Infotel Magazine | Edition 11 | 2016

A Postcard from
Cambridge
The Guest Book
This month’s top picks
2016 Edition 11
The Infotel
Specials
DECEMBER
DESTINATIONS
FULL OF CHRISTMAS CHEER!
PAMPER
IN 2017
IT’S SPA TIME
CHEF
Geraldine Gay
Get’s Festive!

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CONTENTS
Pamper in the
New Year!
5 1028
4 14 22
5 15 24
The Guest Book
December Dates
for the Diary
In the Therapist’s
Chair - Interview
Bridgemary Manor
A Postcard from
Cambridge
Top Picks in
Cambridge
8 16 25
Bridgehouse Hotel Infotel Business Ship Inn
9 18 26
Marygreen Manor
Christmas
Opening Times
The Infotel
Specials
10 19
Pamper in the
New Year!
Padbrook Park Hotel
Golf & Country Club
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Chef’s Corner
Free Recipe
Back Cover: Stoke Rochford Hall
20
Let the Food
do the Talking
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This month’s collection of Infotel properties to check-in to
Mallory Court Hotel
Warwickshire
The Bell Inn Wiltshire
Hartfell House &
The Limetree Dumfriesshire
Chimneys Hotel
Co. Durham
Victoria Lodge Guest
House Wiltshire
Galaxie Private Hotel
Oxfordshire
Burlington Hotel
Devon
Finch Hatton Arms
Hotel Lincolnshire
Waterside Serviced
Rooms, Cottages &
Apartments Oxfordshire
Swan Inn & Motel
Norfolk
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DATES FOR THE DIARY
Turn a December
day into destination downtime!
Looking for a last minute getaway with plenty of
festive good cheer? This month’s comprehensive
Dates for the Diary dishes up destinations ready
to charm all the family!
A trip to Durham in December delivers
something different with the traditional
Christmas Market held in and around
the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A huge craft and gift fair with over 190
carefully selected stalls, a local food
producers market, entertainment
including carol services, jazz and
brass bands combine to set a
spectacular scene the first
weekend in December.
To make Durham your destination >>
For some animal magic with a difference
take the children to Chester Zoo where
Santa and his sleigh await your arrival.
Take a magical journey through a
constellation of stars, discover amazing
animal lanterns and see lots of zoo
favourites, woodland creatures, puppets
and festive characters in the enchanted
forest. Now in its fifth year, The Lanterns
of Chester Zoo is great for all ages and is
guaranteed to light up children’s faces...
and adults too!
For a candlelit stay in Chester >>
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DATES FOR THE DIARY
Christmas isn’t Christmas without
A Christmas Carol. Take a step back
into the past with a visit to the
Plymouth house where Charles
Dickens was born.
The special weekend celebration runs
from 8 to 11 December and showcases
middle class tastes of the time with
furniture, ceramics, glass and
decorations which have been faithfully
maintained and are now displayed
where the great writer was born.
To combine a Christmas
past with a Christmas
present in Plymouth >>
For a touch of frost head to Sunderland
any time from 26 November until Christmas
Eve to experience the sparkling Frost
Village and traditional Christmas market.
A real ice rink will be in the heart of
Keel Square, mouth-watering treats at
the market and a 15 metre Ferris Wheel,
standing tall over Sunderland’s landmarks,
is just one of the fairground attractions
adding to the festive fever.
To slumber in Sunderland >>
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DATES FOR THE DIARY
If you want to step away from commercialism,
commemorate the shortest day of the year in
Brighton with the annual Winter Solstice
Burning the Clocks parade.
People from across the city create stunning paper
and willow lanterns which they parade through the
streets before reaching the beach where the lanterns
become part of a blazing bonfire. The parade makes
a most magical atmosphere with over 2000 people
taking part and the fireworks display on the
beach which follows, is spectacular.
For a bright stay in Brighton >>
After an absence
of 30 years, pantomime
is returning to the West End’s
most famous theatre. The London
Palladium will be home to a
star-studded production of Cinderella,
with Paul O’Grady, Julian Clarey and
Amanda Holden topping the bill in
what’s likely to be the most lavish
and spectacular pantomime
production this year.
A frozen adventure playground
of fun awaits in London at the
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
where along with ice-skating there’s
big-top shows, an observation
wheel, Christmas themed activities
and a huge Christmas market.
Grab an invite to the ball
and be charmed in one of
these hotels >>
For a Hyde Park
hideaway >>
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FEATURE
Bridgehouse Hotel
Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3AY
From
£145
01775 843413
Lines open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
From the log fires crackling in the
centuries-old inglenooks to the candle-lit
panelled Georgian dining room, this
country retreat, with its mullioned windows,
ancient beams and thick stone walls
oozes character.
