Oxford Caterers, Catering for Picnics

SugarPepper & Co

Oxford Caterers - For Effortless Entertaining

0845 330 4533

Established 2001

Picnic menus

We can create tailor-made menus to suit your requirements.

Please call 0845 330 4533 or email to discuss your requirements and for a tailor-made quote for the number of guests you are planning to cater for.

Sample picnic menu

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Potted prawns

Smoked trout, caper, parsley and celery filo pastries

Salmon, dill, parsley and crème fraiche puff pastries

Marinated sage and chive roast chicken drumsticks

Pork pies and mustard

Roast beef, radish, watercress and horseradish salad

Courgette terrine with tarragon vinaigrette

Homemade Scotch eggs or Devilled eggs

Watercress, Cheddar and sunblush tomato tart

Goat’s chesse and leek tart

Vegetarian 'sausage rolls' with tomato relish, radish and tomato salad

Selection of British cheeses, crackers, bread, chutney, celery and cherry tomatoes or Ploughman's platter

Potato salad with dill vinaigrette OR Greek yoghurt, mayonnaise and chives OR with crispy bacon, boiled egg, gherkins, dill, parsley and mayonnaise

English garden salad with new potatoes, flat green beans, spring onions and a crumbled Cheshire cheese, honey and mustard dressing.

Strawberries and cream with shortbread or pear and chocolate tart

Lashings of ginger beer and cloudy lemonade!

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To create your own menu please choose from the following:

Platters:

Marinated chicken breast with a lemon and tarragon vinaigrette or tarragon mayonnaise on a bed of mixed leaves

Chicken in a creamy sun dried tomato, basil and garlic dressing on a bed of mixed leaves

Chicken tikka, yoghurt and coriander on a bed of fresh spinach

Coronation chicken

Mexican chicken, avocado and tomato salsa dressing on bed of lettuce

Marinated sage and chive roast chicken drumsticks

Salmon en croute – salmon and spinach with tarragon butter, wrapped in puff pastry

Crab and avocado salad

Prawns in Marie Rose sauce on a bed of iceberg lettuce

Sliced chicken breast on a Caesar salad base

Pork pies and mustard

Chicken and ham pie with chutney

Honey roast ham with mustard, piccalilli, and blue cheese, chive and soured cream sauce

Roast beef with English mustard, creamed horseradish sauce and radishes

Roast turkey with mayonnaise and cranberry sauce

Mixed meat platter with honey roast ham, roast beef, roast turkey and pastrami, with silverskin onions, baby gherkins, peppadew peppers and mustard

Pâté de campagne, charcuterie, cornichons, Normandy butter and baguette

Parma ham, salami, Gorgonzola, and marinated mozzarella, sun blush tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and basil in extra-virgin olive oil

Platter of smoked fish - smoked trout, smoked salmon and smoked mackerel with caper mayonnaise and a mustard and dill dressing

Smoked salmon and Gravadlax, dill and mustard sauce, rye bread and soured cream

Puy lentils, feta, parsley, Italian sausage and rocket with a Dijon mustard dressing

Salade Nicoise

Harissa marinated goat’s cheese on cous cous with Mediterranean vegetables

Toasted goat's cheese and fresh herbs croutes on a bed of mixed leaves

Vegetarian, Quorn sausage roll with sage, thyme and Cheddar served with tomato relish

Hummus, falafel, mint, and cucumber on a bed of lettuce with harissa dressing and pitta bread

Ploughman's platter

Pâtés, cold meats, fish and cheese

Duck liver and orange pâté

Chicken liver pâté

Salmon pâté with crackers and dill pickles

Smoked mackerel pâté

Poached salmon on watercress with lemon and dill mayonnaise

Salmon, parsley and chive terrine with a cucumber cream sauce

Potted prawns

Courgette terrine with tarragon vinaigrette

Mushroom pâté with baguette

Devilled eggs

Selection of British cheeses, crackers, chutney, celery and cherry tomatoes

Sandwiches:

Baguettes with your choice of filling

Pan bagnat - sandwich from Nice started out as a Salade Niçoise in which stale bread was crumbled about an hour before it was served. The name literally means "bathed bread". Filled white rolls, with tuna, tomatoes, olives, anchovies, red and green pepper, sliced boiled egg and garlic vinaigrette

Panino – Italian style sandwich of individual rolls or a loaf, cut horizontally and filled with cured meats, cheese and vegetables.

-layered slices of roasted red peppers, courgettes, red onion, black olives, basil, mozzarella, sundried tomatoes and green olive and garlic paste

-layers of Italian salami, ham, mozzarella, black olives and Sunblush tomatoes

Tortilla wraps

-Black Forest ham, watercress and shallot butter

-spicy Mexican chicken with avocado, red onion, tomato and coriander

-smoked and fresh salmon with cream cheese, lemon and dill

-coronation chicken and lettuce

-smoked ham and mustard cream cheese with tarragon

-black olives, tuna (optional) roasted red peppers, red pesto, basil, red onions and cream cheese

-Cheddar and tomato

Pastries:

Spinach, feta, spring onion and dill filo pastries

Smoked trout, caper, parsley and celery filo pastries

Spinach and Manchego empanada

Tuna, red pepper, tomato and onion empanada

Serrano ham, tomato, egg and parsley empanada

Portuguese chorizo and chicken empanada

Ham, chicken, watercress and Brie puff pastries

Salmon, dill, parsley and crème fraiche puff pastries

Frittatas:

Artichoke and Parma ham

Ham, mushroom and mozzarella

Spinach and smoked salmon

Tuna, courgette and pesto

Roasted Mediterranean vegetables and basil

Spinach, toasted pine nut and Parmesan

Courgette, mozzarella and pesto

Courgette, feta, spring onion and mint

Roasted red pepper, feta and olive

Potato and egg

Tarts:

Smoked ham and Gruyere

Chicken and tarragon

Smoked haddock, lemon, dill and Parmesan

Salmon, mature Cheddar, spring onion and soured cream

Smoked salmon and watercress

Crab and Parmesan

Crayfish, tarragon and clotted cream

Sunblush tomato, watercress and Cheddar

Goat’s cheese and leek

Feta, Brie, Gruyere, mature Cheddar, chives paprika and Dijon mustard

Tarte Provencale – tomato, herbs, Gruyere and Dijon mustard

Mushroom, chive and mature Cheddar

Salads

Potato salad with dill vinaigrette OR Geek yoghurt, mayonnaise and chives OR with crispy bacon, boiled egg, gherkins, dill, parsley and mayonnaise

English garden salad with new potatoes, flat green beans, spring onions and a crumbled Cheshire cheese, honey and mustard dressing.

Ham and cheese OR tomato and basil OR spinach and ricotta tortellini salad with sundried tomato and basil dressing OR soured cream, yoghurt and chive dressing OR roasted red pepper dressing

French bean and cherry tomato with honey and basil dressing

Pasta, cucumber, cherry tomato and olives with roasted red pepper and basil dressing

Greek salad – feta, tomato, green pepper, cucumber and oregano

Roasted Mediterranean vegetable and fresh herb cous cous

Tabouleh – bulghar wheat, tomato, cucumber, garlic, parsley, mint and lemon

Coleslaw

Spinach, rocket and watercress with raspberry vinaigrette

Minted pea salad

Mixed leaf salad with French dressing

Click here for a full list of salads

For Tapas click here

Desserts