Autumn Recipes -what's your favourite?

[CeliaFate]

I made Nigella's Pork Chops with mustard, cider and cream this week. It was delish, with mash and peas.

What's your favourite Autumn recipe?

that sausage/chorizo/lentil casserole sounds lush - am definately going to try that next week (plus have huge bag of lentils to use up which helps).

Ooh Baroness I do a chicken chickpea and chorizo casserole too, with onions, garlic, tinned toms and plenty of red wine.

I want nice food now, not crappy reheated pasta from last night

Did anyone else go shopping today and buy the food for their fav Auturmn meal?

or was it just me

I think I just made my favourite Autumn meal, but it's cheating a bit cos aubergines technically are summer veg (though the supermarkets have them most of the year so meh).

Aubergine Cheesey Splodge with rice

Buy a bag of Tesco 'market value' aubergines - the small almost baby ones.
Halve the aubergines (4 for 2 people) and put in a shallow dish. Drench in olive oil and score, top with salt and pepper.
Cover with foil and put in oven for about 20 mins as the oven heats up.
Meanwhile, chop onion and garlic and saute in olive oil, add sliced mushrooms then when cooked add a tin of tomatoes and a squirt of tomato puree. Chuck in plenty of black pepper and seasalt.
Simmer for 20 mins or so.
Uncover the aubergine halves, blob the tomatoes on top, top with chopped cheddar and mozarella ball.
Bake for 20 mins until cheese is all melted and brown.
Serve with basmati rice.

We just had this and were like pigs at a trough, it was so nice

Jamie's stew for Jools.

We made up a recipe for a roasted garlic and pumpkin humous, to get a whacking 4 heads of garlic into the meal (kids - no idea)! Check it out with my photos here: www.tearsoforpheus.com/2011/09/roasted-garlic-and-pumpkin-humous/

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Chunky chicken and mushroom cobbler:

In a large frying pan, gently fry 4 slices of chopped smoked bacon. Add half a finely chopped onion, 2 large chopped carrots, punnet of baby mushrooms and sweat for 10 minutes, until the carrots start to soften.

Brown 3 chopped chicken breasts and add to frying pan, sprinkle with thyme.
Crumble a chicken stock cube in and add 1/4 glass of white wine.

In a saucepan, melt 4oz butter and stir in 4oz flour. Gradually add in 3/4 pint of milk and stir until thickened. Pour this into the pan with the chicken and veg, stir well and transfer to a casserole dish.

For the cobbler, put 8oz flour in a large bowl, add a large tablespoon of oil, a pinch of salt and two large spoonfuls of natural yogurt. Make the mixture into 2 inch cobbles and arrange over the chicken and veg. Sprinkle with thyme and bake for 20 mins at 190.

'Somerset Chicken' from the National Trust Farmhouse Cookbook. It's a yummy cidery, mustardy, creamy dish (similar to the OP's possibly) and is fabulous with roast potatoes and savoy cabbage.

pumpkin soup with ginger, coconut milk and touch of lime juice

ooooo homemade leek and potatoe soup with homemade bread yummy
beef stew and dumplings
spag bol with extra chuncky veg
god i am hungry now, gammon with new potatoes and veg for tea tonight

this is the most fabulous sausage casserole dish in the world! don't get put off by the list of ingredients it is so worth it

Irish stew.

Layer of sliced pots
Layer of sliced onion
Lots of chopped,fresh thyme
Layer of neck of lamb (on the bone)

And repeat.

Salt and coarse ground black pepper throughout.

Fill casserole pot with water and simmer for about an hour maybe longer depending on how many layers you have.

Leave to stand overnight and skim the fat off in the morning which will be hard and easy to remove.

Cook in oven for about 2 hours.

Serve with swede mashed with butter and coarse ground black pepper.

You want about three bits of neck of lamb per person.

Neck of lamb isn't cheap and you have to go to a butcher....i can't find it in any supermarket.

Bloody lush.

that sounds yummy

Gaisburger stew.

I always make a huge big tray of it for our annual Halloween party. I usually put about 8lb sausages in it to feed a crowd. You can't go wrong with it.

Made up a sausage casserole last night.
Fry onions and garlic, add chilli flakes
Grill/fry sausages until brown.
2 Tins of tomatoes, 2 tins of cannellini beans
Chuck it in an ovenproof dish and heat for 20 mins
We had ours with pasta.

queenmaeve - just looked at your recipe. Gonna try that next week!

have added to my favs, we love a sausage cassarole with mash

Sorry, the Somerset chicken is actually from 'The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain' and I've adapted it so that it comes in at 10pp (I think) a portion for any WW followers .