

Mediterranean vegetable quiche made with a sun dried tomato pastry

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Spinach Salad with cherry tomatoes, eggs & bacon

Tomato & Mozzarella cheese salad with fresh basil, olive oil and pumpkin seeds.

Cucumber salad with a light vinaigrette

Hot new potatoes with a fresh mint, yoghurt and balsamic vinegar dressing

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White and dark chocolate mousse

Meringues with cream & butterscotch Sauce

Exotic Fresh Fruit salad

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Coffee/Tea & Mints

All the cold buffet menus are served with a freshly baked selection of bread on the table and there are many other salads we are able to supply.

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If you require a cheeseboard this would be an extra charge.


MENU 4 AT £21.75 PER HEAD

Tomato & Basil Soup served with Crusty Roll and butter

or

Salmon Mousse served with a lemon and dill dressing

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Poulet A La Creme A L'Estragon

or

Pork Dijonnaise

Served with a selection of vegetables from lists on other pages

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Lemon tart served with Creme fraiche or Devon clotted cream

Caramel or Chocolate Profiteroles

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Coffee and mints


MENU 5 AT £22.95

Asparagus Mousse

or

Country Vegetable soup served with crusty roll

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Chicken Veronique

or

Boeuf Bourginonne

Served with a selection of vegetables from the other lists

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Tiramisu

Hazelnut meringue with a raspberry cream

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Coffee and mints


MENU 6 AT £24.00 PER HEAD

Smoked Salmon served with quails Egg, Asparagus and a dill dressing

or

Salmon Terrine served with Hollandaise

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Fillet of Lamb in Rosemary, Orange and Red wine

or

Carbonnade de Boeuf A La Flamande

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White Chocolate tart with soft berries & Devon cream

Meringue nests filled with fresh strawberries & cream served with a raspberry coulis

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Coffee and mints

All of the hot menus above are served with a selection of vegetables and potatoes of your choosing from the list below and have a bread served on the table.

Potatoes:
Parisienne, duchesse, sautéed, new boiled, lionnaise or roast

Vegetables:
Brussels sprouts with bacon and garlic tossed in olive oil
Sautéed red cabbage & apple
French beans with butter & black pepper
Mixed Vegetable bundles
Mange tout
Baby sweetcorn
Petit Pois
Broccoli & Cauliflower with grated cheese
Carrots Julienne with butter & marjoram
Ratatouille
Mixed roasted vegetables(Seasonal)
Beetroot with white sauce
Mashed swede with cream & black pepper
Honey roasted parsnips or turnips


MENU 7 TRADITIONAL ROAST MEAL AT £17.50 PER HEAD

Soup served with crusty bread or fruit juice

or

Melon cocktail

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A choice of either

Roast Beef, Lamb, Turkey stuffed with cranberry & orange or Pork with relevant trimmings

Served with a selection of vegetables and roast potatoes of your choice

Potatoes:
duchesse, sautéed, new boiled, dauphinois parmesan roasted or traditional roast

Vegetables: ( a choice of three different vegetables is recommended)
Brussels sprouts with bacon and garlic tossed in olive oil
Sautéed red cabbage & apple
French beans with lemon juice & black pepper
Mange tout
Baby sweetcorn
Petit Pois
Broccoli & Cauliflower with grated cheese
Carrots Julienne with butter & marjoram
Ratatouille
Mixed roasted vegetables
Beetroot with white sauce
Mashed swede with cream & black pepper
roasted parsnips or turnips

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A choice of three sweets from the following:

Pavlova with forest fruits
Chilled lemon flan
Profiteroles with chocolate sauce
Hazelnut meringue with a raspberry cream
Chocolate Roulade with a raspberry coulis
Lime cheesecake
Meringues with caramel sauce
Tropical fruit salad
White Chocolate Tart with forest fruits
Lemon tart with clotted cream
Apple Pie & clotted cream
Coffee & mints


A LIST OF BARBECUE OPTIONS

The prices start from £21.50 per head to include for a choice of say, four meats selection, three salad dishes, one potato and/or bread and a choice of two sweets. We are also able to offer the facility of catering for Hog or Ram Roasts the price for these start at £23.50 per head depending on how much meat etc you require.

