Autumn plenty

It's a gorgeous autumn with the temperatures in the mid twenties, clear skies and plenty of foraging.

After the dry hot summer we've had a cep bonanza and we've been eating and drying as many as we can. It's also an excellent apple and chestnut year. Susie has been making chestnut and cep paté, nut loafs, chilli sauce and jelly and I've been pickling jars of shallots.  

A little sampler of home preserves