Seasonal food – September

With the autumnal months fast approaching, we see the warming return of hearty soups and casseroles, as well as a good stodgy roast followed by a fruity crumble drizzled with custard to get us through the cold days that lie ahead. So, here are September's seasonal offerings, accompanied by a few of my recipe suggestions incorporating these ingredients:

Fruit

·         Apple

·         Blackberry

·         Cherry

·         Damsons

·         Fig

·         Pear

·         Plum

·         Raspberry

·         Redcurrant

·         Strawberry

·         Tomato

 

Vegetable

·         Aubergine

·         Beetroot

·         Butternut squash

·         Cabbage

·         Chicory

·         Fennel

·         Courgette

·         Cucumber

·         Fennel

·         French beans 

·         Mangetout

·         Pumpkin

·         Radish

·         Rocket

·         Samphire (sea asparagus)

·         Sweetcorn

·         Swiss chard

·         Truffle

·         Watercress

 

Meat

·         Grouse

·         Lamb

·         Partridge

·         Venison

·         Wild Duck

 

Seafood

·         Grey mullet

·         Mackerel

·         Mussels

·         Scallop

·         Sea bass

 Recipe ideas:

v  Fig, mint and Parma ham parcels

v  Smoked mackerel, beetroot and horseradish salad

v  Parma ham, stilton, pear and walnut salad

v  Smoked venison, raspberry, gorgonzola, walnut and rocket salad

v  Roasted butternut squash and sage soup

v  Pot roasted partridge with cabbages, smoked pancetta and chestnuts

v  Pan-fried duck breast, with a blackberry, porcini mushroom and thyme sauce

v  Roast shoulder of lamb stuffed with feta, pancetta, rosemary, oregano and thyme with homemade mint sauce

v  Classic Moules Mariniere  

v  Moussaka

v  Wild mushroom risotto

v  A classic - Blackberry, apple and cinnamon crumble

v  Poached pear served with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream

v  Fig, plum and almond tart with amaretto syllabub

v  Homemade bramble jelly

v  Damson Jam

v  Raspberry jam

 

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