The Square and Compasses Pub near Fairstead, Chelmsford Pubs

The Square and Compasses Sample Menu
Pub Classic’s Homemade beef lasagne served with chips and dressed side salad and parmesan cheese Local hand carved ham, two free range eggs, fries and crusty bread Local beer battered fish and chips, garden peas, salad garnish lemon wedge and tartare sauce Homemade beef and parsley or lamb and mint burger served in a toasted sesame seed bun with fresh dressed salad, fries and mayo Local butchers choice sausages, mashed potato and a rich red onion and wine gravy Char-grilled farmers gammon steak, chips, mushrooms, tomato and fried egg Homemade steak and kidney pie with garden peas, mashed potato or chips Homemade fish pie (smoked haddock, cod, prawns) with a topping of cheesey mashed potato, garden peas and mixed dressed salad Ham or cheddar cheese ploughman’s, crusty bread, fresh salad and branston pickle Daily Changing Blackboard Specials Starters Scottish smoked salmon, caper, lemon and dill mayo Fresh steamed mussels, white wine cream garlic and parsley Homemade duck liver and brandy pate, tomato and onion chutney Chef’s homemade soup of the day Breast of warm pigeon and bacon salad with a mustard seed dressing Main Courses Grilled wing of skate, brown butter and capers Fillet of salmon, spring onion and potato cake with saffron and mussel sauce Rabbit and roast vegetable stew with rosemary roasted potatoes Breast of chicken stuffed with apricots, redcurrants and fresh herbs with a red wine sauce Roast butternut squash and parmesan risotto Pork mignons on a bed of shallot, chantarelle and porcini mushroom duxelle served with a veal sauce Char grilled sirloin steak topped with garlic flat mushrooms and a real ale rarebit Wild mushroom ravioli with a mushroom and cream sauce, fresh bail and parmesan Puddings Hot treacle sponge with golden syrup served with custard or ice cream Homemade baked chocolate and cointreau cheesecake with vanilla ice cream Warm bread and butter pudding with homemade custard or ice cream Selection of quality ice creams or sorbets Selection of british and continental cheeses with celery, grapes and biscuits Sicilian lemon tart with lemon curd sauce and lemon sorbet Vanilla pod panna cotta with blackberry sauce <<Back

The Square and Compasses Sample Menu

Pub Classic’s
Homemade beef lasagne served with chips and dressed side salad and parmesan cheese
Local hand carved ham, two free range eggs, fries and crusty bread
Local beer battered fish and chips, garden peas, salad garnish lemon wedge and tartare sauce
Homemade beef and parsley or lamb and mint burger served in a toasted sesame seed
bun with fresh dressed salad, fries and mayo
Local butchers choice sausages, mashed potato and a rich red onion and wine gravy
Char-grilled farmers gammon steak, chips, mushrooms, tomato and fried egg
Homemade steak and kidney pie with garden peas, mashed potato or chips
Homemade fish pie (smoked haddock, cod, prawns) with a topping of cheesey mashed
potato, garden peas and mixed dressed salad
Ham or cheddar cheese ploughman’s, crusty bread, fresh salad and branston pickle

Daily Changing Blackboard Specials

Starters
Scottish smoked salmon, caper, lemon and dill mayo
Fresh steamed mussels, white wine cream garlic and parsley
Homemade duck liver and brandy pate, tomato and onion chutney
Chef’s homemade soup of the day
Breast of warm pigeon and bacon salad with a mustard seed dressing

Main Courses
Grilled wing of skate, brown butter and capers
Fillet of salmon, spring onion and potato cake with saffron and mussel sauce
Rabbit and roast vegetable stew with rosemary roasted potatoes
Breast of chicken stuffed with apricots, redcurrants and fresh herbs with a red wine sauce
Roast butternut squash and parmesan risotto
Pork mignons on a bed of shallot, chantarelle and porcini mushroom duxelle served with a veal sauce
Char grilled sirloin steak topped with garlic flat mushrooms and a real ale rarebit
Wild mushroom ravioli with a mushroom and cream sauce, fresh bail and parmesan

Puddings
Hot treacle sponge with golden syrup served with custard or ice cream
Homemade baked chocolate and cointreau cheesecake with vanilla ice cream
Warm bread and butter pudding with homemade custard or ice cream
Selection of quality ice creams or sorbets
Selection of british and continental cheeses with celery, grapes and biscuits
Sicilian lemon tart with lemon curd sauce and lemon sorbet
Vanilla pod panna cotta with blackberry sauce

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