Menu Ideas
Ashlea Catering has a list of menu ideas you may wish to consider for your special occasion.
Listed below are some suggestions you may wish to consider, but we will be pleased to quote for your own particular requirements.
Special dietary needs can be catered for, please advise when you are ready to call us.
Contact Ashlea Catering for a quotation now.
This is a small indication of the types of menu we can provide - please contact us for more information
Sandwiches / Rolls
Beef & Horseradish
Egg & Cress
Cheese & Tomato
Ham & Cucumber
Coronation Chicken
Home-made cakes
Victoria Sandwich
Coffee & Walnut traybake
Fruit cake
Carrot cake
Coffee eclairs
Scones
Flapjack
Brownies
Lemon traybake

Canapés / Finger Food / Buffet
Savoury
Mini Brushetta crispy toasts with various toppings
Filo Tartlets pastry cases with spicy coriander
and prawns; or chicken
Mini Yorkshire Puddings with roast beef and horseradish
sauce
Sausage with Mustard Mash Filling
Pizza Bites
Mini Pancakes with various filings
Quiches with various fillings
Celery Boats with stilton cheese filling
Sandwiches on white or brown bread with various
fillings
Wraps with various fillings
Sausage Rolls
Chicken Drumsticks
Indian Savouries
Prawn Cocktail Puffs
Duck and Marscarpone on garlic toast
Mini Cornish Pasties
Pork Pies
Savoury Scones topped with prawns and dill; or
cream cheese and smoked salmon
Crudités with Dips
Crisps, Nuts, etc
Selection of Cheeses and Biscuits
Sweet
Assorted pastries, cakes, scones, tarts, meringues, fresh fruit, coffee éclairs, chocolate brownies, cream.
First Course
Home made Soups
Pâté
Prawn Salad
Melon with Grapes
Fishcakes
Stuffed Mushrooms
Main Courses
(Fork buffet and seated / hot and cold)
Hot food
Liver & Bacon
Chicken in White Wine and Cream Sauce
Casseroled Beef in wine or ale
Coq Au Vin
Chilli Con Carne with rice
Lasagne meat or fish
Fish Pie with herb mash
Curry beef or lamb
Pasta bake
Sausages braised in red wine
Steak and Kidney Pie
Roast Lamb/Pork/Beef
Lamb Tagine
Cottage Pie with leek and cheese topping
Shepherds Pie
(All served with fresh seasonal vegetables)

Cold food
Coronation Chicken
Whole Salmon
Salmon en Croûte
Quiche with various fillings
Selection of cold meats
Minted New Potato Salad
Couscous Salad
Mixed Three Bean Salad
Grilled Mediterranean Salad
Potato Salad potatoes, onions, eggs, mayo, natural
yogurt
Green Salad lettuce, green pepper, cucumber, water
cress, dressing
Rice Salad long grain rice, peas, peppers, tomatoes,
dressing
Pasta salad pasta, courgettes, peppers, onions,
mayo
Tomato Salad sliced tomatoes, fresh basil, vinaigrette
dressing
Coleslaw white cabbage, onions, celery, carrots,
sultanas, mayo
Vegetarian
Vegetarian Lasagne
Leek & Stilton Quiche
Layered Tomato Loaf
Stir Fried Vegetables with puff pastry and mozzarella
Lentil and Vegetable Cottage Pie
Home-made Deserts
(Served with cream or custard)
Pavlova
Gateaux
Fruit Crumble
Fresh Fruit Salad
Cheesecake
Profiteroles
Trifle
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Lemon Meringue Pie
Chocolate Roulade
Cheeseboard
A selection of cheeses, and biscuits
Beverages
Teas, coffees, fruit juice, squash
Childrens menu can be provided
