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Pen-Y-Dyffryn Country Hotel

Pen-Y-Dyffryn Country Hotel

Rhydycroesau, Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 7JD
Tel: +44 (0) 1691 653 700
Fax: +44 (0) 1691 650 066
 E-mail: stay@peny.co.uk
Web: www.peny.co.uk 

 

A hotel in the Shropshire and Wales border hills, this supremely peaceful country house provides the perfect retreat to escape the "madding crowd" and to enjoy this delightful corner of "England-as-it-used-to-be".   Inside the hotel plenty of fresh flowers, roaring log fires in the lounge and even in the restaurant, add to the atmosphere of warmth and conviviality.

The restaurant has a prestigious Two Rosette Food Award from the AA, but, more importantly, the food is healthy, sourced locally as far as possible, and increasingly tends to the use of organic produce. An extensive and modestly priced wine list, majoring on New World Wines, plays its full part in the dining experience.

Chef's choice:
Smoked Mackerel terrine with Roasted Red Peppers
Raspberry Creme Brulee

 

Pen-Y-Dyffryn Hotel - AA 2 Rosettes for food

 

 

 

High quality fresh food

Chef's Choice:   Smoked Mackerel terrine with Roasted Red Peppers

 
Ingredients

1lb smoked mackerel fillet
15 fl. oz. of creme fraiche
Rind of one lemon
Juice of two lemons
2 oz. chopped chives
4 leaves of gelatine (soaked for 10 minutes in cold water)
2 Red peppers
2 oz. Horseradish

 

Pen-Y-Dyffryn Hotel - Restaurant

Method

1. Flake the smoked Mackerel into a large bowl, add the creme fraiche, lemon rind and juice, chopped chives and season with Anglesey Sea Salt and white milled pepper.  Cling film and place in fridge.

2. Place red peppers into an oven pre-heated at Gas mark 6 and roast until the skins are black.  Wrap immediately in cling film and allow to cool.

3. Place a small pan of boiling water onto stove and simmer.

4. Squeeze the gelatine leaves free of water and place into a bowl and place this over the simmering water until gelatine has melted.  Be careful that the water and the bowl do not come into contact.

5. Unwrap the red peppers and the skin should come away easily. Remove seeds and membrane from peppers and set aside.

6. Remove the bowl from the fridge add horseradish, check seasoning, add gelatine and mix well.

7. Line a 1 lb. terrine or pate dish with cling film and then strips of smoked salmon.

8.  Pour mixture into terrine and overlap with smoked salmon slices and place in fridge for at least 6 hours.

9. To serve, slice the terrine and place onto dressed salad leaves.

Chef's Choice:   Raspberry Creme Brulee
Ingredients

8 egg yolks
1 litre of double cream
1 vanilla pod
6 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 lb. of raspberries


Method

1. Bring cream to the boil with vanilla pod and set aside.
2. In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until pale.
3. Pour cream onto the yolks and scrape the vanilla pod seeds into mixture.
4. Pour mixture into a clean pan and stir continuously over a low heat. Mixture is ready when it coats the back of a wooden spoon.
5. Fill 8 ramekins with 2 oz. raspberries in each and divide mixture into 8 ramekins.
6. Place ramekins into a Bain Marie and cook at Gas mark 2 for 20 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and cool in fridge.8. To serve, heat grill to it's highest setting.
9. Dust generously with icing sugar and place under a grill until sugar caramelises.
10. Garnish with fresh raspberries and mint.

 

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