Seasonal produce in October

by Angela Reed-Fox

Chestnuts are great at this time of year. Split the skins and  bake them in the bottom of the oven while you're cooking something else - leave the oven on lower and longer while you eat your main course - and the chestnuts should be nicely done when you're ready for them.
This is a lovely month for mulled apple juice - choose your own spices and make your own.

*Produce is sorted into 'fruit' and 'vegetable'  by how we tend to eat them, rather than  the technical fruit/vegetable division.

Fruits in October

• Apples
• Blackberries
• Cranberries
• Dates
• Elderberries

• Figs

• Plums
• Pomegranates
• Quince
  

Vegetables in October

• Aubergine
• Beetroots
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Cavolo Nero
• Celeriac
• Celery
• Garlic
• Globe artichoke
• Jerusalem artichoke
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Lamb's lettuce
• Leek

• Lettuce
• Pak choi
• Parsnips
• Peas
• Peppers

• Pumpkin
• Radicchio
• Radish
• Runner beans
• Salsify
• Swede
• Sweet potato
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes
• Turnip