Sample Menus
Here is a selection of menu ideas from our Chefs in Mallorca and Ibiza. Each chef has his own specialities and the choice will be influenced by the time of year.
Sample menu 1 - the BBQ
Salads
Tomato, mozzarella and basil salad
Cucumber salad with honey and dill
Fig, baby gem lettuce with blue cheese dip
Platters
Cold platter of seafood – crab and ginger sushi with lemon and herb oil, gravalax of salmon (this takes two days to prepare min) Oysters with a red wine vinaigrette and local langoustines with chilli dipping sauce
Cold platter of meats- parma ham, sobrassada sausage, bresola, mortadela, chorizo and celeriac remolade.
On the bbq
Chicken breast marinated in lime, ginger, garlic and chilli
Peppered Galician beef steak
Tuna steak finished in balsamic glace
Moroccan spiced lamb cutlets
Grilled sardines with pesto and olives
Grilled Mediterranean veg selection with hallomi
To finish
Mediterranean fruit platter
Blueberry tart
Local cheese selection served with home made chutney, celery, grapes and port
Sample Menu 2 – A La Carte
Starters
Mussel and saffron soup with chopped dill potatoes and saffron strands
Chicken and Spanish ham terrine with frizzy salad and broad bean dressing
Langoustines with summer vegetable stew
Mallorcan farmhouse salad
Blue cheese soufflé on a pickled walnut salad with plum and fig dressing
Soupa de rap (monkfish soup)
Main
Serrano ham wrapped monkfish tails on chorizo infused potatoes with julienne summer vegetables and a saffron and white wine cream sauce
Smokey octopus stew with red wine and olives
Langosta a la Mallorquina el trempo (Mallorcan style lobster with pepper and tomato salad)
Suckling pig served with candied shallots of fondant potato and calvados jus
Chicken with Mallorcan Sausage, courgettes and butter beans
Lamb ala ficelle (Rump of lamb slow cooked in stock and served with summer vegetables)
Oven roasted courgette filled with garlic & thyme creamy mushrooms and served with Mallorcan potatoes
Dessert
Chocolate tart served with raspberry ripple ice cream
Basil pannacota served with berry compote and garibaldi biscuits
Banana tarte tatin with vanilla ice cream
Spiced figs with lemon sorbet
Crema catalana
Trio of lemon sorbet, lemon cheesecake and lemon brule
Cheese selection