Georgian Shish Kebabs (made with beef)
Pork & apple burgers
Minted Lamb burgers
Traditional beef burgers
Caribbean Chicken wings
Honey & Lamb Kebabs
Honey & mustard glazed sausages
Cumberland rings
Pork & Ale sausages
Venison & red wine
Boer & cider
Lincolnshire sausages
Jerked Port Ribs (hot & spicy)
Chinese style ribs
Thai Style Prawns on skewers
Monkfish kebabs

A Range of vegetarian kebabs are also available

Watercress, grapefruit, orange & red pepper salad
Marinated mushroom salad
Pasta salad with sun dried tomato dressing
Mixed Rice salad with peppers & sweetcorn
Greek salad
Waldorf salad
Coleslaw
Mixed green salad including lettuce,
peppers, spring onions & avocado
Hot new potatoes with olive oil & rosemary or butter & parsley
A selection of fresh bread or garlic bread


Curacao fruit kebabs
Brandy snap baskets filled with cream and fresh fruit
Tropical Fresh Fruit Salad
Hazelnut meringues with caramel sauce
Lime Cheesecake
Pavlova & Forest Fruits
Chilled Lemon Flan
Chocolate Roulade


Evening Buffet Menus

These range from £10.50 upwards and can be chosen from both this menu and the canapé list

On choosing a sensible amount for a finger buffet you should have perhaps five different sandwich fillings, five savoury and three sweet (this is only a guide)

A selection of cheeses & fresh fruit

Bridge Rolls or sandwiches filled with a selection choice from the following:

ham, cheese, egg & tuna fish, avocado& prawn or bacon, coronation chicken, lemon tarragon chicken, prawn with mayonnaise, smoked salmon with lemon juice & black pepper, brie and grape. Cheese and apple, cheese and celery, chicken and bacon mayonnaise

Crudite & dips

Various Quiches

Quiche Lorraine
Asparagus Quiche
Cheese & Tomato Quiche
Mushroom Quiche
Bacon, Tomato & Onion Quiche
Salmon & asparaus quiche
Tomato & basil quiche
Red onion & goats cheese

Vol au Vents filled with Prawns Or garlic chicken
Savoury Choux bites filled with Ptawn,smoked salmon & cheese mackerel, ham & cream Cheese or garlic chicken mayonnaise
Sausage Rolls
Sausages cooked in honey & seed mustard
Spicy Chicken drumsticks
Chicken Goujons
Jalapeno peppers filled with Cheese
Scotch Eggs or Mini Eggs
Hoisin Duck Spring Rolls
Mini pasties
Mini pizzas
Celery Farci
Cheese Straws
Smoked Salmon Skewers

Fresh fruit tartlets
Miniature eclairs
Meringues With Devon cream
Miniature strawberry shortcakes
Fruit kebabs with a honey glaze
Strawberries dipped in chocolate
Chocolate roulade pinwheels
Miniature lemon tarts
Miniature white chocolate & cream cheese tarts

List of alternative starter's, hot & cold main dishes to have as a served meal or buffet style , these can be mixed and matched with any of the other menus

Starters

Asparagus mousse
Salmon mousse
Individual Tartlets with various fillings i.e. Roquefort, wild mushroom, smoked fish
Melon with Parma Ham
Pate & Melba toast
Smoked salmon
Gravdlax
Locally reared Smoked Ostrich strips served on a bed of lettuce
Egg mayonnaise
Locally reared trout fillets

Main Courses

Cold

Breast of chicken served with a lemon tarragon sauce(hot or cold)
Pollo Tonato, Breast of chicken served with a tuna fish mayonnaise
Fillet of Salmon Steak served with hollandaise
Meat Platter of ham or beef or Italian style meats
Pasta with smoked salmon, avocado & prawns with a dill vinaigrette
Diced chicken served in a lemon grass, ginger & coriander dressing
Rolled Breast of Turkey with an apricot & watercress stuffing

Salads

Couscous salad
Moroccan beetroot salad
Greek pasta salad
Cucumber salad with a mint dressing
Rice salad with apricots and walnuts
Grated carrot with pinenuts & sultanas with an orange dressing
Malaysian Salad
Avocado & Orange Pasta salad
Avocado & Citrus Salad
Watercress & Cheese Salad
Tomato & Peach Salad
Mediterranean Potato Salad

Hot

Duck breasts with a Thai ginger and lemon grass sauce or a cherry sauce
Poached breast of chicken in a wine & Mushroom sauce
Ostrich steaks in either brandy, mushrooms and cream or red wine & shallots
Elizabethan Pork
Hot tarragon Chicken breasts
Tuna steaks with peppers and tomatoes
Rack of Lamb with a yoghurt mint dressing
Fillet of beef with a port and redcurrant sauce
Salmon Coulibiac
Salmon en Croute
Salmon with Rosemary Cream
Roasted Salmon Fillets with a crusted Pecorino & Pesto topping

A selection of sweets can be chosen from any of the other menus or from this list

Brandy snap baskets with fruit and sorbet, strawberry shortcakes, lemon tart with fresh clotted cream, White chocolate tarts with forest fruits, meringue nests

West Country Caterers - Sarah-Jane Payne
Stone Cottage, North Road, High Bickington, Umberleigh EX37 9BB