THE Shoulder of Mutton in Holcombe is everything a country pub should be and then some. It's got the roaring fire, the cask conditioned ales, the home-made food, the centuries-old history.
Nowadays its cosy rooms are busy with hikers and foodies rather than wind-battered packhorse men
Perched on the edge of the West Pennine moors, just outside Ramsbottom, it's been refuelling weary travellers since the 1700s. Nowadays its cosy rooms are busy with hikers and foodies rather than wind-battered packhorse men, but the warm, family welcome is still the same.
If you've never been, go and check it out – it's within easy driving distance of the city and it won the Best Food Pub Award at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2012. At the moment it's running a Monday-Thursday offer for Confidential readers which will see you well fed with a home-made starter and main for just £12.50. See the Shoulder of Mutton offer.
The offer is on the Winter Classics menu which we've displayed in its full glory below. Don't look at this if you're hungry, dieting, or have a soft spot for home-made cheese and onion pie, or black pudding with dippy egg, or home-made sausages with buttered mash.
The prize in this competition is lunch or dinner from this menu for two people, plus a bottle of wine to share at The Shoulder of Mutton. To be in with a chance of winning it, just click the red button.
THE HOME-MADE WINTER CLASSICS MENU
Two courses for two people for £25
STARTERS
SPICED CARROT SOUP
HOMEMADE BREAD
CHICKEN LIVER PARFAIT
RED ONION MARMALADE, CROSTINIS
SMOKED HADDOCK FISHCAKE
TARTAR SAUCE, LEMON DRESSING
BLACK PUDDING
CRISPY DIPPY EGG, WATERCRESS, HOLLANDAISE SAUCE
BEETROOT ENGLISH RISOTTO
GOATS CHEESE BON BON
MAINS
FISH AND CHIPS
TARTAR SAUCE, MUSHY PEAS
CHEESE & ONION PIE
TRIPLE COOKED CHIPS, CHEESE SAUCE
HOME MADE PORK & APRICOT SAUSAGES
BUTTERED MASH, RED WINE SAUCE
BRAISED DAUBE OF BEEF
BOURGUIGNON GARNISH, POMME PUREE
MOULES & FRITES
CALSSIC MOULES MARINIERE & FRENCH FRIES
MULLED WINE £3.50