Winter in tuscany

Supper club host Xanthe Ross shares her innovative vegetarian dishes – gorgeous, flavourful, deeply comforting and perfect for sharing

Whether it’s for a midweek meal or casual dinner party main, stroganoff is a great go-to dish. Traditionally, it’s made with beef, but the mushrooms, paprika and soured cream also work well with pork.

Leap into autumn with these delicious harvest highlights

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 30 mins ■ Cook 50 mins 4 large field mushrooms4 tbsp olive oil1 garlic clove, chopped400g spinach leavesflour, for dusting1 tbsp thyme leaves500g block all-butter puff pastry140g sti

Ingredients (Serves 2) ◆ 150g flat mushrooms ◆ 50g each oyster and shiitake mushrooms ◆ 20g garlic butter ◆ 1tbsp olive oil ◆ Garlic salt and freshly ground black pepper ◆ 75g reduced fat soft cheese

Synonymous with October, pumpkins appear in pies, soups, stews and roasts at this time of year (not to mention carved into Halloween jack o’lanterns). The plant grows along the ground, trailing over s