Autumn Chutney
Odds & sods, that’s what my kitchen is currently full of. To be more specific, I’ve got a lot of odd fruits & veggies from...
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September – What’s In Season
Summer is coming to a close as we transition into autumn, but there’s still plenty of fresh ingredients available at this time of year. Now’s the time to start storing & preserving things ready for winter.
Fruits such as plums, apples, pears, grapes, figs & autumn raspberries are all in season right now, bringing with them their darker autumnal tones.
The cucumbers, chillies, courgettes & tomatoes will be coming to a close soon so expect one last burst of summer from these.
The thing to forage for this month is blackberries, for more advice on foraging for them click here.
Cabbage, beetroot, carrots & swede sown earlier in the year will all be ready to harvest right now as we make way for the incoming pumpkin & squash.
Here are some recipes to make the most of the season:
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Apple
Apple & Blackberry Turnovers
Nature has a wonderful way of letting us know which ingredients go together like bread & butter. Usually, food that grows next to each (as...
Toffee Apple Bonfire Cake
‘Penny for the guy?’. Bonfire night, or Guy Fawkes Night, is arguably one of our more unusual celebrations here in the UK. A day where...
Apple Pie
It’s difficult to not give in to comfort food as the weather turns colder & the nights darker at this time of year & I...
Apple & Black Pudding Sausage Rolls
Light, golden, flaky pastry housing a substantial seasoned, meaty, filling… is there anything more gratuitous & comforting than a good sausage roll? A British institution, gracing...
Apple Chutney
The season has well & truly changed, the long, mild days of summer are but a distant memory as we turn our thoughts to chunky...
AD – Apple & Marzipan Cake
Marzipan, a rather Marmite food.. you either love it or hate it. Personally I have a deep fondness of this sweet confection which is made up...
Autumn Apple Cake
The season? Autumn. It’s fruit? Apples. Autumn is definitely the time of year when apples truly come into their own. Apple crumbles as the brisk...
Beetroot
Beetroot Chutney
We’re nearly at the end of Summer here in the UK & my garden is really delivering the goods, giving a great return on my...
Blackberry
Apple & Blackberry Turnovers
Nature has a wonderful way of letting us know which ingredients go together like bread & butter. Usually, food that grows next to each (as...
Blackberry Cupcakes
The blackberries have made their grand late summer entrance, which can only mean that autumn is drawing nearer. Whilst I’m not quite ready to let...
Blackberry Jam
Foragers make haste, blackberry season is here! That’s right, September has arrived & than can mean only one thing… blackberry picking! Britain’s hedgerows are currently...
Summer Berry Cake
Poeth (or hot if you’re reading this in anywhere other than Wales), it has been uncharacteristically hot here in Wales this week. Summer in the...
Blackberry & Orange Cake
Hedgerow Farewells As the season begins to rapidly transition into Autumn browns, hot chocolates & brisk evenings (& lots of pumpkin posts), before we bid...
Chilli
Tear & Share Chilli Cheese Bread
Fans of chillies & cheese rejoice because I’ve got a real treat of a recipe for you! Pretty much the result of clearly growing far...
Chocolate & Chilli Tart
What to do when you have an abundance of chillies (besides chilli jam that is)? Like with other ingredients, obviously, you start putting them into...
Chilli Jam
Sugar & spice & all thing’s nice. That’s what chilli jam is made of. Glowing jars filled with fiery chilli flecks, chilli jam is ac...
Pineapple & Chilli Chutney
If I could live off of a diet that consisted entirely of bread, cheese & jam alone then I would die a happy woman, albeit...
Chilli & Apricot Chutney
SWEET KICKS Green fingers is something that I seem to have developed as I’ve aged. I’ve discovered the joy & sense of pride that comes...
Chilli Cornbread
I’m a big advocate of salads & soups, especially in summertime when it’s warm (sometimes too warm!), you’re lethargic & just craving something fresh, cooling...
Courgette
Courgette Cake
As the sun returns after many, chilly autumn like weeks in Wales, it appears we are due 2 days of summer. So after weeks of...
Courgette Galette
If you haven’t already guessed it by now, I’ve got a massive glut of courgettes to use up this summer! Since early June, my worktops...
Courgette Jam
It would seem that my mission to use up an entire garden’s worth of courgettes isn’t over just yet (I still have around 8 sat...
Courgette & Lemon Muffins
How many courgettes are too many? A question I’ve been asking myself quite a lot over the past few weeks as I’ve found my kitchen...
Cucumber
Pickled Cucumbers
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always had a thing for cucumbers. As a child, my favourite thing would always be a good cucumber sandwich....
Elderberry
Elderberry Syrup
As the days become fresher & the sun sits a little lower in the sky, it’s the perfect time of year to get outdoors! Long...
Fig
No Bake Fig, Honey & Walnut Tarts
Each year it’s difficult to let the summer go but with the autumn bringing me such tempting delights as apples, grapes & figs, I can...
Grape
Schiacciata all’uva (Sweet grape focaccia)
If you find yourself in Tuscany in the autumn then you may well have lucky enough to have seen or tried schicciata all’uva from the...
Grape Focaccia
It’s grape season in the garden & whilst I do love those dark purple bunches, each September I end up scratching my head as to...
Pear
Spiced Pear Cake
We’re definitely entering into the ‘everything spiced’ time of year & I’m not complaining! I love the pantry & all of it’s dried fruits &...
Pear Tarte Tatin
Whilst it may not officially be autumn just yet here in Wales, it would seem that nobody told the weather. There’s a shift in the...
Pear, Chocolate & Amaretto Cake
As you may or may now know, I’ve recently returned from an amazing trip across northern Italy, which is why things have been a little...
Plum
Greengage Jam
Greengages have always intrigued me, a sweet, juicy dessert plum, but unlike the varieties most of us know & enjoy at this time of year....
Plum & Ginger Cake
You know that summer is drawing to a close when British plums come into season (I have mixed feelings of both loss & excitement about...
Raspberry
Raspberry Macarons
Continuing the romantic vibes this week, except today I’m bringing you something a little bit daintier & definitely fancier than your usual cake or biscuit,...
Lemon & Raspberry Cake
It’s hard to imagine summertime without raspberries, one of the sweetest & most popular of all the berries (& for good reason too). In season right...
Nutella & Raspberry Babka
It’s that time of year where I find myself with an awful lot of jam & preserves knocking around the kitchen (often piled high in...
Halloween Cupcakes
There are but few times in the year when I actually get excited to bake something a little bit decorative & themed…. Easter, Christmas &...
Summer Berry Cake
Poeth (or hot if you’re reading this in anywhere other than Wales), it has been uncharacteristically hot here in Wales this week. Summer in the...
Tomato
Autumn Chutney
Odds & sods, that’s what my kitchen is currently full of. To be more specific, I’ve got a lot of odd fruits & veggies from...
Tomato Focaccia
I can never eat a good focaccia without immediately being brought back to Italy. Memories of several slabs of focaccia, each topped with different flavours...
Tomato & Mascarpone Tart
As is usual during the first few weeks of September, it has been busy! Bowls & baskets full of fruits & vegetables line the kitchen...
Tomato Chutney
Tomatoes… they comes in a whole array of size, colours & there are so many varieties that they run into the thousands! Technically a fruit...
Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Tomato & Goats Cheese Quiche
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been fond of a quiche, it was always a childhood favourite growing up… cheese & pastry, what’s not...