Wedding Breakfast
Hog Roasts

Our hog roast offers a more relaxed feel to your wedding breakfast. Our free-range Dorset pigs are lovingly roasted for over 6 hours and served with an extensive selection of fresh salads, bread basket and your choice of three buffet desserts.

Something a little different…

Wedding breakfast hog roast

A succulent whole free-range Dorset pig, spit-roasted served with Merlins own sage and onion stuffing, golden crackling and homemade apple sauce.

Both of the above are served with our extensive salad selection, as well as our vegetarian and vegan options:

  • Greek salad

  • Creamy red slaw

  • Rosemary and garlic roasted baby potatoes

  • Tomato, red onion & basil with an olive oil and balsamic dressing

  • Roasted Mediterranean vegetable salad

  • Merlins classic macaroni salad

  • Mixed fresh green leaf

  • Potato & chive mayonnaise

  • Tomato penne pasta

  • Bombay rice

Handmade freshly baked breads with butter and accompaniments

Buffet style desserts
Fair trade freshly brewed coffee & Dorset tea on the lawn

Wedding buffet style desserts

Our handmade desserts are served to you from the buffet table and are all suitable for vegetarians.

Please select three from the following:

  • Parley mess

  • Chocolate brownie

  • Baked lemon meringue pie

  • White chocolate crème brûlée

  • Profiteroles with a warm chocolate sauce

  • Strawberry and white chocolate cheesecake

  • Raspberry and dark chocolate cheesecake

  • Baked apple pie with fresh cream

  • Fresh strawberry roulade

  • Banoffee pie

  • Key lime pie

Alternatively, you can select one single dessert to be served to the table to all your guests. This can include one of our spectacular ice cream sundaes:

Chocolate orange sundae
New Forest chocolate ice cream, blood orange sorbet, whipped double cream, caramelised orange, warm brownie pieces, chocolate sauce

Salted caramel sundae
New Forest salted caramel ice cream, clotted cream ice cream, millionaire shortbread, whipped double cream, mini fudge pieces, salted caramel sauce

Classic peach melba
New Forest raspberry ripple ice cream, raspberry sorbet, poached peach half, whipped double cream, fresh raspberries, raspberry coulis

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