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Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Find out what is in season this month

Autumn has begun for real. The mornings are getting cooler and who know what the rain is doing?! This means comfort food is back on the menu. Whilst October means pumpkins and pumpkin spice galore, there are also other seasonal produce that deserve the spotlight. Take a look to see what you fancy this month:

Vegetables: artichoke, beetroot, broccoli, butternut squash, celeriac, celery, chicory, chillies, fennel, garlic, horseradish, jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce & salad leaves, marrow, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkin, radishes, rocket, runner beans, salsify, shallots, swede, sweetcorn, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, wild mushrooms

Fruit: apples, bilberries, blackberries, elderberries, figs [i], grapes [i], pears,

Meat: beef, duck, goose, grouse, guinea fowl, hare, lamb, mallard, partridge, pheasant, rabbit, turkey, venison, wood pigeon

Fish: clams, cod, coley, crab, dab, dover sole, grey mullet, gurnard, haddock, halibut, hake, herring, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, monkfish, mussels, oysters, pilchard, plaice, pollack, prawns, red mullet, sea bass (wild), sea bream, skate, squid, turbot, winkles

BBC Food has a whole page of seasonal recipe suggestions here.

Stuck where to start? Try this gorgeous Apple Crumble – a true classic of comfort food.

 [i] Indicates seasonally imported produce

Source: EatTheSeasons

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