What's in Season

November

Bonfire night bangers and Slow sunday roasts with more parsnips than you think you'll need (their caramel sweetness is very more-ish).

Beetroots are back in force too and are lovely roasted, cooled and mixed with creme fraiche for a wintry salad. They take ages to cook (2.5 hours in a 140C oven, loosely wrapped in foil) so pop them in on a quiet Sunday afternoon or weeknight and eat them cold during the week with smoked mackerel and baked potatoes or lentils and bacon.

Veg

Artichoke (Jerusalem) - Beetroot - Brussels Tops - Cabbages (red, white and various green) - Cardoons - Carrots - Celeriac - Celery - Chard - Chestnuts - Chicory - Endive - Greens (spring and winter) - Kale - Kohlrabi - Leeks - Lettuce - Onions - Parsnips - Potatoes - Pumpkins (And Squashes) - Swede - Turnips - Nettles - Watercress

Fruit

Apples - Late (Egremont Russet - Blenheim Orange - Orleans Reinette) - Apples - Store (Cox's - Fiesta - Ashmead's Kernel - Bramley) - Medlars - Pears (Late) (Concorde - Doyenne Du Comice - Conference - Winter Nellis) - Quince - Raspberries - Rosehips - Sloes - Cranberries

Meat

Goose (Wild) - Grey Squirrel - Grouse - Guinea Fowl - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pheasant - Rabbit - Wood Pigeon

Fish & Seafood

Black Bream - Clams - Coley – Cockles - Crab (brown and spider) - Cuttlefish - Gurnard – Hake - Haddock - Langoustine - Lobster - Mackerel - Mullet (red) - Mussel - Oysters - Prawn (cold water) - Plaice - Pollack - Squid - Sardine - Sea Bass - Sea Trout - Sole (Dover & lemon) - Signal Crayfish (freshwater) - Sprat - Whiting

Also

This Year’s Beaujolais Nouveau Released On Third Thursday Of November

More wild mushrooms: Hedgehog Fungus - Horse Mushrooms - Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurottes) - Walnuts - Wood Blewits

Recipes

Sausage and Butter Bean Casserole - Borscht - Beetroot, Lentil and Goat's Cheese Salad - Baked Eggs with Kale