A former priest’s home, dating back over
700 years, guests can take their pick from
a luxury room in the main house or one of
the outside Coach House rooms. All are
individually designed and decorated to a
high standard with Molton Brown toiletries
and waffle bathrobes in the luxury
bathrooms, free WiFi, flat screen TVs,
and tea and coffee making facilities.
“Delightful hotel with a warm
and friendly atmosphere”
A Trip Advisor Reviewer
At the heart of the hotel is the 2 AA Rosette
restaurant, where you’ll find a rare blend of
ancient and modern cooking, using meat
and fish from local farms and fishing ports,
wherever possible.
Turn to page 20 to meet Bridgehouse
Hotel’s award-winning Head Chef
Geraldine Gay.
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FEATURE
Marygreen Manor
Brentwood, Essex CM14 4NR
From
£57.20
01775 843413
Lines open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
This delightful boutique hotel in the heart
of Essex has history dating back to the
Tudor times when it was home to Henry
Roper, Catherine of Aragon’s gentleman
servant. Wood panelled walls, oak beams
and the ornate ceiling in the lounge set
the scene in this fine example of early
century architecture.
The hotel’s award-winning restaurant,
Tudors, is in the original Baronial Hall and
has a vast vaulted ceiling and barley twist
columns, offers diners a choice of a la carte
or a six course Chef’s Tasting Menu.
All 44 en-suite bedrooms have work desks,
free WiFi, flat-screen TV and tea and coffee
making facilities, with some rooms providing
garden views or opt for a suite in the
annexed lodge with Jacuzzi tubs.
“The staff were welcoming and
attentive and our courtyard rooms
were peaceful and comfortable,
overlooking the lovely garden”
A Trip Advisor Reviewer
Easily accessible from junction 28 on
the M25 and junction 11 on the A12 with
Brentwood train station just over a mile
away. The hotel provides plenty of free
on-site car parking.
100 On-site Free WiFi Restaurant
/Catering
Bar 24hr Weddings Christmas Golf Fishing
Reception
Parties Nearby Nearby
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2.00pm
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11.00am
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PAMPER
Pamper in the
New Year!
After the chaos of Christmas, recharge and
renew with some special spa time. Guaranteed to
put the spring in your step and leave you ready to
face 2017 with new vigour and vitality, our Spa
Collection is the perfect excuse for chasing
away the winter blues.
Old Thorns Manor
Hotel Golf & Country
Estate is set in 400 acres
of picturesque Hampshire
countryside and dates back
to the 17th Century. Steeped
in history, it combines the
best of both worlds with a
choice of accommodation,
from a modern, contemporary
four bedroom apartment to
stunning superior rooms
or experience the estates
eco-pods with a touch of
glamping!
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Elegant décor, fluffy pillows
and luxurious showers add
to the overall feeling of being
somewhere special, of being
somebody special.
And then there’s the Spa!
Health, fitness and wellness
delivered by a highly trained
professional team offering
an unrivalled choice of
aromatherapy, therapeutic
and indulgent treatments.
A relaxation room, 15
treatment rooms and a
private balcony for spa guests,
plus wet-spa facilities in the
health club, which includes a
20m pool, sub-tropical bubble
pool, steam room, sauna, foot
spas and heated loungers,
all add to this fabulous four
star stay.
A package including spa
treatments, dinner, B&B and
a double superior room start
from £109 per person.

PAMPER
Swaddled in 157 acres
of landscaped grounds,
Hallmark Hotel The
Welcombe Stratford
upon Avon is within
sonnet-shouting distance
of William Shakespeare’s
birthplace.
Sumptuous and stylish
rooms, apartments and
suites are available, blending
the tastefully modern with
the resplendently historic,
including four-poster beds,
rich fabric drapes and even
a bathroom decorated with
hand-painted murals.
Fabulously fluffy bathrobes
and towels welcome you to
the light, bright and modern
spa, which tips a therapeutic
wink to the past with a trail
of ancient Roman thermal
treatments.
An al fresco vitality pool,
tropical rain shower and
Swedish sauna add a 21st
century heat wave to your
stay, plus there’s solo and dual
treatment rooms available.
Accommodation starts
from £91 per night.
Treatments start at £33.
Turn to page 14 for a
quick-fire interview with
Helen Beasley, therapist
at The Welcombe Spa.
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PAMPER
Pamper in the
New Year!
