Cooking with the seasons – Winter

Sourcing seasonal food, particularly if it is grown in your area, means that you will be buying produce at its freshest and cheapest.  In Winter (UK), look for the following local and imported produce:

Seasonal Vegetables:

Beetroot, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Brussel tops, Cabbage/greens, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac (celery root), Celery, Jerusalem Artichoke, Kale, Leeks, Onions, Parsnips, Potatoes, Red cabbage, Shallot, Swede (rutabaga, yellow turnip), Sweet potatoes

Seasonal Fruits & Nuts:

Apples, Brazil nuts, Chestnuts, Clementines, Cob nuts, Cox’s apples, Cranberries, Dried fruits, Hazlenuts, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins, Oranges, Pears, Pineapples, Satsumas, Walnuts

Meat / Fish and Poultry

Beef, Pork    /    Cod, Flounder, Hake, Halibut, Herrings, Mackerel, Mussels, Plaice, Skate, Sea bream, Sole, Sprats, Whiting    /    Chicken, Goose, Guinea fowl, Turkey.