Embracing Late Autumn in the English Countryside 🍂 Comfort Food at Home

Slow living in England 🍂Join me for late autumn in Hampshire, with Highland cows at Street Croft Farm in Herriard and a garden centre visit for winter plants. Back home, I’m making Scotch pancakes with spiced apple and a comforting sausage, pumpkin and leek casserole, sharing family memories and taking a little time for myself.

RECIPES

DROP SCONES (SCOTCH PANCAKES)

130g self-raising flour
2 tbsp sugar (I used 1½ tbsp granulated stevia)
1 egg
120ml milk (I used oat milk)
2 tbsp natural yoghurt
A little butter for cooking

Spiced apple topping

1 apple
Juice of ½ an orange
Star anise and a few cardamom pods, or a cinnamon stick
Chopped pecans, walnuts or pistachios

SAUSAGE, PUMPKIN & LEEK CASSEROLE

Sausages
1–2 tbsp olive oil
3 medium leeks
400–500g pumpkin or butternut squash
1 sprig of thyme
150ml cider
150ml chicken stock
A little cornflour mixed with cold water
Salt and pepper
Mashed potato, to serve

Thank you for spending a little time with us.

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