This month's newcomers...
Plums, greengages, sweetcorn, blackberries, early damsons, crayfish, red
grouse, hare
Still in season: Artichoke, aubergine, basil, beetroot, broad beans,
broccoli, carrots, courgettes, cucumber, fennel, french beans, garlic, lamb,
new potatoes, onions, pak choi, peas, rabbit, radishes, rocket, runner
beans, sorrel, spring onions, turnips, watercress
; apricots, blueberries, cherries (English), gooseberries, loganberries,
peaches, raspberries, redcurrants
Editor's pick of seasonal recipes: Grouse breast
salad with raspberry vinaigrette ; The
perfect ratatouille; Sweetcorn
blinis with aubergine and tomato ; Hare in
Ale with Saffron ; Crayfish Salad
; Greengage and almond tart ; Roasted
Apricot and Orange Marmalade Ice-cream; Blueberry
and redcurrant Eton mess ; Plum and Cinnamon
Brulees ; Redcurrant and blackberry smash
SEASONAL VIDEO: watch Ching-He Huang cook coriander
prawns with green tea and samphire
VEGETABLES
Artichoke Harissa lamb with couscous and
artichokes ; Spinach and artichoke gratin
; Artichoke soup ; Lamb
and artichoke skewers ; Artichoke, beetroot
and potato salad ; Stuffed Artichokes
; Artichoke and asparagus 'mimosa' ; Parma
Ham and Artichoke Frittata
Aubergine Cumin lamb and aubergine stew
; Lamb stew with aubergine and saffron tomatoes
; Seared tuna with roast aubergine salad with Asian
dressing ; Almost moussaka ; The
perfect ratatouille ; Sweetcorn blinis with
aubergine and tomato ;
Aubergine, goat's cheese and cherry tomato stacks
; Mackerel and aubergine bruschetta, with pimento and
tomato salsa ; Melanzane alla parmigiana ;
Spicy aubergine pot (Qie zi bao) ; Aubergine
wraps ; Baked Chicken with Aubergine,
Courgette and Tomato
Beetroot Smoked eel with celeriac, beetroot and
horseradish remoulade ; Warm beetroot,
watercress and grilled goat’s cheese salad ; Salad
of roasted baby beets with balsamic dressing ; Candied
beetroot with feta and dill
Broad beans Broad bean, pecorino and coppa salad
; Pea and broad bean risotto ; Broad
bean and rocket brushetta ; Cooking with
broad beans, chick peas and rice ; Thyme
spring chicken with broad beans and ham ; Pork
and mint meatballs with creamed broad beans ; Chicken
fricassee with peas and broad beans ; Broad
bean thoran ; Baby Pea, Broad bean and
Courgette Salad with Pancetta a La Grecque ; Broad
bean and mint salad ; Pea, broad bean and
mint dip ; Roast monkfish with broad beans
and pancetta
Courgettes Courgette, lemon and mint risotto with
mascarpone ; Courgette, queso fresco and
basil omelette ; Courgettes with vinegar and
mint ; Zucchini ripieni ; Baby
Pea, Broad bean and Courgette Salad with Pancetta a La Grecque ; Courgette
and red pepper salad ; Stuffed courgette
rolls
Cucumber Cucumber and salmon canapes ; Cucumber
and minted peas ; Venison kofte with
cucumber raita ; Prawn laksa with cucumber
; Salmon rissoles with creamed cucumber and dill
; Chilled cucumber and dill soup ; Seared
sesame tuna on a cucumber, bean sprouts and mint salad with Asian cress ;
Chilled gazpacho with cucumber pearls ; Chilled
cucumber soup
Elderflowers Sparkling elderflower and grape jelly
; Home-made elderflower and lemon jelly ; Elderflower
and strawberry jellies ; Gooseberry and
Elderflower sorbet
Fennel Dinner Tonight: Fennel Provençale with
penne ; Fennel and manzanilla monkfish with
couscous and salsa verde ; Smoked haddock
and fennel carpaccio ; Endive and fennel
salad with mint and orange-blossom dressing ; Fennel
and Smoked Salmon Salad ; Pork and fennel
souvlaki in pitta with rocket and red onion ; Fennel
soup with spicy merguez sausage ; Turbot
fillets with fennel and lemon ; Radicchio,
fennel and figs ; Lamb with wild fennel and
tomatoes ; Braised Fennel ; Brown
trout baked with fennel
Jersey Royal new potatoes Jersey Royals with
gremolata ; Crash-hot Jerseys ; Jersey
