For Canapés we would suggest a range of 5 or 6 with
an allowance for 4 items per guest.
With a 2 o'clock wedding, guests will have had lunch but
will be a little 'peckish' by then.
Canapés:
Red and yellow cherry tomato on herb buttered bread
Soft cheese, black olive, sun blush tomato and chive in
a pastry cup
Pesto and mozzarella toast square with nut free pesto topped
with basil leaf Red onion confit
Prawns marie rose classic canapé topped with fresh
dill in a pastry cup
Pickled herrings with onion and herbs on brown bread
Tuna tapenade, topped with broccoli and sun blushed Tomato
Salmon 'caviar' square with soft cheese and dill on brown
bread
Surrey ham with mustard and red onion
Salami milano on olive bread with soft cheese and lettuce
Smoked chicken herb roulade topped with mixed peppers
Bacon, herb and parmesan tartlet
Then at around 5.30/6pm guests sit down at tables with
opened bottles of wine and still or sparkling mineral water
on a 'help yourself' basis.
Guests would then be invited up table by table to two identical
buffet tables to be served with their main course and accompaniments:
Main Course Menu:
Whole Salmon poached and stuffed with crabmeat and decorated
with cucumber scales, without head.
served with homemade a home made lime and dill mayonnaise.
Swordfish Fillet steak, grilled with black pepper,
minced garlic, dash of tamari sauce, flour, dash kitchen
bouquet and cayenne pepper.
Served with Crème Frais with dill
Butterflied legs of Lamb, freshly barbecued in
Rosemary, and thinly sliced
for Vegetarians not eating fish:
Large Open Mushroom 'tarts' filled with Surrey Norbury
Blue and Sussex Goats cheese
Served with the following:
Hot new potatoes tossed in unsalted butter with freshly
chopped mint
Classic Caesar salad of anchovies, croutons and parmesan
shavings and cos lettuce served with chefs special dressing
Spanish salad of sliced ripe tomatoes, capers, olives and
basil
Avocado, tomato and mozzarella slices with chopped basil,
served with a light olive oil dressing
Plus a selection of French, olive and walnut breads and
plain soft rolls.
Sweet Menu:
A Seasonal fresh Fruit Salad served with thick local
cream and mascarpone and meringue bases
Home made (by our patisserie) Very Rich Chocolate Fudge
Cake served with Cornish ice cream
(This is subject to confirmation)
Homemade French Apple Tart - served cold, lovely
clean 'tart' apple taste
plus a Fruit Bowl including bananas, oranges, kiwis,
apples and fresh figs
After the Sweet, the cake (supplied and erected by others)
would be cut to photographs and taken away to be cut for
serving later with coffee and perhaps again in the evening.
Freshly made Coffee and Tea along with a Cheese
board of Norbury Blue, White Stilton with Apricot and
Old Sussex 'cheddar' with biscuits and Fresh bread and Wedding
cake would then be made available from the buffet table.
Evening Buffet:
We would suggest a cold finger Buffet with a buffet plate
and napkin, laid out for guests to help themselves from
9 -10 pm, with staff to keep tidy and to clear away.
We suggest you allow 4 items per person and 6 different
plattered and garnished dishes from the list, assuming that
no extra guests arrive for just the evening:
Cocktail kebabs of mixed vegetables and of chicken, with
variety of marinades
Free Range, additive free Ockley Chicken Tikka kebabs -
served on cocktail sticks
Free Range South Godstone Chicken goujons - plain and spicy,
served with a variety of dips
Filo parcels - with smoked salmon and prawn, Free Range
Lingfield ham and cheese, cheese and broccoli
Spicy South Godstone Free Range Chicken wings
Cocktail kebabs - tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, chicken
satay, Mediterranean glazed vegetable
Homemade Salmon mini fishcakes - with tartare dip
Cocktail mini quiches - various fillings
Mini savoury pastry puffs - various fillings
Cocktail spring rolls, Cocktail vegetable samosas
Homemade Savoury meatballs using Surrey Pork - with dipping
sauce
Cocktail 'Bangers Galore' sausages in honey or marmalade
glaze
Homemade Olive and sun dried tomato mini tartlets - may
be served hot
Feta and tomato kebabs - served on sticks with an olive
oil and oregano marinade