Shared Kitchen

Real food from scratch

Category: Autumn

Rhubarb

Rhubarb forms a pretty pink syrup when cooked with redcurrant jelly and orange. It also likes peaches, plums, raspberries & strawberries, but it’s winter here, so apple & ginger it is.

Cheese Straws

Good with wine, good with beer, easy to eat, and delicious. What more do you want from a cheese straw?

Persimmon & Feta Salad

This is a stunner, and a great way to get more antioxidants in your diet. Fresh and tangy, salty and crunchy, the perfect foil to a rich meal to follow.

Chestnut Crumble

I’m always tempted to buy fresh chestnuts. It’s their rich glossy brown shells that get me, but as soon as I’ve bought them I start fretting about what I’m going to do with them.

Coffee, Walnut & Date Cake

This is a superb cake, moist and rich, perfumed with coffee and studded with walnuts, which is offset nicely with the lemony tang of the icing.

Button Mushrooms with Thyme

If your barbecue is still doing service, or if you have just cleaned the cobwebs off yours in preparation for summer, a sizzle-up of mushrooms for a late breakfast with a tomato on the side and an egg sunny side up, or over easy, is just the business.