Autumn food and drink

Cocktail of the week: Lilienblum’s calvados old fashioned – recipe | The good mixer

A kind-of old fashioned with a wintry, appley twist. Calvados old fashionedServes 1 For the honey syrup (makes about 10 serves) 30ml honey For the drink 5ml (ie, 1 bar spoon) honey syrup (see...

Bonfire Night treats: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for hand pies

For anyone who’ll be standing outside on Tuesday, looking up at fireworks in the night sky, might I...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for smoked salt chocolate creme brulee | The sweet spot

There are few things I love more than baked custard, and I’m reminded of just how easy it...

How to make leek and potato soup – recipe | Felicity Cloake

I find potatoes in all forms, from fluffy mash to dripping-soaked chips, supremely comforting, but there’s little that...

Amy Poon’s recipes for Chinese home favourites: spring onion and ginger noodles, and braised pumpkin with pork

It’s good to keep things simple, and I am on a mission to demonstrate just how simple Chinese...

How to make coq au riesling – recipe | Felicity Cloake

This is coq au vin as it’s traditionally prepared in Alsace, where a fruity, local white is more popular than rich, dark reds from...

Cocktail of the week: Viajante87’s carajillo – recipe | The good mixer

There’s so much more to using coffee in cocktails than that ubiquitous late-night party serve, the espresso martini. Here, the rich, deep coffee notes...

How to make plum cobbler – recipe | Felicity Cloake

Before crumble, which is a surprisingly recent addition to the pudding canon, there was cobbler, a similarly homely dish of baked fruit with a...

Thai-style slaw, dal and sponge pudding: Ravinder Bhogal’s apple recipes

Our orchards offer a bounty of apples in the autumn. Last year, I went apple picking and returned home with bags full of different...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for blackberry and peanut butter tart | The sweet spot

I’ve got a similar recipe to this tart in my most recent cookbook. That version includes a rich peanut frangipane and is studded with...

Georgina Hayden’s recipe for charred corn, chorizo and avocado

While corn on the cob is an autumn staple in our house (my girls love finding new flavours to roll the cobs in), I...