Bitterroot Dude Ranch

While the emphasis at our ranch is on horses and horseback riding, we feel that healthy culinary enjoyment is also a vital part of life here. Salads come fresh from the garden, ranch raised beef and lamb are served, and bread is baked in the kitchen ovens. Those of you who return to the ranch each year will be familiar with Alex, our talented head cook who will be returning for her eighth season; she and her team produce outstanding meals and have established quite a reputation. We also cater to special diets.

Here are some typical menus:

Breakfast:

Bitterroot guests start the day with a breakfast of eggs cooked to order, bacon, sausage and toast, if they wish.  There are also fresh fruit, muffins, cereals, orange juice and a house favorite, our traditional steel cut oats cooked overnight (far better than the instant variety).

Lunch:

Rainbow, Cutthroat or Brown Trout, (fresh from the line of Bayard or his guests!) baked in White Wine, Almonds and Parsley

Sun Dried Tomato, Feta and Thyme Quiche

Organic Home Reared Beef Bolognese, with Tomato and Mozzarella Salad

Roast Butternut Squash Soup with Home Baked Olive Rosemary Bread

Organic Home Grown Green Salad with Arugula, Beet Leaves and Frisee Lettuce

Twice Baked Cheddar Soufflé

Vanilla Ice Cream with Fresh Strawberry Sauce and Lemon Hazelnut Biscotti.

Fresh Mango Syllabub

Dinner:

Organic Home Reared Natural Beef Fillet with Rosemary and Garlic Roast Potatoes, Fresh Vegetables and a Red Wine Jus

Stuffed Pumpkin with Wild Rice and Mushroom Risotto

Spinach, Pear and Stilton Salad with Raspberry Walnut Dressing

Honey Baked Ham with Cheese and Parsley Baked Potatoes and Sugar Glazed Carrots

Organic Home Reared Natural Lamb Chops with Roast Vegetables and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Seared Fillet of Salmon with Lemon Dill Hollandaise, Steamed Asparagus and Braised Portobello Mushrooms

Belgian Chocolate Pots

Fresh Raspberry and Blueberry Millefeuille 

Sticky Toffee Pudding and English Custard

We serve complimentary wines at dinner and the cocktail hour.
These are some of the wines we serve:

Beaujolais Villages
Ruffino Chianti Classico
Koonunga Hill Shirazfrom Australia
Goats Do Roam wines from South Africa
Kenwood Yulupa Chardonnay and Vintage Red from California
Concha y Toro Chardonnay from Chile

I've been spoiled with good food and wine in Paris and I was delighted with each day's menu. Super job.  -- Meriwether Montgomery. 

The best home cooking away from home! Great variety well presented.  --Hamilton Family, Jersey, Channel Islands

This is the healthiest and most delicious food I eat all year.  --Trudy Mattheus, Alabama

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