Ready-to-Cook Gourmet Meals Menu
Forget about drinking and driving and take the opportunity to sit back and relax with a bottle of Hawke’s Bay wine and enjoy a superb home-cooked gourmet meal delivered to your cottage. Some meals such as the Hawke’s Bay Tasting Platter comes ready to eat while for others your will need to do a very little bit work, such as the cook the marinated steak, or heat the sauce and cook the pasta. However, meals come with full instructions on how to turn them into a gourmet dinner so nothing is left to chance!

The menu changes with the seasons and where possible features Hawke’s Bay grown and produced food. Each meal serves two.

Note: This dining option is by arrangement and requires 24 hours notice. If you would like to book your Ready-to-Cook Gourmet Meal prior to your arrival check out the current menu and email us at info@driftwoodcottages.co.nz with your requirements. At time of booking please also advise of any special dietary requirements, food allergies, dislikes or preferences.

Hawke’s Bay Tasting Platter (no cooking required)
This antipasto platter features unique Hawke’s Bay products and features a selection of the following uniquely Hawke’s Bay produced foods.

• Aromatics Wine Barrel Smoked Mushrooms
• Maison Therese Pickled Cornichons
• Maison Therese Pickled Cocktail Onions
• Maison Therese Antipasto Vegetables
• Cured meats from The Deli
• Te Mata Cheeses
• Saucy Sisters Pickled Peppers
• Served with crostini, local artisan bread and a salad of mixed leaves

Cost: $30 to feed two or $50 to feed four; larger platters by request

Soup, Bread and Cheese
The perfect welcome on your arrival at Driftwood Cottages – this simple menu of homemade soup, locally baked artisan bread and Hawke’s Bay organic cheese is just what you need after a few hours drive and will keep the hunger pangs at bay until morning. But best of all, all you need to do is heat the soup and it’s ready to eat.

Homemade Soup
Local Artisan Bread
Selection Locally Produced Cheeses

Cost: $20 per head

Pasta, Salad and Chocolate Brownies
Just cook the pasta, heat and add the sauce and you have the easiest of meals. Finish with a rich Chocolate Brownie for a special treat.

Your choice of:

• Pappardelle with Hunter-style Pasta Sauce of Herbs, Pancetta, Tomato and Wine
• Penne with Sardinian-style Raw Tomato Sauce
• Fusilli with Mushroom, Ham and Tomato Sauce

Salad of Mixed Leaves dressed with Red Wine Vinaigrette

Rich Chocolate Brownies

Cost: $15 per head

Steak, Salad and Lime Tart
The main course of this meal features Hawke’s Bay grown “Verry” Beef marinated in kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), Chinese rice wine, sesame oil and Chinese black vinegar. All you need to do is lift the steak out of the marinade and cook it on your preheated barbecue or in a preheated frying pan. Accompanying the beef is a pungent Sweet and Sour Radish Salad and a simple Salad of Mixed Leaves. Made from Hawke's Bay grown limes the Lime Tart is the prefect finish to this easy meal.

Marinated “Verry” Scotch Fillet served with Sweet and Sour Radish Salad
Salad of Mixed Leaves dressed with Chardonnay Vinaigrette

Individual Lime Tart served with whipped cream

Cost: $25 per head