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Spiced spelt salad with apples and lime
This was inspired by a lunch concocted from some leftover takeaway biryani! I added some lettuce, apples and a squeeze of lime to freshen...
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Spookily Green Soup
This vividly green soup is perfect for halloween and packed full of delicious leafy greens.
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Squash, apple, chilli
Spicy chilli oil deliciously balances the delicate sweetness of an autumnal squash and apple soup. The swirl of glowing orange-red oil...
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Squash, cabbage and carrot slaw
Raw squash flesh brings vibrant colour and nutty flavour to this gorgeous-looking slaw, which you can keep in the fridge for a couple of...
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Squash, coconut, chilli
This simple squash curry is the sort of thing you could rustle up quickly on a chilly weekday evening. You can make the dish as hot or mild...
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Stuffed butternut squash
This is one of Hugh's favourite autumn main courses, another great vegetable idea borrowed from his friend, Sarah Raven. It's easy to adapt...
Prep 15mins
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The puff burger
This is an incredibly satisfying bit of fast food. You could make it with large, flat field mushrooms or something similar but, to be...
Prep 10mins Cook 5mins
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Tom's Tamari Glazed Carrots
This is a great way elevate carrots into something quite spectacular! It is such a pleasure to cook, seeing a humble carrot take on so much...
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Vegan Chocolate Tart with Pear
This delicious tart features on our River Cottage Kitchens Winter menu.
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Vegan Gravy
This is a seriously useful sauce for all kinds of vegan and vegetarian dishes, from a classic nut roast to a plate of falafel or a tray of...
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West Country stroganoff
This is so called because it was first cooked using Somerset cider, Devon cream and Dorset mushrooms. However, it would of course be best...
Prep 10mins Cook 20mins
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Apple and walnut crumble
The nubbly crunch of toasted walnuts adds a new dimension to a classic crumble; pecans are equally good. This basic crumble topping can be...
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Apple, stout and cheese soda bread
Take soda bread for a spin with this fruity, feisty recipe. This apple, stout and cheese soda bread makes a delicious dunker for soup, but...
Prep 15mins Cook 40mins
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Appley Chelsea buns
This is my take on the classic Chelsea bun, which is a perfect vehicle for the irresistible combination of apples, dried fruit, nuts and...
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Beetroot and walnut hummus
This glorious purple concoction – a revelation for people who claim not to like beetroot, or walnuts come to that – is wonderful with crisp...
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Beetroot pizza
We like this smoky-sweet pizza with a slick of tomato sauce on the base. A good bought tomato sauce or even a tablespoon or two of good...
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Blackberry and apple pie
Apple pie is good, but a couple of handfuls of blackberries make it amazing. Wild berries create less juice so you can add more of them...
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Carrot and walnut cake
Fragrant with spices and deliciously moist, this cake is about as far away from the dry and dreary 1970s health-food shop incarnations as...
Prep 10mins Cook 1hrs20mins
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Cherry mincemeat
This recipe has everything you'd want in a mincemeat: lots of citrus zest, a hit of tangy tartness from dried cherries and a generous slosh...
Cook 2hrs
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Chicken and leek pasties
Inspired by the great original, the Cornish pasty, these are all filling, portable meals, neatly wrapped in their own edible packaging. If...
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Chicken and mushroom casserole with cider
Somewhere between a stew and a braise, this rich and warming dish is perfect to serve in autumn, perhaps with mushrooms you've gathered...
Prep 20mins
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Chicken with lentils and rosemary
An easy one-pot supper for a cold night, this is started off on the hob, then transferred to the oven to bake. A sturdy casserole, or any...
Prep 30mins Cook 1hrs
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Chicken, leek and fruit pie
A chicken pie is a wonderful thing: all savoury, succulent comfort. We've never been fans of gloopy, flour-thickened pie fillings. This one...
Cook 4hrs
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Chocolate pear cake
This is a chocolatey variation on the classic River Cottage apple and almond cake. And, since pears and chocolate go so well together, we...
Prep 20mins Cook 45mins
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Chunky Shepherd's Pie
Head Chef Gelf Alderson shares his recipe for this comforting family favourite.
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Crispy lentil and roasted squash salad with salsa verde
Crisp, nutty, fried Puy lentils complement tender roasted squash beautifully. You can use sweet potato here in place of squash, and...
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Dandelion and burdock beer
Dandelion and burdock roots, being perennial, are available all year, but it is important to collect them only when the leaves are visible...
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Duck ‘bacon’ and eggs
This makes for a hearty breakfast, when the day’s activities call for a little more than tea and toast to sustain body and soul until...
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Farmhouse Beans
Our delicious homemade beans, a firm favourite with our guests in the farmhouse.
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Five-root soup with bacon
The key to success with this soup is to cut the root vegetables small and keep the pieces all about the same size so they cook evenly. It...
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