Well Seasoned by Brown, Russell -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Welcome Page About Well Seasoned Contents Introduction How to use this book

Out & About Food & Foraging Feasts & Festivals Recipes

Why seasonal? Cooking introduction

Weighing and accuracy Ingredients Equipment

01 | January

Out & About | Snowdrops Food & Foraging | Forced rhubarb Food & Foraging | Jerusalem artichokes Food & Foraging | Seville and blood oranges Feasts & Festivals | Twelfth Night (5th January) Feasts & Festivals | Burns Night (25th January) Jerusalem artichoke soup with wild mushrooms and artichoke crisps Seville orange marmalade Blood orange, chicory and feta salad Mulled cider with spiced apple jelly Beer-braised beef cheeks with pickled shallots Rhubarb and almond tart

02 | February

Out & About | Dawn chorus Food & Foraging | Cauliflower Food & Foraging | Wild boar Food & Foraging | Razor clams Feasts & Festivals | Imbolc (1st February) Feasts & Festivals | Shrove Tuesday (3rd February-9th March) and Easter Whole roasted spiced cauliflower with almonds and sultanas Winter piccalilli Pappardelle with wild boar ragout Razor clams with herb crumb, lemon and parsley butter Pancakes Sticky ginger cake

03 | March

Out & About | Chillies Food & Foraging | Wild garlic Food & Foraging | Kale Food & Foraging | Gurnard Feasts & Festivals | Spring Equinox (20th or 21st March) Feasts & Festivals | Mothering Sunday (middle Sunday of Lent) Potato gnocchi with wild garlic pesto Chicken, leek and wild garlic pie Fillet of gurnard with a warm potato and caper salad Roast pork belly with sage and onion Warm salad of kale, roasted onion, chickpea and soft goat’s cheese Lemon and white chocolate roulade

04 | April

Out & About | Bluebells Food & Foraging | Spring lamb Food & Foraging | Asparagus Food & Foraging | St George’s mushrooms and morels Feasts & Festivals | Swallows Day (15th April) Feasts & Festivals | St George’s Day (23rd April) Asparagus and Old Winchester tart Asparagus with duck egg and romesco sauce St George’s mushrooms on toast Warm salad of new season’s spring lamb Roast rib of beef Chocolate, mascarpone and raisin cake

05 | May

Out & About | Wildflower meadows Food & Foraging | Elderflowers Food & Foraging | Crayfish Food & Foraging | Pigeon Feasts & Festivals | Beltane and May Day (1st May) Feasts & Festivals | Oak Apple Day (29th May) Crayfish cocktail Warm salad of pigeon breast, charred spring onion and bacon Roast rump of lamb, shepherd’s pie and spring greens Fillet of brill with crushed Jersey Royals, asparagus and herb butter sauce Harry McKew’s elderflower cordial Beltane cake

06 | June

Out & About | Pick Your Own Food & Foraging | Gooseberries Food & Foraging | Strawberries Food & Foraging | Mackerel Feasts & Festivals | St Barnabas’ Day (11th June) Feasts & Festivals | Summer Solstice (2oth-22nd June) Harissa mackerel flatbreads with quick pickled cucumber Hay-baked leg of kid goat Basil pesto Sea salt and olive oil focaccia Iced strawberry parfait Gooseberry and elderflower cheesecake

07 | July

Out & About | Wild swimming Food & Foraging | Cuttlefish and squid Food & Foraging | Raspberries Food & Foraging | Samphire Feasts & Festivals | The Dunmow Flitch (mid-July - various) Feasts & Festivals | St Swithin’s Day (15th July) Sautéed squid with chorizo and piquillo pepper dressing Broad bean bruschetta Fillet of bass with samphire, braised gem lettuce and peas Braised bacon with butter beans and new season’s carrots White chocolate mousse with cherry compote Fresh raspberries with honey and oat ice cream

08 | August

Out & About | Butterflies Food & Foraging | Apricots Food & Foraging | Tomatoes Food & Foraging | Spider crab Food & Foraging | Lammas Day (1 st August) Feasts & Festivals | The Glorious Twelfth (12th August) Tomato galette with rocket and Parmesan salad Spider crab linguini with chilli, garlic and parsley Crab and fennel tart One-grouse starter for four Viennese tin loaf Honey-roast apricots with yoghurt sorbet

09 | September

Out & About | Scrumping Food & Foraging | Sweetcorn Food & Foraging | Damsons and sloes Food & Foraging | Blackberries Feasts & Festivals | Harvest Festival (late September) Feasts & Festivals | Pannage Season (September) Sweetcorn and potato chowder Lobster and charred sweetcorn risotto Blue cheese beignets with spiced damson dip Brined pork chops with roasted red pepper and courgette salad Blackberry and caramelized apple trifle Bramley apple and sultana chutney

10 | October

Out & About | Autumn hedgerows Food & Foraging | Beetroot Food & Foraging | Medlars and quince Food & Foraging | Wild mushrooms Feasts & Festivals | Punky Night (last Thursday of October) Feasts & Festivals | Halloween (31 October) Beetroot, mascarpone and horseradish tart Spice-roasted squash with couscous Partridge and wild mushroom terrine Leek and mushroom cobnut crumble Quince paste Sticky toffee apple pudding

11 | November

Out & About | Seal Spotting Food & Foraging | Parsnips Food & Foraging | Venison Food & Foraging | Chestnuts Feasts & Festivals | Stir-up Sunday (fifth Sunday before Christmas) Feasts & Festivals | Bonfire Night (5th November) Venison, cobnut and apple salad Venison, celeriac and mushroom suet pudding Parsnip croquettes Seared scallops with chestnut, apple and pancetta Venison dog with chilli-pickled cabbage Sue Brown’s Christmas pudding

12 | December

Out & About | Yule logs Food & Foraging | Clementines Food & Foraging | Celeriac Food & Foraging | Pheasant Feasts & Festivals | Winter Solstice (21st to 23rd December) Feasts & Festivals | Christmas Day (25th December) Rare roast beef with celeriac remoulade Pot-roasted pheasant with cider and apple Lamb sausage roll with garlic and mustard mayonnaise Beenleigh Blue cheesecake with sweet and sour pears Clementine and sultana frangipane tarts A Well Seasoned Winter

Endpapers Basics

Vegetable stock Beef stock Chicken stock Red wine sauce Pickling liquid for fennel, carrots, shallots, etc. Cider Vinaigrette Simple flatbreads Pasta dough Rough puff pastry Sweet pastry Shortbread

Seasonality charts References, resources and suppliers Index Acknowledgements About the Authors About Anima Copyright