Battlesteads Country Inn & Restaurant
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Wark on Tyne | Hexham | Northumberland | NE48 3LS | UK | Tel: +44 (0)1434 230 209
A New Eating Experience in North Tynedale
For the discerning food fan, the Battlesteads has undergone a major renovation during 2007 with a new 80-seat restaurant, new bar and lounge area and brand new kitchens.
The tasteful décor is reflected in the tasty choice of food; head chef Eddie Shilton sources prime local ingredients to ensure freshness and flavour, including seasonal game, Cumbrian beef and Northumbrian lamb. Fish and seafood come from North Shields Fish Quay. Look out for dishes including oak smoked duck, chicken and salmon from nearby Bywell Smokery. Vegetarian choices are always available. All of our eggs are free-range and fresh herbs are grown in our herb garden.
Restaurant
The style is primarily modern British but with a smattering of international choices for those with a more cosmopolitan palate.
Meals, snacks and sandwiches are available from 12.00 to 3.00 and 6.30 to 9.30, with both a-la-carte menu and Chef’s Seasonal Special menu which changes throughout the week. Those with a sweet tooth should check out the mouthwatering home-made desserts.
A range of traditional roast dinners featuring locally reared beef, lamb and pork, together with 7 fresh garden vegetables, are available at the popular Sunday Carvery, all at set prices.
Lunches are served from 12.00 noon to 3.00pm
Dinner is served from 6.30pm, last orders 9.30pm
Local Suppliers
Battlesteads features a range of menus planned around seasonal availability of fresh produce to suit every price and palate, from snacks, sandwiches and fresh salads to full a-la-carte including succulent steaks, seasonal game and vegetables, freshwater fish and tasty seafood.
Our starters are priced from £3.75 to £6.75 and main courses from £8.50 to £22.50.
We have a lunchtime menu offer of 2 courses (starter and main or main and dessert) for £10.50, and a chef's local and seasonal dinner menu of any 2 courses for £18.50. See our menu pages for a description of some of our recent and current dishes.
LOW SALT- All of our dishes are preparedwith the minimum salt content possible, in many cases no salt is added during cooking allowing true , natural flavours to show through.
At Battlesteads our policy is to source the freshest local ingredients wherever possible. Our suppliers are chosen from across the region, within a 50 mile radius, and share our commitment to quality.
Our menus are planned around seasonal availability of fresh produce, whether game, meats, fish, fruit or vegetables.
During summer we grow many of our own herbs and salad vegetables within our kitchen garden.
Amongst our regular suppliers are;-
BORDERFIELDS – Belford - 01890 885010
Rapeseed oil
www.borderfieldsrapeseedoil.co.uk
BYWELL FISH & GAME SMOKERY - Stocksfield - 01434 672770
Hot and cold oak smoking of kippers, haddock, salmon, duck and chicken.
www.bywellsmokery.co.uk
DODDINGTON DAIRY - 01668 283010
Cheeses, ice cream.
www.doddingtondairy.co.uk
NOOK FARM - Newcastleton - 01697 748317
Heather honey, borage honey.
www.nookfarmhoney.co.uk
SUNNY HILL - Coldstream and Belford - 01668 219970
Free range eggs.
www.sunnyhilleggs.com
SHAW MEATS - Cumbria - 01697 344328
Game, venison loin, Cumbrian chorizo, salami, pancetta and Parma style ham.
www.shawmeats.co.uk
SLACK HOUSE FARM - Brampton - 01697 747351
‘Birdoswald’ cheese from organically farmed Ayreshire cows.
www.slackhousefarm.co.uk
TAYLORS - North Shields Fish Quay - 0191 258 2957
Fresh fish and seafood.
MSC Certified supplier
WARK BUTCHERS - 01434 230221
Black pudding.