royal and crab salad ; Small new potatoes
with caviar and chives ; Rocket and potato
salad with dill gremolata and sardine crostini
Mint Beetroot, blood orange and mint salad
; Melon with mint and lime ; Pineapple
ravioli with iced mango and mint ; Courgette,
lemon and mint risotto with mascarpone
Pak choi Char siu pork on steamed pak choy and
sweet orange sauce ; Stir-fried sesame soy
greens ;
Parsley Gremolata ; Pan-fried
fish with gremolata ; Salsa verde
Peas Pea and broad bean risotto ; Pea,
romaine and feta salad ; Pea and basil soup
; Pea shoots and leaves ; Salmon
with pea purée and mint vinaigrette ; Rice
with peas and pancetta ; Pea and mint mushy
peas with sole goujons ; Avocado and pea
soup with crispy Parma ham ; Peas with a
twist ; Oven-Baked Pea and Basmati Pilaff
; Pea, yoghurt and mint soup ; Pea
and ham soup
Rocket Rocket, basil, mint and parsley soup
; Beef carpaccio with rocket ; Rocket
cocktail
Rosemary Rosemary lemon chicken ; Rosemary-braised
carrots ; Lemon and rosemary popsicles
; Risotto with rosemary and parsley ; Lemon
and rosemary ice-cream ; Red onion and
rosemary farinate ; Rosemary shortbread
Samphire Hake in agrodolce with samphire
Sorrel Warm roasted vegetable salad
Spinach Spinach with pine nuts and raisins ;
Spinach fiorelli with gammon and mascarpone
; Spiced spinach-stuffed lamb ; Spinach
tart with bacon and feta ; Simple spinach
and lentil curry ; Sesame spinach ;
Smoked Haddock, Baby Spinach, Cashel Blue and Egg Pizza
; Spinach tempered with cumin and garlic ; Spinach,
pancetta and dolcelatte tart ; Chickpeas,
spinach and bacon ; Spinach with lemon and
parmesan ; Barley and spinach risotto
; Spinach chana dal ; Spinach
and feta pie ; Spinach and fennel soup
Sweetcorn Sweetcorn fritters with creamy rocket
pesto ; Mexican Cornbread ; Bortsch
with sweetcorn, ginger and orange ; Scallops
with sweetcorn puree and quail’s eggs ; Sweetcorn
blinis with aubergine and tomato ; Fried
sweetcorn cakes with sweet chilli sauce ; Roast
partridge with sweetcorn potato cakes ; Roasted
chilli sweetcorn ; Sweetcorn risotto with
bacon
Watercress Watercress and potato soup ; Chicken,
potato and watercress salad ; Watercress,
red chard and mint salad ;
FRUIT
Apricots Yoghurt with cardamom apricots
; Pork loin stuffed with apricot, pistachios and cumin
; Saffron chicken with apricots and cardamom
; Warm spiced autumn fruit compote, with roasted nuts
; Goat's cheese and apricot tarts ; Apricot
rose-water cobbler ; Apricot tart
; Roasted Apricot and Orange Marmalade Ice-cream
; Rhubarb, apricot and ginger Chutney
Blackberries Venison with blackberry sauce,
smoked onion purée and onion rings ; Redcurrant
and blackberry smash ; Blackberry
upside-down cake ; Stem ginger and
blackberry pudding ; Loin of Venison with
Blackberry Sauce ; Blackberry Tart with
Lemon Mascarpone and Crystallised Basil ; Blackberry
Parfait ; Blackberry Tart with Lemon
Mascarpone and Crystallised Basil
Blueberries Warm blueberry muffins ; Blueberry
and redcurrant Eton mess ; Blueberry lollies
; Blueberry couscous
Cherries Sweet saffron yoghurt with cherries -
shrikand ; Cherry Clafoutis with Salted
Almond Ice-cream ; Salad of poached
cherries, goat’s cheese, roasted red onions, Parma ham and toasted hazelnuts ;
Black Forest gâteau ; Redcurrant,
Whitecurrant and Cherry fool ; Seared Duck
Breasts with Cherry Sauce
Gooseberries Griddled mackerel with gooseberry
and elderflower sauce ; Gooseberry and
Elderflower sorbet ; Crunchy gooseberry fool
Greengages Greengage and almond tart
Peaches Peach purée with crema catalana
; Peaches and Butterscotch sauce ; Oriental
peach and chicken salad ; Peach Melba
; Peach and champagne soup ; Grilled
peaches with peppered crème fraîche ; Rosy-cheeked
peaches with basil ; Peach Bellini jelly
; White Peach and Crab Salad ; Breast
