St Michael's Manor Hotel
• Fishpool Street
St Albans
• Hertfordshire
• AL3 4RY
• UK
01727 864 444
reservations@lakerestaurant.co.uk
A La Carte - From Friday 1st March
| STARTER |
| Poached smoked haddock risotto with warm balsamic jelly and saffron foam | £9.50 |
| Pan-seared scallops with cauliflower beignets, horseradish cream and pancetta crisp | £12.50 |
| Pan fried quail with sweet corn and cured bacon chowder with smoked paprika oil | £10.50 |
| Hertfordshire ham terrine with baby beetroots, candied apple purée, cheese scones and crackling | £9.50 |
| Venison carpaccio with roasted shoulder lollipops, shallot and hazelnut dressing | £10.50 |
| Sweet potato tarte tatin with Oxford Blue and caramelized red onion, petit salad (v) | £8.50 |
| MAIN COURSE |
| Pan fried Cornish sea bass with samphire, cockle and brown shrimp velouté, black pepper gnocchi | £20.50 |
| Honey roasted duck with griottine cherries, sauerkraut with bacon, baby vegetables and duck jus | £22.50 |
| Pan fried cod with crushed Jersey Royals, wilted gem, garden peas and chorizo | £19.50 |
| Coffee encrusted rack of lamb with roasted almond pomme dauphine, white onion purée, red wine jus | £23.50 |
| 21 day aged Lake District fillet steak, pont neuf and garlic spinach with tomato fondue | £24.50 |
| Spinach and quail egg ravioli, fricassée of wild mushrooms, glazed button shallots with spring truffle hollandaise (v) | £18.50 |
| DESSERT |
| Passion fruit parfait with poppy seeds and yogurt sorbet | £8.50 |
| Chocolate delice with latte ice cream | £8.50 |
| Galette of Cox’s apple with Calvados cream and mint opaline and black butter ice cream | £8.50 |
| Praline panna cotta with milk sorbet and hazelnut tuile | £8.50 |
| Rhubarb semifreddo with pistachio cream, honey Madeleine | £8.50 |
| CHEESE |
| Platter of English cheese with homemade chutney and quince jelly | £12.00 |