Favourite autumnal/winter food

[Grumpbum123]

What are you looking forward to eating once the weather starts to turn?

I can’t wait to cook a Sausage and Lentil stew with soda bread and a apple and plum crumble with custard. It’s become a tradition once the weather gets cold enough to wear coats x3 days in a row.

I’ve just ordered stewed too

Shepherds pie, I made one yesterday as it’s gone cooler this week and it was delicious
Craving an apple crumble right now.

Liver with onion gravy and mash.

Fish soup.

Things on toast for lunch, mushrooms, kidneys, sausages....

Hot buttered crumpets.

Ooohh beef stew with cheddar cobbles! Mmmm

@Touchnotthiscat do you have a recipe for the Thai pumpkin soup?? Sounds lovely!

Thai pumpkin (or butternut squash) soup

• please bear in mind I’ve been making this for years and so it’s not a ‘proper recipe’ per say...

Put large halved BNS in oven to roast until soft.
Meanwhile fry an onion in a large saucepan.
As it caramelises add a heaped teaspoon of Tom Yum paste. Stir in and simmer for a short time.

Remove seeds from BNS and scoop out lovely soft flash and add to pan. Cook for a little while together in pan with a small amount of chicken stock. Add a tin of coconut milk - this can be the reduced fat version. Or if you’re on a heath kick you can use half coconut milk and half stock.
Leave to simmer gently until really hot but not boiling.
Blend.
If too thick add some chicken stock.

Enjoy! And keep leftovers in the fridge (due to coconut milk)

Oops totally forgot! Add a thumb sized pieces of ginger (chopped) with the onion. I don’t add garlic but you can if you like it garlicky 😊

Anything pumpkin sweet or savoury!

Pumpkin creme soup with basil oil
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin spice pancakes
Pumpkin, leek and chicken bake
Pumpkin wedges instead of chips...

The list is endless

Sweet potato, red pepper and red onion soup.

I'm veggie, but love making slow cooked stews for dh - beef in ale or bourguignon. Lamb shanks in Moroccan spice. Slow cooked Greek lamb that just falls of the bone.

Also a lovely veggie stew with dumplings, just have to remember to use the veg suet...

wildewillow

This Stilton and Membrillo quiche from Ottolenghi is fab for pumpkin lovers.

I’m going to try the pumpkin wedges and cheese cobblers

Steak & ale casserole with herb dumplings

Apple & choc chip crumble with custard

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Thank you! It looks delicious so I will definitely be trying that one

Sausages braised in cider I just mentioned it to DP and he moaned (in a good way)
We are having a proper roast today but I can't wait until we next get good sausages.

Soups, stews and anything gravy based.

Cottage pie
Lamb stew
Beef stew
Beef goulash
Chorizo and red lentil soup
Chilli

Can't wait! I love Autumn

DD1 (14) keeps asking if it's cold enough for me to make steamed steak and kidney Pudding.

Most of the above.

What a BEAUTY of a thread!

For me it's got to be stew and dumplings. And sticky toffee pudding and custard

I love this thread so really want it to keep going.

I’m thinking of toad in the hole, a lovely slow cooked beef stew and I could do with a really good beef bourguignon recipe.

I love coming home from an autumny walk to have a hot choccie. There was a brilliant recipe for hot choc on one of the Christmas recipe threads.

Speaking of stew, does anybody have a recipe for a wonderful, old fashioned vegetable stew which doesn't involve tinned tomatoes? The sort that you can cook dumplings in?

When I move back to the UK in the autumn after a few years abroad, I will be eating:

Sausage and mash
Roast dinners
Shepherd's Pie
Sausage, roasted root veg and lots of gravy
Spicy butternut squash soup
Fish pie
Buffalo chicken and bean chili
Roast potatoes with everything

I can't bloody wait

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

I sweat a couple of sliced leeks, add a bag of this and a bag of this topped with some really good stock and simmer / put in oven for an hour. Throw on some dumplings about 20 mins before the end.

Thanks, Syn - that sounds as easy as...stew! And delicious.

I have had a complete Crumble revelation!! Honestly, it's life changing. For the first time yesterday I cooked the crumble separately and added it to the fruit compote. Did it for a family do and everyone loved it. So much lighter and you get the buttery flavour of the crumble.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/778642/apple-and-blackberry-crumble

Roast butternut squash soup, braised Chinese beef, stew and dumplings, sausage and mash and hotpot. As my boots and winter coat are out today can see us having all the above very soon. Will be ordering Stewed and debating buying a slow cooker. Normally just use my Le Cruset and the oven timer.