Found in the picturesque village of Llysworney, just outside of Cowbridge, Hiraeth is an independent pub that is run by Andy Aston and Lewis Dwyer. The menu, which is an a la carte or taster menu, is always changing, due to the seasons. Based on two important elements - the food and the guests, the team at Hiraeth have crafted up a masterpiece.
The menu starts off with snacks of crackling with apple and boquerones, before including delicious starters of fresh ricotta with marinated Isle of Wight tomatoes, and a refreshing dish of cucumber with basil and fennel leaf sorbet. The rich dish of Welsh lamb cromesqui comes with celeriac and pickled chanterelles, along with a sage salsa verde. For your main, enjoy a dish of roasted cod with crab cream, prawn and smoked salmon croquettes along with garden chard. Another dish is the Lion's Mane mushroom with mushroom risotto and cheese foam. Or try the rich dish of nduja with orchard pig porchetta, and pepper ketchup on paprika wedges.
When it comes to pudding, enjoy a vanilla panna cotta with strawberry sorbet, macerated strawberries and shortbread, and then set chocolate with amaretto, Madeira and coffee chantilly. Round off your meal with some British cheeses, crackers, Welsh bara brith, grapes, apple, celery and chutney. The taster menu comes with dishes of caramelised pear with beetroot and perl las tartlet, along with Isle of Wight tomatoes, goat’s curd and basil sorbet and a tomato consommé. Then, induldge in some slow cooked Welsh lamb breast ravioli with mussels and lamb jus, or a dish of roasted plaice with hollandaise sauce, courgette and thyme.
Then, enjoy the Brixham scallops with a smoked mackerel veloute, before some Mangalista pork, ajo blanco, mead and with and apple and pork crumble, burnt honey parfait and sesame tuille. For dessert, it’s a classic treacle tart with creamy ice cream.