The Old House (Shoot The Bull)

Address: 5 Scale Lane, Hull

Postcode: HU1 1LA(View map)

Website: http://www.oldhousehull.co.uk

Christmas set menu - £30 for three courses.

Starters:
Spiced butternut squash soup (with ras el hanout oil, sour dough and coriander butter)
Outdoor reared ham hock terrine (with smoked egg yolk, onion marmalade and vegetable crisps)

Main Courses:
Locally shot pheasant breast (with rosti potato, farmhouse cabbage, 62-degree hens egg and Hiver honey beer sauce)
Salmon en croute (with horseradish crushed new potatoes, minted lettuce and peas)
Sweet potato gnocchi (with wild mushrooms, chestnuts and sage)

Desserts:
Pub made clementine Christmas pudding (with spiced Cointreau sauce and marmalade ice cream)
Rich dark chocolate brownie (with salt caramel ice cream)

Eight-course Christmas Day menu - £70 per person. Children under 12 - £40. Bookings taken for 12pm and 3.30pm.

A winter-spiced gin cocktail on arrival, served with Kamado Joe smoked salmon and caviar

Artichoke soup (with truffled froth and shaved chestnuts)

Seared king scallop (with fennel, apple and pomegranate salad)

Ham hock terrine and brawn bon-bon (with pineapple pickle and coriander)

Roast Thirsk reared sirloin of beef (medium rare), with horseradish potato croquettes, confit shallot and Yorkshire pudding
OR
Free range Henry Wilson's South Cave turkey, with cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets and sage and onion stuffing.
Both served with beef-dripping roast potatoes, celeriac puree, maple glazed and winter spiced carrots and parsnips, shredded sprouts and bacon, and gravy.

Cranberry and orange granita

Pub made clementine Christmas pudding (with spiced Cointreau sauce and marmalade ice cream)
OR
Rich chocolate brownie (with chocolate ganache, caramel popcorn and salt caramel ice cream)

Tea or filter coffee, with mini mince pies and brandy butter

Add a cheese board with all the trimmings and homemade Christmas cake, for a supplement of £6.50 per head.