Festive Menu - The Drum

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ENJOY THE FESTIVE PERIOD AT THE DRUM INN

This year our Festive Menu runs from 21st November until 30th December (excluding Christmas Day and Boxing Day, when different extra-special menus are available instead).

When you think of Christmas at The Drum Inn, what comes to mind? If it’s sitting down to seasonal dishes and drinks with the people you love most, you’ll fit right in at ours this Christmas. Plus, with all the Christmas spirit that trimmed trees and decked halls bring, it’ll feel that extra bit special this year.

In fact, you’ll taste the season in every bite from our 3 course menu for £27.95. We also have a 2 course menu available at £24.95. Try  delicious starters like our Shallot & Armagnac Tart Tatin, momentous mains like our Forestiére Chicken Breast, stuffed with spinach and mozzarella, and our too-good-to-be-turned-down desserts, like our Double Chocolate Brownie.

This year our Festive Menu runs from 1st December until 30th December (excluding Christmas Day and Boxing Day, when different extra-special menus are available instead).

Christmas 2022 at The Drum Inn is all about delicious food, plenty of drinks, and getting together round the table or in a cosy corner with a crackling fireplace. We have all the ingredients to make it that extra bit special, so you’ll find your favourite pub glowing with Christmas spirit.

Of course, you’ll also find a selection of delectable cocktail concoctions and tipples with a seasonal twist waiting behind the bar, so get your table booked early for your festivities, giving you all the time you need to browse our Christmas menus…

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STARTERS

Slow Roasted Tomato Arancini (V)

Served with pesto & slow roasted tomato sauce

Pan-fried Scallops and King Prawns* (+£2.50)

Served with tomato concasse, spring onions and lemon butter sauce

King Prawn & Mango Cocktail*

Dressed with a Bloody Mary marie rose sauce served with sourdough bread

Oven-baked button mushrooms* (V)

Cheddar & garlic sauce, truffle infused oil, pumpkin seeds, toasted rustic bread

Shallot & Armagnac Tart Tatin* (VE)

Served with pickled cherries & toasted pine nuts

Duck Parfait*

Served with a smokey flavoured tomato & apple chutney and toasted rustic bread

Today's soup (V)

Served with sourdough bread and butter. Vegan option available

MAINS

Forestiére Chicken Breast*

Stuffed with spinach & mozzarella, wrapped in pancetta with a wild mushroom sauce served with spinach and skin on fries

Hand-carved turkey breast

Served with a yorkshire pudding Cumberland & red onion pigs in blanket, roast potatoes, honey-roasted carrots & parsnips, glazed sprouts, Romano beans and gravy

Turkey, smoked pancetta & cranberry pie*

In a pancetta & leek sauce, topped with puff pastry, served with mash, glazed sprouts and a veal jus

8oz Sirloin Steak

Cooked to your liking and served with  beef dripping sauce, thyme-roasted tomato, triple-cooked chips and slow-roasted garlic.
Upgrade to our 10oz Ribeye Steak for £4

Pan-Fried Seabass Fillets*

Served with steamed greens beans, crispy potatoes, clams, king prawns, bouillabaisse sauce topped with lemon Aioli

Roasted Squash and Brie Tart (V)

Filled with brie, vintage cheddar & truffle flavour sauce served with tenderstem® broccoli, crispy diced herb potatoes and a basil pesto

Curried Vegetable Wellington (VE)

Lightly spiced curried parsnip and butternut squash wrapped in vegan puff pastry served with tenderstem® broccoli & crispy parmentier potatoes

Slow-cooked pork belly*

With roasted apple, chestnut & wilted spinach, Dauphinoise potatoes, crackling and a red wine jus

SIDES

Side of red cabbage

Side of Sprouts

Side of Pigs in Blankets

Trio of Mini sides*

Including Pigs in blankets, sprouts with pomegranate seeds, roast potatoes and red wine jus

£5.95 supplement per person

DESSERTS

Festive Vanilla Crème Brûlée (V)

Glazed with cinnamon & nutmeg sugar, served with home-baked butter biscuit

Double Chocolate Brownie* (V)

With Irish Liqueur Ice cream

Cheese Board (V) (+£3)

Coastal Cheddar, Double Gloucester, Blue Shropshire, Cenarth Brie with a smokey flavoured tomato chutney, savoury biscuits, butter & grapes

Christmas pudding (V)*

Filled with vine fruits and soaked in rum, served warm with brandy sauce. Vegan alternative available (VE)

Trio of Ice cream (V)

Your choice of ice cream with Belgian chocolate sauce. Also refer to ice cream choice recipes for additional allergen & dietary information

Bramley Apple Pie

Served warm with custard. Vegan alternative available (VE)

CHILDREN'S MENU AVAILABLE £9.50

Starters

Today's Soup (V)

served with sourdough bread and butter vegan option available (ve)

Slow Roasted Tomato Arancini (VE)

served with pesto & slow roasted tomato sauce

Mains

Curried Vegetable Wellington (VE)

Lightly spiced curried parsnip and butternut squash wrapped in vegan puff pastry served with Tenderstem® broccoli & crispy parmentier potatoes

Hand-carved turkey breast

Served with a Yorkshire pudding, Cumberland and red onion pigs in blanket, roast potatoes, festive vegetables and gravy

Desserts

Ice Cream (V)

Please ask your server for the flavours

Christmas pudding (V)*

With mixed vine fruits, served with a vanilla soya custard