of Duck with Peach Compote ; White Peach and
Champagne soup
Plums Plum and Almond Sponge Pudding ; Plum
and Cinnamon Brulees ; Plum and Rum Souffle
Omelette ; Plum and Frangipane Tart
; Plum and kumquat compote ; German
plum cake ; Plums baked in wine ; Plum
and star-anise ripple ; Plum Clafoutis
; Victoria Plum Tarte Tatin with Cinnamon Ice-Cream ;
Simple plum tarts
Raspberries Stichelton with fresh raspberry jam
; Champagne and raspberry gratin ; Raspberry
compote with tarragon cream ; Raspberry and
rosemary sorbet with rose wine ; Salad of
Roast Quail with Raspberry and Walnut Dressing ; Apple,
Raspberry and Ginger compote with lime mascarpone ; Raspberry
and Strawberry Soufflé
Strawberries Warm strawberry jelly with
elderflower and strawberry sauce ; Summer
strawberry salad with champagne granita ; Strawberry
pavlova ; Strawberry coulis ; Strawberries
with rosewater cream ; Strawberry lassi ;
Rhubarb and Strawberry Crumble ; Strawberry
Soup ; Strawberry sundae ; Basil
Sorbet with Strawberry and Peach Salad ; Strawberry
tart with mascarpone ; Strawberry ice lollies
; Strawberries and Shortbread ; Raspberry
and Strawberry Soufflé ; Strawberry and
Red Pepper Sorbet ; Strawberry cake
; Strawberry milkshakes and muffins ; Strawberry
and mint salad with champagne granita ; Eton
mess ; Prosciutto with mozzarella and
strawberries
MEAT
Grouse Honey-roast grouse with apples, cinnamon
and cider ; Grouse breast salad with
raspberry vinaigrette ; Grouse casserole
with red wine, borlotti beans and juniper
Hare Hare in Ale with Saffron
Lamb Saddle of lamb stuffed spinach ; Lamb
brochettes ; Leg of Lamb Stuffed with
Garlic, Feta and Herbs ; Greek lamb and
tomato casserole with fennel ; Lancashire
hotpot ; Grilled lamb with white beans and
mint ; Lamb chops with rosemary beans
FISH AND SEAFOOD
Crab Crab toasties ; Hot
potted crab sandwiches ; Crab Salad Sandwich
; Classic dressed crab ; Crab
salad with passionfruit dressing ; Crab
spaghettini ; Cucumber Gazpacho with Crab
Mayonnaise on Sourdough Toasts ; White Peach
and Crab Salad ; Crab pie ; Crab
mayonnaise in iceberg wraps ; Potted Cromer
Crab ; Crab gratin ; Crab
brushetta ; Crab risotto ; Sweetcorn
and crab soup ; Tagliolini with crab and lemon
Crayfish Crayfish or prawn étouffée
; Crayfish cocktail ; Crayfish
Salad ; Crayfish Tails with Lemon Thyme
Mayonnaise ; Crayfish Bisque
Herring Herring roes ; Herring
with herby potatoes ; Pan-fried Herring
; Salade Lyonnaise
John Dory Shallow-fried
John Dory with Ratatouille ; John
dory pan-fried with green spice paste
Mackerel Atul’s cured mackerel ; Toasted
smoked mackerel and horseradish sandwich with watercress and apple salad
; Smoked mackerel pâte ; Mackerel
and confit potato in aubergine cups ; Honey-soused
Mackerel ; Griddled mackerel with gooseberry
and elderflower sauce ; Soused mackerel
sushi-style ; Mackerel and aubergine
bruschetta, with pimento and tomato salsa ; Smoked
mackerel and spinach tart ; Grilled mackerel
with tomato and beetroot salad ; Escabeche
of Mackerel ;
Barbecued Whole Mackerel ; Mackerel
in oatmeal with chive mayonnaise ; Mackerel
rillettes
Salmon Salmon and coriander fish cakes
; Cumin salmon with green bean raita ; Grilled
salmon with pear salsa ; Fennel and Smoked
Salmon Salad ; Seared salmon with shallot
and white wine sauce ; Oven-roasted salmon
with red cabbage and beetroot ; Salmon baked
with herbs and caramelised lemons ; Salmon,
bacon and wilted sprout tops ; Salad niçoise
with seared salmon
Sardines Stuffed sardines with watercress,
beetroot and orange salad ; Sardines on
Toast with Hot New Potato Salad ; Fried
sardines ; Sardines Beccafico
Sea trout Poached Sea Trout with Gewürztraminer
Sauce ; Wild sea trout and baby leeks with
crushed potato and tomato butter ; Smoked
trout kedgeree
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