Festive Dining at The Killingworth

Celebrate the festive season at The Killingworth Castle with our specially created À La Carte Festive Menu.

Bringing together the best seasonal produce with a touch of Christmas indulgence, expect beautifully considered dishes, comforting festive flavours and a few Killy favourites along the way.

Gather around the table, settle in by the fire and enjoy good food, good wine and Christmas in the relaxed surroundings of our Oxfordshire Cotswold pub.

FESTIVE A LA CARTE 2026

Snacks £10 pp
Whipped cod roe, caviar & blinis

Chicken liver parfait on brioche, cranberry & orange

Goujere, truffled cream cheese, preserved truffle

Bread
Treacle Bread with cultured butter

STARTERS

Soup
White onion velouté, sage & onion dumpling, sweet and sour onions, thyme oil

Raviolo (£6 supplement)
Red prawn & scallop raviolo, shellfish cream, tomato & XO Ragu, preserved lemon, soft herbs

Duck
Pressing of salt aged Duck, clementine jam, crispy duck skin, smoked duck breast, toasted macadamia nut

Beetroot
Salt baked white beetroot, smoked emulsion, hazelnut & seeded Granola, fermented beetroot juice

MAINS

Celeriac
Celeriac Wellington, cep puree, mushroom ragout, truffle sauce, preserved truffle, charred winter greens

Market fish
Jerusalam artichoke, charred winter greens, cornish mussels, smoked mussel sauce

Pork
Confit Jimmy Butler’s Blythburgh pork belly, spiced squash, smoked bacon, chestnuts, creamed sprouts, pig in blanket, pork jus

Venison
Local venison loin, cep puree, shoulder & black pudding croquette, beetroot, preserved blackberry, venison jus

Steak (£12 supplement)
8 oz Fillet of aged Herefordshire beef, Green Peppercorn sauce, Beef Fat potato terrine, Watercress emulsion, onion ring

SIDES £6

Winter cabbage, smoked bacon & Chestnut butter, crispy sprouts

Triple-Cooked Potatoes, sage, Garlic & Rosemary salt

Smoked cheddar & Leek Mac n Cheese

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Apple (Pre Dessert)
Spiced custard, apple sorbet, carrot cake crumb

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DESSERTS

Tart
Mince Pie Frangipane tart, Armagnac Agen Prunes, walnut praline, almond ice cream

Chocolate
Panatone Bread & butter pudding, 53% Valrhona milk chocolate, clementine, hazelnut

Cheesecake
Pineapple Cheesecake, spiced rum caramel, caramelised pineapple, passion fruit & white chocolate ice cream

Cheese
(£6 supplement / £15 as an additional course)
Selection of British cheeses, plum chutney, Quince, grapes, crackers

Coffee & Petites Fours £6

£65 per person