The spa at
Hartwell House
Hotel, Restaurant
& Spa is housed in a
splendid building modelled
on an orangery. Home to a
generous sized swimming
pool, spa bath, steam room,
saunas, outdoor hot tub and
a well-equipped gymnasium,
it offers a wide range of
treatments.
A quick-fix 25 minute instant
eye repair with aromatherapy
oils designed to leave your
eyes fresh, bright and youthful
or the Uplift your Mood
treatment and its 115 minutes
of indulgent pampering, are
two of our favourites.
If coughs and sneezes spread
diseases then the Immune
Recovery treatment will
cleanse, clear and decongest,
or drift away with the
head-to-toe Sleep Deeply
massage. Pure bliss!
If a new year’s cleanse is the
prescription pick the Detox
and Revive scrub and wrap
treatment; combining zingy
citrus oils, it’ll kick any
sluggishness into touch,
leaving you bursting with
energy.
Prices for treatments start
from £41 with accommodation
from £175 per night.
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PAMPER
If a new year retreat means
a total escape from the UK
then The Orchard
Wellness & Health
Resort in Malaysia
delivers in style.
Stay in luxury suites or
private garden or pool villas,
exquisitely designed and
decorated, and with a pillow
menu consisting of Bamboo
Charcoal Classic Gel Memory
Pillows, Buckwheat Hull and
ergonomic Massage Latex
Pillows…to name a few!
Gluten free and tailor-made
meals are created by the
on-site nutritionists who follow
a farm to table philosophy
where the resort’s own organic
vegetables, herbs and fruit
trees are harvested as well as
their own organic, free-range
chickens, ducks, turkeys,
goats, cows and stock from
the organic fishponds. You
can enjoy an array of local
Malaysian delicacies and
popular international dishes
in the restaurant.
The Be-Well Spa will take
your body on a wet and dry,
warm and cold temperature
journey combining FIR sauna,
Jacuzzi and steam room with
the cold plunge pool and
showers to open and cleanse
your skin, leaving you ready to
experience the treatments on
offer; signature massages,
rejuvenating therapies, body
wraps and exfoliation, facials,
foot care and yoga.
Prices start from £137, based
on two staying in a deluxe
suite and includes breakfast.
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INTERVIEW
In the
Therapist’s Chair
The 90 second quick-fire interview
Helen Beasley has been working in the spa at
Hallmark Hotel The Welcombe in Stratford-upon-Avon
for the last seven years. She has a BA honours degree
in Business Management, a Foundation degree in
Spa Management and a BTEC in Beauty Sciences.
Why do you recommend people have a massage?
And which ones are available?
Massages are important as they help to release the
build-up of tension in muscles. We offer deep tissue,
Indian head massage, reflexology, pregnancy and
Swedish massage.
What’s a popular treatment/therapy at the
moment with ladies? And with men?
With ladies it’s Elemis facials and a body massage
for men.
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If you were a guest what
treatments or therapies
would you have?
Facials! I love a facial
because they are so relaxing.
I always fall asleep!
What products do you
use? Do you have a
favourite? Why?
Elemis face and body,
Jessica nails and I love
Elemis Super Food
Facial Oil because it
gives the skin a lovely
radiant, healthy glow.
How do you take care
of yourself?
Following a shower I do
a full body moisturise,
and then I cleanse and
moisturise my face twice
a day.
Do guests need to book
in advance or can they
book treatments once
they’ve checked-in
to the hotel?
It’s advisable so we
can make sure we have
availability and the right
amount of time for
different treatments.
If you’re ready to rejuvenate
with a super spa stay in
Stratford-upon-Avon
follow our link >>

FEATURE
Bridgemary Manor
Gosport, Hampshire PO13 0JY
From
£62
01775 843413
Lines open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
Close to Fareham, Gosport
and Portsmouth, this family run
hotel consists of.
“Plenty of parking, great breakfast,
friendly staff. Would recommend”
A Trip Advisor Reviewer
The bar and dining area are
open seven days a week to
hotel guests and non-residents
with the restaurant serving
good quality homemade food,
from light snacks, main meals
and vegetarian options, cooked
breakfasts and Sunday roasts.
Portsmouth Ferry Port is only a
15 minute drive away and the
beach at Lee-on-the-Solent is
less than ten minutes by car.
25 On-site Free WiFi Restaurant
/Catering
Bar 24hr CCTV Private Live Music Golf
Parties
Nearby
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2.00pm
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11.00am
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FEATURE
Padbrook Park Hotel
Golf & Country Club
Cullompton, Devon EX15 1RU
From
£65
£90
01775 843413
Lines open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
Padbrook Park Hotel, Golf &
Country Club is located in the
heart of the Culm Valley at the
southern end of Cullompton,
just 15 minutes from Exeter
and its airport. A total of 40
bedrooms, ranging from king
size, double, twin through to
family rooms and deluxe rooms
with a canopied bed and two
person Jacuzzis are available.
