What's in Season

October

The harvest is still plentiful in early October, with a lovely variety of veg around, as the weather gets colder now is the time for warming stews, slow cooking veg and meats so that they absorb heat and release it slowly into your stomach. Though they take a while to cook stews are really easy, once assembled they just need to sit in the oven.

If you haven't time tasty pasta sauces, spicy curries or pie, mash and greens will work well on a school night.

And when it's cold outside apple crumble will keep you cosy...

It is also the start of quince season, this year I'll be trying out quince sorbet and quince wine, recipes to come.

Veg

Artichoke - Aubergine - Beetroot - Borlotti Beans (For Podding) - Broccoli (Calabrese) - Cabbages (Various Green Varieties) - Cardoons - Carrots - Cauliflower - Celeriac - Celery - Chard - Courgettes - Fennel - Kale (And Borecole) - Kohlrabi - Leeks - Marrow - Onions - Peppers And Chillies - Potatoes - Pumpkins And Squashes - Rocket - Salsify (And Scorzonera) - Spinach - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

Fruit

Apples (Egremont Russet - Blenheim Orange - Orleans Reinette) - Apples - Store (Cox's - Fiesta - Ashmead's Kernel - Bramley) - Grapes (English Hothouse) - Medlars - Pears (Late) (Concorde - Doyenne Du Comice - Conference - Winter Nellis) - Quince - Raspberries - Bullace - Crab Apples - Damsons - Juniper Berries - Rosehips - Rowan Berries - Sloes - Figs - Elderberries

Meat

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

Fish & Seafood

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

Also

Wild mushrooms continue: - Chanterelles - Chestnuts - Hedgehog Fungus - Horse Mushrooms - Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurottes) - Parasol Mushrooms (Shaggy Parasol Pictured) - Puffballs - Giant - Shaggy Ink Caps - Summer Truffles - Walnuts - Wood Blewits - Nettles

Recipes

Chard and Feta Omlette - Leon Gobi - Razor Clams with Chorizo and Broad Beans - Prawn and Courgette Curry -  Banana and Walnut Bread