One of the four seasons, also known as fall season in the country, autumn marks the slow transition from summer to winter after Christmas and New Year’s Eve. This is also a popular season to try out some of the best autumn dishes, with recipes that will tantalize your taste buds and force you to have a second helping of that delicious tomato dip or a spoonful of fruity autumn pudding.
There cannot be a better way of preparing yourself for the cold, harsh winter ahead, by making and enjoying some of these popular autumn dishes.
Autumn chestnut salad
Why not start with a healthy yet tasty salad recipe for the variety of autumn recipes to follow. Crusty slices of bread diced, drizzled with olive oil will make a nice crunch base for this recipe. Crispy green lettuce mixed with cooked chestnut broken down into manageable portions. The beetroot cooked in vinegar provides a nice tangy taste to the recipe which is complemented well by the homemade the dressing.
Tomato dips
Need something tangy to go with delicious pita bread or even nachos, why not make some fresh tomato dip? The recipe takes no more efforts than putting all the ingredients in a nice deep dish saucepan and letting the mixture boil till it is of the right consistency. Fresh ripe tomatoes peeled, deseeded and chopped finely to be then par boiled with spices and other condiments cooking in a nice cider vinegar reduction to add to that tangy taste.
Autumn vegetable soup
Who doesn’t love soup and what better time to prepare a nice hot soup to go well with butter crackers than during the transition between seasons? Veggies for this recipe will include leek, carrots, potatoes, soaked chickpeas, canned tomato, and vegetable stock simmer over low heat for just under half an hour to enjoy this hot soup, making it one of the popular autumn dishes to enjoy this season.
Mushroom tartlets
Tartlets are a perfect combination of puff crust pastry combined with cooked vegetables of your choice baked to enjoy in the pleasant months of autumn. These can be prepared as a light appetizer and also can be served as the main course if you just love those fresh farm mushrooms, oozing with butter in a crispy yet ‘break in your hands’ crumbly tartlet making it a crowd favorite for autumn dishes.
Autumn pudding
A sweet pudding prepared for dessert using rice plums, peeled apples, pears. Don’t forget the blackberries all coated with sweet castor sugar with a sprinkle of lemon zest, baked to perfection for a couple of hours to be enjoyed after all the effort you put in for the entree and side dishes.
Plum and almond crumble
Sweet and sour plums stoned and cut into thin slices, mixed with delicious almond flakes. Some cinnamon sprinkled over the top with the mixture delicately placed on top of a delightful butter crumble pastry to be baked in the oven, making it one of the perfect autumn dishes for dessert.
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