Church House Inn - For a true taste of the lakes

Sample Menu


EVENING MEALS SERVED FROM 6pm - 9pm Here at The Church House Inn, we stand out from all the rest as ‘a real find’ here in the English Lake District, We are proud to say that all of our food is genuinely homemade, locally sourced and freshly prepared on the premises. We appreciate your patience at busy times and hope you enjoy your evening with us. STARTERS SOUP OF THE DAY Freshly made seasonal soup with our own baked bread £4.25 MOULES MARINIERE Steamed mussels in a cream, white wine, shallot & garlic sauce. Finished with flat leaf parsley. £5.95 (starter) £10.95 (main) SEARED SCALLOPS & CRISPY BELLY PORK With celeriac & apple puree, red wine & star anise dressing £7.95 WARM POTTED MORECAMBE BAY BROWN SHRIMP Served over a home made toasted crumpet £5.95 RICH CHICKEN LIVER PARFAIT Encased in Waberthwaite ham, served with a red onion marmalade & toasted brioche £4.75 GOATS CHEESE CRUOUSTADE Served with a roasted beetroot and walnut salad £5.25 OAK SMOKED SALMON Glazed cured salmon, Gruyene cheese terrine encased in Waberthwaite ham, with a rocket salad and balsamic, madira and port dressing £6.75 CRISPY CONFIT DUCK set upon a wild mushroom risotto cake, wilted spinach & Madera sauce. £5.75 MAIN 10oz RIB EYE BELTED GALLOWAY BEEF Fellbred beef served with a Caesar salad, triple cooked chunky chips & béarnaise sauce. (Extras - black peppercorn & brandy sauce or Cafe du Paris butter £1.00) £18.95 LOCAL GAME PIE With smoked pancetta and wild mushroom under a butter puff pastry topping. served with savoy cabbage and creamy mashed potatoes. £14.25 CRISPY BEER BATTERED HADDOCK Served with triple cooked chunky chips, homemade mushy peas, dressed salad leaves & homemade tartar sauce £11.25 OLD SPOT BELLY PORK & CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE Old spot belly & bury black pudding with Cumberland sausage ove colecannon mashed potatoes, Bramley apple compote, Cumberland honey mustard and a red wine & sage sauce £13.75 CHURCH HOUSE FISH PIE Cod, smoked haddock, prawn & salmon in a light cream sauce, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and crumbly Lancashire cheese £13.75 DAUBE OF BEEF "BOURGUIDNONNE" Slow braised (6 hours) shin of Galloway beef from Yew Tree Farm Coniston with glazed shallots, button mushrooms smoked bacon lardons and potato and parsnip puree. £14.25 CUMBERLAND TATTIE HOT POT Slow braised Herdwick lamb from Yew Tree Farm, Coniston. With Bury black pudding, topped with crispy potatoes, served with our own very special pickled red cabbage and tempura black pudding £13.55 BLUE CHEESE, CELERIAC & WALNUT PATHIVIER (V) Ecased in puff pastry, with a lentil and red wince sauce, Calvo Nero cabbage & chips . £12.95 SIDE ORDERS Bowl of seasonal vegetables £2.95 Bowl of triple cooked chunky chips £2.95 Seasonal salad bowl with house dressing £2.95 DESSERTS WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE Wrapped in dark chocolate, toppped with raspberries and served with almond tuilles £5.65 EXTREMELY RICH STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING With dark butterscotch sauce & vanilla clotted cream ice cream £5.65 CRÈME BRULEE Infused with vanilla bourbon, served with a small apple crumble and clotted cream ice cream. £5.95 A SELECTION OF HAND CRAFTED CHEESES With homemade tomato chutney, walnut bread and oatmeal biscuit £6.95 HOT BEVERAGES Coffee / decaf £2.00 Cappuccino sml / lrg £2.35 / £2.95 Café Latte / Mocha £2.35 Espresso / double £1.75 / £2.80 Hot Chocolate £2.20 Liquor Coffee £3.95 Tea / peppermint / fruit tea £1.75 LIGHT LUNCHES SOUP OF THE DAY Home made seasonal soup with our own baked bread £4.25 BOWL OF TRIPLE COOKED CHUNKY CHIPS £2.95 SANDWICHES AT £5.25 Served on white or granary bread from the Apple Pie bakery in Ambleside, with seasonal salad leaves & parsnip crisps Honey glazed organic Glouster old spot with Cumberland honey mustard Free range egg with a light mayonnaise dressing Organic Kendal crumbly cheese with tomato & saffron chutney Roast rib eye of beef with horseradish relish Cumberland sausage with honey mustard BLT; Sweet cured bacon, crisp lettuce, vine tomatoes with a light mayonnaise dressing Large slat water prawns with marie-rose sauce £5.50 TOASTED STEAK SANDWICH 5oz of rib eye steak with grilled red onion, rocket salad and Caesar dressing £7.25 Something a little more substantial Crispy beer battered haddock With mushy peas, tartar sauce, triple cooked chunky chips and dressed salad leaves £11.25 Grilled Cumberland sausage With a red onion, sage & red wine sauce, honey mustard mashed potatoes & Bramley apple sauce £11.95 Moules Mariniere Steamed mussels in a cream, white wine, shallot & garlic sauce, Finished with flat leaf parsley £10.95

EVENING MEALS SERVED FROM 6pm - 9pm

Here at The Church House Inn, we stand out from all the rest as ‘a real find’ here in the English Lake District, We are proud to say that all of our food is genuinely homemade, locally sourced and freshly prepared on the premises.
We appreciate your patience at busy times and hope you enjoy your evening with us.