Ripley’s Restaurant serves
breakfast, lunch and evening
meals plus a popular Sunday
carvery and the on-site health
and fitness centre, hair and
beauty salon plus an 18 hole
par 72 golf course, completes
the extensive leisure facilities.
“We had dinner and breakfast in the
restaurant and the food and staff were
excellent. The room was nice, clean
and spacious” A Trip Advisor Reviewer
250 On-site Free WiFi Restaurant
/Catering
Bar Weddings Beautician Gym PGA Golf Fishing
Check In
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11.00am
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INTERVIEW
Bridge House Hotel & Restaurant is renowned
for its award-winning food, and is proud to boast
two Rosettes and Gold Winner in the Taste of the
West Awards for four years running.
Head Chef Geraldine Gay sources the best local
ingredients from across Dorset and her menu
evolves with the seasons and includes dishes
such as roasted rack of local lamb, line caught
sea bass and locally grown asparagus.
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INTERVIEW
Let the food
do the talking
What made you want to be a chef and how long
have you been doing it?
I have a passion for food and have been a chef for
the last seven years.
What do you look for when you create a new dish
or menu? What’s your main considerations?
I try to create something everyone loves and will use
local seasonal produce wherever possible.
What’s proving to be the most popular dish
on your menu this month and why do you think
that is?
Plaice is very popular at the moment. We source it
locally and it’s served with a wonderful combination
of flavours.
The #shelfie - a chef’s five must have herbs and
spices always available on the shelf! What are
yours and why?
Salt, pepper, garlic, flat parsley and corriander.
Good food is always well seasoned!
If you were stranded
on a desert island and
allowed one item or
ingredient from your
kitchen, what would
it be?
Garlic. I use it at home
and work.
You’re sharing a recipe
with our readers today,
why did you choose
this one?
It’s a caramelised shallot
and goat’s cheese tartlet.
We use a local Dorset
goat’s cheese at Bridge
House. The tartlet is
really easy to make at
home, full of flavour and
works really well this time
of year as a starter plus it
looks really pretty!
What’s your favourite cuisine and why?
Thai. I love all the flavours.
Do any celebrity chefs inspire you? And if you
had to compare yourself to one, who would you
say you most resemble in terms of cooking style
and/or temperament?
I have always admired Michel Roux junior. I like his
calm positive attitude.
Which famous person, dead or alive, would you
love to cook for and what would you serve them?
I love to cook for anyone. No one springs to mind.
I enjoy cooking vegetarian food as I like to show
people how interesting it can be.
Enjoy our free recipe
in this month’s Chef’s
Corner! Turn to page 28
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A POSTCARD FROM...
Cambridge
A city for all seasons, Cambridge has much to offer; majestic
college buildings, beautiful art galleries and museums, an
historic market place, boutique and high street shopping,
live entertainment and of course, punting on the River Cam.
With Christmas approaching is there anything
more enchanting than the sublime Choir of
King’s College? Celebrated for its choral
services, including the famous A Festival of
Nine Lessons and Carols which is broadcast
live across the globe by the BBC on Christmas
Eve, Choral Evensong is sung most days during
term-time and is free and open to everyone
to attend.
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Take time to discover the works of art and
antiquities on show at The Fitzwilliam
Museum. Masterpieces by Rubens, Canaletto,
Constable, Monet and Picasso plus collections
from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt make
this one of the nation’s most important art
collections.

A POSTCARD FROM...
Cambridge’s oldest craft
bakery, Fitzbillies, is famous
for its Chelsea buns, traditional
cakes and soda bread.
The beautiful art nouveau
designed cake shop, café and
restaurant serves savoury tarts,
pies and sausage rolls, English
cheeses, hams and soups as
well as fulfilling the needs of
those with a sweet tooth!
On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings, Fitzbillies
turns into a restaurant featuring
the cooking of head chef
Rosie Sykes.
You don’t need to be a shopaholic to appreciate the eclectic
choice Cambridge provides. Potter around the cobbled Market
Square for vintage clothes, quirky gifts, fine cheeses, fresh
coffee beans and books and paintings or head to the open air
All Saints Garden Art and Craft Market, opposite Trinity
College. Running every Saturday, artisan products and quality
arts and crafts are on sale.
