Autumn Recipes

A collection of easy seasonal French recipes for Autumn or Fall. Each recipe typically uses fresh fruit or vegetables in season from the market – such as mushrooms, carrots, apples, pumpkin. Also includes holiday comfort foods for the cooler weather.

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slices of pork in honey sauce with pommes noisette crispy potatoes

Mains - Meat • 30 minutes

Hot Honey Sauce (for Pork Tenderloin)

cup and saucer of mushroom soup dusted with cocoa powder

Starters • 55 minutes

Creamy Mushroom Soup (façon Cappuccino)

veal stew with white sauce in carrots, mushrooms and onions

Mains - Meat • 3 hours

French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau)

chocolate chip cookies in golden autumn leaves

Teatime • 37 minutes

Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookies

pot of lemon sauce, roasted chickens and pumpkins

Easy Lemon Sauce (for Roast Chicken)

bowl of pumpkin soup being held with gloves in the autumn leaves

Starters • 35 minutes

Pumpkin Ginger Soup (to serve with Curry Macarons)

holiday mincemeat macaron

Desserts • 1 hour 20 minutes

Quick No-Suet Mincemeat (Mince Pie Macaron Filling)

Starters • 1 hour 30 minutes

French Leek Pie (Flamiche)

banana chestnut bread topped with figs and walnuts

Breakfast • 1 hour

Moist Banana Chestnut Loaf

pears sitting in an almond tart

Teatime • 1 hour

Pear Almond Tart (Tarte Bourdaloue)

Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower

Breakfast • 1 hour

French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)

cauliflower soup topped with florets and parsley candlelit

Starters • 50 minutes

Dubarry Cauliflower Cream Soup (Crème Dubarry)

apple tart with toasted nuts on glass plate and cracking walnuts with a nutcracker doll

Teatime • 2 hours 15 minutes

French Apple Nougat Tart (Tarte aux Pommes et Nougat)

slice of apple tart with a dollop of cream on Paris plate autumn

Teatime • 40 minutes

Quick French Apple Tart with Calvados Cream

apple compote sandwiched with oat crumble as a cake

Teatime • 1 hour

French Apple Crumble Cake

chocolate hazelnut pear crumble

Desserts • 50 minutes

Chocolate Hazelnut Pear Crumble

lush sticky toffee pudding with macaron shell

Desserts • 1 hour 5 minutes

Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding

gratin dish with spoon taking out colourful butternut squash, toasted walnuts, chestnuts

Mains - Vegetarian • 55 minutes

Butternut Walnut Gratin (Gratin de Butternut et Noix)

slice of chocolate plate with eiffel tower served with a thin custard sauce

Desserts • 20 minutes

Chai Tea Infused French Custard (Crème Anglaise)

gratin dish of sliced potato bake with autumn leaves

Mains - Vegetarian • 1 hour

French Creamy Potato Bake (Gratin Dauphinois)

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