STARTERS

SOUP OF THE DAY
Freshly made seasonal soup with our own baked bread
£4.25

MOULES MARINIERE
Steamed mussels in a cream, white wine, shallot & garlic sauce. Finished with flat leaf parsley.
£5.95 (starter) £10.95 (main)

SEARED SCALLOPS & CRISPY BELLY PORK
With celeriac & apple puree, red wine & star anise dressing
£7.95

WARM POTTED MORECAMBE BAY BROWN SHRIMP
Served over a home made toasted crumpet
£5.95

RICH CHICKEN LIVER PARFAIT

Encased in Waberthwaite ham, served with a red onion marmalade & toasted brioche
£4.75

GOATS CHEESE CRUOUSTADE
Served with a roasted beetroot and walnut salad
£5.25

OAK SMOKED SALMON
Glazed cured salmon, Gruyene cheese terrine encased in Waberthwaite ham, with a rocket salad and balsamic, madira and port dressing
£6.75

CRISPY CONFIT DUCK

set upon a wild mushroom risotto cake, wilted spinach & Madera sauce. £5.75

MAIN

10oz RIB EYE BELTED GALLOWAY BEEF
Fellbred beef served with a Caesar salad, triple cooked chunky chips & béarnaise sauce. (Extras - black peppercorn & brandy sauce or Cafe du Paris butter £1.00)
£18.95

LOCAL GAME PIE
With smoked pancetta and wild mushroom under a butter puff pastry topping. served with savoy cabbage and creamy mashed potatoes.
£14.25

CRISPY BEER BATTERED HADDOCK
Served with triple cooked chunky chips, homemade mushy peas, dressed salad leaves & homemade tartar sauce
£11.25

OLD SPOT BELLY PORK & CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE
Old spot belly & bury black pudding with Cumberland sausage ove colecannon mashed potatoes, Bramley apple compote, Cumberland honey mustard and a red wine & sage sauce
£13.75

CHURCH HOUSE FISH PIE
Cod, smoked haddock, prawn & salmon in a light cream sauce, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and crumbly Lancashire cheese
£13.75

DAUBE OF BEEF "BOURGUIDNONNE"
Slow braised (6 hours) shin of Galloway beef from Yew Tree Farm Coniston with glazed shallots, button mushrooms smoked bacon lardons and potato and parsnip puree.
£14.25

CUMBERLAND TATTIE HOT POT
Slow braised Herdwick lamb from Yew Tree Farm, Coniston. With Bury black pudding, topped with crispy potatoes, served with our own very special pickled red cabbage and tempura black pudding
£13.55

BLUE CHEESE, CELERIAC & WALNUT PATHIVIER (V)

Ecased in puff pastry, with a lentil and red wince sauce, Calvo Nero cabbage & chips . £12.95

SIDE ORDERS

Bowl of seasonal vegetables £2.95
Bowl of triple cooked chunky chips £2.95
Seasonal salad bowl with house dressing £2.95

DESSERTS

WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
Wrapped in dark chocolate, toppped with raspberries and served with almond tuilles
£5.65

EXTREMELY RICH STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING
With dark butterscotch sauce & vanilla clotted cream ice cream £5.65

CRÈME BRULEE
Infused with vanilla bourbon, served with a small apple crumble and clotted cream ice cream.
£5.95

A SELECTION OF HAND CRAFTED CHEESES
With homemade tomato chutney, walnut bread and oatmeal biscuit
£6.95

HOT BEVERAGES

Coffee / decaf
£2.00
Cappuccino sml / lrg
£2.35 / £2.95
Café Latte / Mocha
£2.35
Espresso / double
£1.75 / £2.80
Hot Chocolate
£2.20
Liquor Coffee
£3.95
Tea / peppermint / fruit tea
£1.75

LIGHT LUNCHES

SOUP OF THE DAY
Home made seasonal soup with our own baked bread
£4.25

BOWL OF TRIPLE COOKED CHUNKY CHIPS
£2.95

SANDWICHES AT £5.25
Served on white or granary bread from the Apple Pie bakery in Ambleside, with seasonal salad leaves & parsnip crisps

Honey glazed organic Glouster old spot with Cumberland honey mustard

Free range egg with a light mayonnaise dressing

Organic Kendal crumbly cheese with tomato & saffron chutney

Roast rib eye of beef with horseradish relish

Cumberland sausage with honey mustard

BLT; Sweet cured bacon, crisp lettuce, vine tomatoes with a light mayonnaise dressing

Large slat water prawns with marie-rose sauce
£5.50

TOASTED STEAK SANDWICH
5oz of rib eye steak with grilled red onion, rocket salad and Caesar dressing
£7.25

Something a little more substantial

Crispy beer battered haddock
With mushy peas, tartar sauce, triple cooked chunky chips and dressed salad leaves
£11.25

Grilled Cumberland sausage
With a red onion, sage & red wine sauce, honey mustard mashed potatoes & Bramley apple sauce
£11.95

Moules Mariniere
Steamed mussels in a cream, white wine, shallot & garlic sauce, Finished with flat leaf parsley
£10.95