Duncombe Park Roe Deer Carpaccio with Yoadwath Mill Smoked Trout, Ampleforth Abbey ‘Discovery’ Apple and Garden Fennel Remoulade and Baked Dill Grissini

SURF ‘N TURF, STAR INN-STYLE! PEPPERED SADDLE OF ROE DEER, THINLY SLICED AND ROLLED OUT, SITS ON TOP OF A TOWER OF AMPLEFORTH ABBEY ‘DISCOVERY’ APPLES, THE GRATED BLUSHING PINK-HUED FRUIT BRINGS A SHARP TASTE, WHICH IS BLENDED WITH OUR OWN ANISEED-SCENTED BULB FENNEL, WHILST THE DILL GRISSINI GIVES TEXTURE TO THE DISH, LOVELY FLAKES OF SUCCULENT SMOKED RAINBOW TROUT SURROUND THE TOWER, MAKING AVERY SOPHISTICATED SUMMER STARTER OR EVEN A SALAD OR, IN ITS OWN RIGHT, A MAIN COURSE.