Rose Crescent, Trinity Street, Magdalene Street, Bridge
Street and King Street are home to excellent independent
shops and chic cafes with the Grand Arcade, the city’s newest
shopping centre, offering over 60 premium and high street
brands under one roof.
For a vibrant Brooklyn
style dining experience,
Butch Annie’s is a burger
and rib joint on Market Street
where the focus is the best
ingredients sourced from
some of the country’s finest
small-scale producers.
Keeping the menu concise
and the choice exciting,
including vegetarian burgers,
award-winning craft ales
and lagers plus farm-pressed
ciders and natural wines,
Butch Annie’s is different,
delightful and downright
delicious!
The Cambridge Backs is a stretch of reclaimed land running
along the back of the riverside colleges on the River Cam.
Several famous bridges, including the Mathematical Bridge
and the Bridge of Sighs cross the river and provide stunning
views of the landscape, colleges and river.
In 1772 St John’s College consulted English landscape
architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, who laid out a
‘wilderness’ on the college side of Queen’s Road, which
still exists today.
The best way to appreciate The Backs is by
hiring a chauffered punt and sitting back to
enjoy an informative and engaging river tour.
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FEATURE
Ship Inn
Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0PT
From
£65
01775 843413
Lines open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
This 16th Century inn has always been at
the heart of Lerryn’s community. It provides
a choice of five en-suite rooms or two
cottages; Tide’s Reach on the river and
Manely, located in a small hamlet nearby.
Rooms at the inn have their own entrance
and consist of a well appointed ground floor
double room over-looking neighbouring
cottages or four first floor rooms, including
a family room, with views over the garden,
cottages and river. All rooms are en-suite,
tastefully decorated and have tea and
coffee making facilities and TVs.
The bar and restaurant serves an extensive
choice of real ales, such as Cornish Knocker,
Cornish Blonde and Betty Stoggs plus a
wide selection of wines and spirits.
Chef Hasan Akkos has created a menu of
locally sourced, seasonal produce for meat
eaters, fish lovers and vegetarians to enjoy.
“Made to feel welcome from the
moment we arrived, a hearty English
breakfast, and a great weekend in
what felt like home from home”
A Trip Advisor Reviewer
10 On-site Free WiFi Restaurant Bar Check In Check Out
2.00pm 11.00am
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Douglas Hotel
Co. Durham
Complimentary drink
at the bar
Royal Ettrick Hotel
Midlothian
Save as much as £80
on bedrooms
Whitsand Bay Hotel
Cornwall
Two nights stay with
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Chy an Albany Hotel
Cornwall
Complimentary dinner
with a 2 night stay
Innkeepers Lodge
Castleton, Peak
District Derbyshire
Saver offers for 2017
Kilworth House Hotel
Leicestershire
The perfect escape
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Caramelised Shallot &
Goat’s Cheese Tartlet
by Geraldine Gay (makes 4 tartlets)

CHEF’S CORNER
Ingredients
Geraldine’s recipe
is a delicious winter
warming vegetarian
tartlet, perfect as a
festive starter, a lunch
time treat or baked
in batches for a
Christmas party.
2 sheets ready rolled
puff pastry
8 banana shallots
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Method
Preheat oven to 180*C.
4 tbsp red onion
marmalade
salt and pepper
300g hard goat’s cheese
1 egg beaten
To prepare the filling for the tartlets, peel the shallots, cut
in half lengthways and trim off the root end. Heat the oil in
a frying pan, add the shallots flat side down and cook until
starting to brown. Add a little salt and pepper, turn over and
add the balsamic vinegar. Place in the oven for 8 minutes, or
until soft. Allow to cool.
Using a circular cutter approx 5.5” wide, cut four rings of
the puff pastry. Using a 4.5” cutter cut a smaller ring out of
the circle of pastry you have already cut. This will leave you
with a 4.5” circle of pastry and a 5.5” ring of pastry.
Brush the smaller piece of pastry with the beaten egg, then
lay the ring of pastry around the edge, you will have to cut
this and trim a little off... it will now be the border for your
tartlets. Egg wash the border of the tartlet and prick the
centre with a fork.
Bake the tartlets for 10 minutes, remove from the oven,
if the centres have risen gently push down with the back
of a spoon.
Place a tablespoon of onion marmalade in the centre of each
tart and spread so the middle is covered. Divide the shallot
filling between the four tartlets and then crumble over the
goats cheese. Place back in the oven for a further 5 minutes.
Drizzle the tartlets with a little balsamic vinegar and
serve with some dressed leaves.
To enjoy all of Geraldine’s menu, book
your stay at Bridgehouse Hotel >>
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