ROTHBURY BAKERS - 01669 621273
Breads – white & brown fadge, and French sourdough
www.rothburybakery.com
CARROLL’S HERITAGE POTATOES – Cornhill-on-Tweed - 01890 883060 / 291 / 933
Potatoes - Winner of the Observer Food Monthly Awards 'Best Producer 2009'
www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk
DURHAM COW CHEESE COMPANY - 01429 836819
Blue Cheese - Winner of the Tesco Cheese Challange 2009 'Blue Cheese Category Winner'
www.durham-cow-cheese-company.com
TREES CAN’T DANCE – Coanwood - 07776 857 4141
Chilli sauces and jams
www.treescantdance.co.uk
DUMBLAR MEATS – Dumblar Rigg, Brampton - 01697 747346
Sausages, Bacon and Meats
Starters
A selection of Bywell Smokery fish, meats and cheese
With bread and butter pickle
£5.95
Homemade Soup of the Day
With crusty bread
£3.75
Blue Cheese Panacotta (v)
With a trio of summer vegetable purees and wild rocket
£5.75
Our Own Game Terrine
With pickled caperberries
£6.50
Spiced Crab with Lime
On dressed leaves for our salad garden and a spicy tomato "shot"
£6.50
Pan Fried Pigeon Breast and Venison Sausage
With thyme roasted beetroot from our garden
£6.50
Local suppliers featured on today’s menu are:
BYWELL FISH & GAME SMOKERY,
BORDERFIELDS FARM
CRANSTONS OF HEXHAM,
TAYLORS,
WILD AND FRUITFUL
Local & Seasonal Main Courses
Chef’s Speciality, Local & Seasonal Menu
(2 courses £18.50)
A choice of any starter or any dessert and a main course
Braised Local Lamb Shank
On creamy mash with leek, rosemary and mead jus
Walled Garden Risotto
With rocket, fresh parmesan shavings
and Northumberland rapeseed oil
28 Day Aged, Herb Marinated Rump
Flash fried with grilled tomato, rocket salad
and hand cut chips
Rack of Northumbrian Lamb
With creamy mash and a rich lamb stock jus
Ossobucco
English veal shin slow cooked in a tradtional Italian
style. Served with gremolata
Confit Duck
With pan haggerty, braised cabbage from our garden and rich jus
Pan Fried Hake Fillet
On a fennel, chilli and white bean cassoulet
Wild Bass
With orange, fennel, red chilli salsa and Carroll's Heritage potatoes
Local suppliers featured on today’s menu are:
OUR GARDENS AND POLYTUNNELS,
CRANSTON’S BUTCHERS,
TAYLORS SEAFOODS,
BORDERFIELDS FARM,
CARROLL’S HERITAGE POTATOES
Desserts
(All at £5.75)
All desserts made “in-house” using free-range eggs from Sunny Hill Farm
Rhubarb and Ginger Cheesecake
A creamy cheesecake topped with our own rhubarb and giner compote
Served with vanilla ice cream
Gooseberry Frangipane
Frangipane and fresh gooseberries encased in crispy pastry
Served with vanilla ice cream, cream or custard
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Made with plump fresh dates, with warm toffee sauce & ice cream
Our Award Winning Whisky & Marmalade Bread & Butter Pudding
With custard or cream
Mixed Berry Pavlova
Our own hand made meringue nest filled with whipped cream,
mixed berries & coulis
Posh Jelly
Fresh fruits suspended in Elderflower and Champagne Jelly
Served with Turkish Delight ice cream
Triple Chocolate Brownie
Served with warm chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream
Our Local Cheeseboard
Featuring ‘Birdoswald ’ from Slack House Organic Farm on Hadrian's Wall. An unpasteurised Ayrshire type cheese based on an 18th century recipe
‘The Admiral Collingwood’ from Doddington Dairy Northumberland . A mature cheddar type cheese washed in Newcastle Brown Ale
and either ‘Durham Cow’ an artisan blue cheese from Durham or Blengdale Blue from Cumbria
(depending on availability)
All served with Local chutney and English Blossom Honey from Nook house Farm
(£6.75)
For a wide selection of teas & coffees
Please ask our staff.
LOCAL SUPPLIERS ON THE MENU:
SUNNY HILL FARM
SELBY HOUSE FARM
BECKLEBERRYS
DODDINGTON DAIRY
DURHAM COW
SLACK HOUSE FARM
NOOK HOUSE FARM
Special Lunchtime Menu
(2 courses for £10.50 - 3 courses for £12.95)
STARTERS
Grilled Goats Cheese
On grape salsa
Homemade Soup of the Day
With crusty bread
Crayfish and Prawn Cocktail
On crisp salad leaves with sweet chilli
Braesola On Rocket From Our Garden
With fresh parmesan and extra virgin rapeseed oil
MAIN COURSES
Homemade Northumbrian Beef Burger
On toasted sourdough, topped with Leerdammer cheese
Served with crisp salad from our gardens, chunky chips and green chilli mayonnaise
Fresh Tuna Loin Steak
On nicoise salad with buttered Carroll's Heritage potatoes
Pan Fried Herb Marinated Chicken
On a mozarella, tomato and red onion salad
Fresh Garden Rocket and Parmesan Omelette (V)
Served with saute potatoes and homemade tomato chutney