Menu

When you make your selection that meal becomes the set menu for the evening (unless other guests have chosen first). If you are a couple you will both need to eat the same meal as I do not have capacity for multiple dish service. I can make other meals to accomodate food preferences and allergies if required, but again this becomes the set menu for the evening.

Light meals – $50 per person

Pasta with freshly made parsley pesto

I have been making pesto for years, parsley pesto is peppery and is made with pistachio nuts. This is served with bread and parmesan cheese. I can add chicken or bacon if requested.

‍ ‍Hungarian Goulash

Recipe I was given while recently travelling in Hungary, a family recipe that when I tested it was a hit with guests. Served with bread.

Dinner menu

1 course $60/2 courses $85 / 3 courses $125

Entrée

Baked brie with honey, almonds, dried apricots and pecans and homemade bread (to share)

My family love this and we have it every Christmas Eve, you won’t believe how good it is.

‍ ‍Goats cheese soufflés with salad

Served with salad.

Mains

Roasted salmon with seasonal vegetables

Salmon is local to Canterbury, fresh and excellent roasted with tomatoes, capers and fresh herbs from the garden, this dish is not to be missed while you stay at Gem bed and breakfast.

Seared lamb with parsley pesto

NZ lamb is legendary, served with freshly made parsley pesto, (parsley fresh from the garden) and parmesan cheese.

Chicken or beef pies with seasonal vegetables

The beef filling takes 2 hours to cook which I make the day before. Chicken sauce is with leeks and bacon, Rich and hearty pies. Served with vegetables.

Crumbed fish fried with salad and roasted potatoes

Market fish crumbed in panko crums, almond meal and parmesan, served with garden fresh salad and my famous roasted potatoes, everyone who eats them asks how I prepare them!

Desserts

NZ Pavlova

Traditional NZ dessert served with cream and seasonal fruit.

Vanilla fruit flan

This is another Gem favourite, served with seasonal fruit.

Breakfast,

Toast/bread

jams/preserves/spreads

tea/coffee and juice

Please choose one of the following

Home made granola
Home made Yoghurt, Stewed Fruit

Eggs, poached or scrambled, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms and hashbrown

Pancakes with syrup and fruit