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Seasonal Celebrations

SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS 2007

Join us at Soulton Hall for your festive party and enjoy some wonderful celebrations; whether gathering with colleagues, friends or family, you will enjoy great food and a warm welcome to the historic setting of Soulton Hall traditionally decorated for Christmas.

It is possible to see that your party dines in private, so that you can relax properly, and to arrange rooms for festive celebrations after dinner.

We invite you to consider which of the two following menus and styles of service is most suited to your gathering.

Traditional Christmas Celebrations in the Long Room

This traditional menu is for a distinctive yet time-honored Christmas celebration, encouraging guests to join in the fun of serving their meal.

With this menu, exclusive use of the Soulton Court building is assured for your party. Guests are seated around one long banqueting table running down the center of the Long Room with its impressively timbered ceiling.

Turkeys are brought to the table whole and are carved by a member of your party - one turkey between every six to eight guests. Vegetables are served family-style. Christmas Puddings are brought to the table aflame with brandy and similarly served in groups at the table with brandy butter. Coffee and mince pies follow.

The Longroom Menu

Shropshire Pea Soup

Rosette of melon filled with fruit served with a blackberry coulis

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Roast turkey with parsley stuffing, sausage wrapped in bacon and apple sauce and gravy made from the meat juices

Roast sweet pepper filled with bulgar wheat and chopped onion, herbs and peppers (v)

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Christmas pudding with brandy butter Fruit salad

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Coffee with home made whisky mince pies

The Long Room Menu is £25.00 per head. It is for a minimum of 20 guests.

The Soulton Hall Christmas Menu

Treat your guests to a very special Christmas party with this elaborate menu in one of Shropshire's most ancient houses.

Dine at leisure in Soulton Hall's elegant dining room or medieval Buttery, and then retire to a roaring log fire in the Hall. This menu is also available for larger parties in the Long Room in Soulton Court, where exclusive use of the entire building is again assured.

The Soulton Hall Christmas Menu

Cream of Shropshire pea soup with croutons and crunchy smoked bacon Confit of Gressingham duck leg with a salad of dried fruits and hazelnut dressing

A whiskey chicken liver pate with apple jelly and warm walnut and raisin bread Rosette of melon served with prawns and a lemon mint dressing

Fruit juice

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Lightly smoked fish poached in a parcel with hollandaise sauce and asparagus Spears

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Lime sorbet with sparkling wine

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Roast Shropshire turkey with apple and sage stuffing, sausage wrapped in smoked bacon, bread sauce and thyme gravy made from the meat juices

Hand raised game pie with a rosemary and red wine gravy

Poached salmon fillet with a Champagne, saffron and leek sauce

Courgette roulade filled with wild mushrooms in a cream sauce and served with honey roasted root vegetables

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Home made Christmas pudding with brandy butter

Crème bruille with cinnamon shortbread

Red currant cheesecake with black cherry conserve (cherries from the garden)

A light chocolate and Tia Maria gateaux

Blackberry parfait with crème de muire

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A selection of Welsh and Shropshire cheeses (£5.95 extra)

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Home made whiskey mince pies with coffee.

The Soulton Hall Menu is £30.00 per head. There is no minimum number of guests.

Please telephone 01939 232 786 to book your party. Pre-booking is essential.

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