Palace lifts the lid on royal lunch
2011-04-29 16:01
London - Buckingham Palace has released the menu for its lunchtime reception, which is expected to feed 650-odd guests drawn from the congregation that attended the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey.
The palace said guests would be served a selection of canapes, including:
Cornish crab salad on lemon blini
Pressed duck terrine with fruit chutney
Roulade of goats' cheese with caramelised walnuts
Assortment of palmiers and cheese straws
Scottish smoked salmon rose on beetroot blini
Miniature watercress and asparagus Tart
Poached asparagus spears with Hollandaise sauce
Quails eggs with celery salt
Scottish langoustines with lemon mayonnaise pressed confit of pork belly with crayfish and crackling
Wild mushroom and celeriac chausson
Bubble and squeak with confit shoulder of lamb
Grain mustard and honey-glazed chipolatas
Smoked haddock fishcake with pea guacamole
Miniature Yorkshire pudding with roast fillet of beef and horseradish mousse
Gateau opera
Blood orange pate de fruit
Raspberry financier
Rhubarb crème brulée tartlet
Passion fruit praline
White chocolate ganache truffle
Milk chocolate praline with nuts
Dark chocolate ganache truffle
Buckingham Palace added that guests would be served Pol Roger NV brut reserve champagne along with other soft and alcoholic drinks.
The palace said that governors-general and prime ministers would be presented to the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, and the newly-married royal couple. The reception was due to include the cutting of the wedding cake, as well as some speeches.