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Sit Down Dinner Menu
includes
fresh cream biscuits & foccacia     with butter (or roasted garlic olive oil), tapenade & hummus
your choice of entrees,  dessert and coffee or tea

Soup or Fresh Fruit included …or substitute appetizer
Homemade Soups large variety available, see soup page
Fresh Fruit Plate a mix of fresh and dried fruits in mint syrup over thin sliced melon

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Vegetable Tart with basil oil baked in a puff pastry shell $2.50
Eggplant Fritter Napolean fried eggplant chips layered with sundried tomato pesto, goat cheese $4
Baked French Onion Soup with garlic crouton and melted swiss & mozzarella cheese $3
Cheese Fritters gouda & cheddar cheese cakes with chopped walnuts and pear sauce $2.95
Baked Brie in Phyllo with black mission figs and mango sauce $4.50
Beardslee Grilled Quesadilla with three cheeses, spinach and scallions $2.25
Wild Mushroom Strudel  with bell pepper sauce $3
Shrimp Cocktail (4 large shrimp) with traditional cocktail sauce & fresh lemon  $8
Crab Cakes or Alligator Cakes with chipotle aioli $6
Sliced Beef Tenderloin over arugula with fresh horseradish aioli $7

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Castle Salad
greens, cucumber, tomato, carrot and onion with house vinaigrette
OR
Caesar Salad
house Caesar dressing (no anchovies) with toasted croutons, parmesan, fresh pepper

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Entrees (choose one or two)
served with rice pilaf or garlic whipped potatoes as appropriate to the dish

Chicken Tarragon with vegetable and herb stuffing and tarragon sauce
Raspberry Chicken with herb stuffing and fresh raspberry coulis
Grilled Vegetable Lasagna grilled seasonal vegetables layered with ricotta and pasta
Sliced Angus Top Round of Beef with frizzled onions and rosemary scented beef jus
the above dishes $28.50

Chicken Romana with sweet Italian sausage stuffing and basil cream sauce
Fruited Chicken stuffed with apples, walnuts, apricots & raisins with cider butter sauce
Chicken Stuffed with Spinach & Feta Cheese with red & yellow bell pepper sauces
Maine Crab & Rock Shrimp Cakes with herbs and cumin remoulade over 5-grain pilaf
Crab & Shrimp Strudel in puff pastry with fresh herbs and sundried tomato butter
Roast Breast of Turkey with traditional stuffing, cranberry~orange sauce and pan gravy
the above dishes $30

Braised  Loin of Pork rolled with sage stuffing served with apple-raisin chutney and toasted walnuts
Pan Roast Salmon with cider butter sauce, julienne vegetables and toasted pumpkin seeds
Lemon & Herb crusted Swordfish steak with citrus tomato relish and saffron cous-cous
t
he above dishes $32

Choice Roast Prime Rib with frizzled onions, bleu cheese crust, rosemary scented demi glace  $36
Scallops & Shrimp in Puff Pastry with sautéed vegetables, white wine butter sauce, lemon zest  $36
Grilled Yellowfin Tuna fresh tuna with white wine butter sauce, kalamata olives and scallions $36
Pan Seared Scottish Salmon fire roasted cilantro corn relish, lime garlic aioli, jalapeno cornbread $33
Grilled Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast with raspberry hazelnut sauce and dried fruit compote $33
Applewood Grilled Filet Mignon bacon wrapped tenderloin with red onion confit and 3-herb béarnaise  $40
Applewood Grilled New York Strip Steak choice strip with frizzled onions and Saranac Amber beer mustard cream sauce $38
Cold Water Brazillian Lobster Tail (8oz) with tarragon butter, wild rice, saffron cous-cous $48


Entrée Duets – one all guests receive the same dinner
Filet Mignon & Lobster grilled filet topped with lobster claw meat poached in sundried tomato butter, with broccolli béarnaise $46
Chicken & Salmon with julienne vegetables and bourbon coder butter sauce, toasted walnuts $38
Steak & Shrimp grilled strip steak with zinfandel shallot demi glace & sautéed jumbo shrimp scampi $39

Wedding Cake Included
many styles and flavors available …see cake page

Coffee and Tea fresh decaf and regular Folgers Coffee, tea with lemon

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Premium Plated Dinner Package
this is an example of our premium 5 course plated dinner package
at a la carte pricing this menu represents a savings of about 20% 
you may make comparable substitutions to this menu

Bar and Hors D'oeuvres outside or indoors at no charge

includes Premium Brands open bar for five hours
with full selection of cordials and specialty bottled beers

 HORS D'OEUVRES
(comparable substitutions from the hors d’œuvres page acceptable)
Shrimp Cocktail       Sea Scallops wrapped in Bacon      mini-quiche       fried saffron risotto cakes     Feta & Spinach philo triangles            fried tofu cubes with soy dipping sauce

Fruit baskets and vegetables crudités      domestic and imported cheeses, assorted crackers   

Champagne Toast
Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut
(comparable substitutions acceptable)

SIT DOWN DINNER
Fresh Bread Baskets with cream biscuits, foccacia & corn muffins
with olive tapenade, hummus, and herb butter

Appetizer
choice of one, many other selections available
Clams Casino       Grilled Golden Pineapple Skewers      Ostrich Filet with rosemary demi glace
Grilled vegetables in puff pastry with bell pepper sauces 
Nori Maki~Vegetable sushi rolls or California Rolls
Wild Mushroom Strudel        Eggplant Fritter Napolean         Baked Brie with mango vinaigrette
House Smoked Salmon with crostini          Three Layer Roast Vegetable Terrine
Rock Shrimp or Alligator Cakes with remoulade

Soup of the Season
or
Intermezzo
sorbet selection:
lemon basil
lavender mint
raspberry hazelnut
tequila grapefruit
blueberry rosemary
lime pomegranate

Salad Selection, choose one
House Salad, sweet  & sour vinaigrette
Caesar Salad
tomato & mozzarella salad caprese, basil vinaigrette (add $2.50)
iceberg wedge, warm bleu cheese , radish and walnuts
Boston lettuce, feta, kalamatas, pistachios, balsamic vinaigrette (add $2) 

Dinner Entrée :  sample choices, comparable substitutions acceptable

Grilled Choice Strip Steak Diane with brandy bacon peppercorn glaze and frizzled onions

Scallops & Shrimp in Puff Pastry with an herbed lemon butter sauce

premium wines poured with dinner entrée
Reds:     Fetzer Valley Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon    or  Haywood Cabernet Sauvignon
Whites:   Fetzer Sundial Chardonnay      or    Hogue Pinot Grigio    or    Delicato White Zinfandel
other wine options available

Wedding Cake
many styles and flavors available …see cake page

served with Strawberries dipped in dark chocolate on each plate
or
Chocolate fondue with fresh fruit served at each table

 Coffee, Flavored Coffees and Herbal teas

 ---$95  per person---
A Beardslee Castle premium wedding is an event to remember,
with your guests being pampered and pleased throughout the evening.
Please speak with Jennifer or Lynn for consulting on your individually tailored premium package


 

 
       

LINKS TO CURRENT INFORMATION, MENUS, PRICING, AVAILABILITY:
available dates through 2010
hors d'oeuvres and bar packages
family style dinner menu
4 sit-down dinner menu and 5 course premium package
buffet menu and premium buffet menu
luncheon menu for events beginning before noon
Rehearsal Dinners & Bridal Showers
wedding cakes
read thank-you-notes from past weddings
wedding photo album
Table Arrangements-Room Layout-Seating Plans
answers to all of your questions
details on deposits and billing

 
 

  

revised Sept 2008
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