Lifestyle Iconic Fall Flavors: Mushrooms, Apples, Butternut Squash By Food & Wine Editors Updated on September 30, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: © ANDREW PURCELL Warm, rich flavors come alive with apples, mushrooms and butternut squash. 01 of 28 Wild Mushroom and Burrata Bruschetta © John Kernick Creamy burrata and hearty, earthy wild mushrooms pair for the perfect fall appetizer. Mushroom Recipes Go to Recipe 02 of 28 Pork Chops with Apple, Fennel and Sage Boneless, thin-cut pork chops can be fully cooked in three minutes, a fraction of the time it takes to cook thicker chops. Here, Melissa Rubel Jacobson combines the meat with a few distinctly autumnal ingredients: sage, apple and hard cider. Pork Recipes Go to Recipe 03 of 28 Butternut Squash Soup with Apple and Smoked Cheddar © Con Poulos This warm fall soup's key ingredient is its smoked-cheddar garnish. Warming Soups Go to Recipe 04 of 28 Mushroom, Butternut Squash & Gruyère Tart © Anson Smart Paul Roberts adds nutmeg to the mushrooms in this buttery tart because the warm spice works well with the savory complexity of a Cabernet Sauvignon. Savory Pies and Tarts Go to Recipe 05 of 28 Curry-Roasted Butternut Squash and Chickpeas © John Kernick This Indian twist on a dish of roasted butternut squash is super easy: After tossing the squash and chickpeas with curry and cayenne, Melissa Rubel roasts them, then drizzles the dish with a cooling cilantro-spiked yogurt sauce. Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes Go to Recipe 06 of 28 Wild Mushroom Soup with Parmesan Toasts © Deirdre Rooney Grace Parisi created this recipe almost by accident. When she was cooking dinner for her kids, one of them knocked into her while she was adding a few tablespoons of chicken broth to a pan of sautéed mushrooms. She poured in a lot more broth than she intended to and ended up with a terrific mushroom soup. Mushroom Soups Go to Recipe 07 of 28 Mashed Potatoes with Butternut Squash © Frances Janisch For ultra fluffy potatoes, Grace Parisi presses them through a ricer. To achieve a similar texture, pass the potatoes through a food mill or a fine-mesh sieve. If you choose to mash them by hand, be gentle; otherwise, the potatoes will turn gluey. Potato Recipes Go to Recipe 08 of 28 Warm Mushroom Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette © Anna Williams Oyster mushrooms are the ideal mushroom for this salad. To roast them, mix the mushrooms with a delicious garlic oil and save leftover oil for other uses. Mushroom Recipes Go to Recipe 09 of 28 Country Apple Galette © Con Poulos Jacques Pépin loves to serve this delicate apple tart as a buffet dessert, since it's beautiful, easy to slice and simple to eat, pizza-style, while standing. The miraculously easy and versatile pastry dough comes together in a food processor in less than 20 seconds and can be filled with all sorts of fruits or vegetables. Because the tart is free-form, the pastry can be rolled into either a round or a rectangle. Apple Pie Go to Recipe 10 of 28 Braised Pine Nuts with Butternut Squash © Antonis Achilleos In this risotto-like dish, the pressure cooker's intense heat penetrates the pine nuts' outer membranes and makes them soft inside. Braising Recipes Go to Recipe 11 of 28 Skillet-Baked Pear-and-Apple Crisp © David Prince Feel free to swap out the Cognac here for bourbon in this cinnamon-spiced crisp. Fruit Desserts Go to Recipe 12 of 28 Sherried Mushrooms with Fried Eggs on Toast © Tina Rupp Cindy Pawlcyn sautés mushrooms and onions with the Spanish dry sherry Oloroso and then tops with a perfectly fried egg. Egg Recipes Go to Recipe 13 of 28 Butternut-Squash-and-Sage Wontons © Tina Rupp "Wonton wrappers are terrific for making ravioli when you don't have time to make homemade pasta. The wontons here, filled with mashed butternut squash and roasted garlic, get nicely crispy when sautéed in a touch of oil, but they're also delicious simply steamed. Butternut Squash Go to Recipe 14 of 28 Bacon, Fennel and Apple Chutney Chutney is a favorite British condiment for everything from cheese to roasts. This sweet-and-smoky version is perfect with crackers as a starter, spread on a grilled cheddar sandwich or served with roasted pork. More Condiment Recipes Go to Recipe 15 of 28 Creamy Semolina with Roasted Mushrooms It takes about only three minutes to make this thick, creamy semolina on the stove; the mushrooms cook in the oven, unattended, for 25 minutes. Quick Side Dishes Go to Recipe 16 of 28 Roasted Butternut Squash with Sage © Fredrika Stjärne Simple and full of fall flavors, this butternut squash recipe is an easy holiday dinner side. Butternut Squash Go to Recipe 17 of 28 Apple Tart with Almond Cream © Lisa Linder This delicious dessert is a large version of individual tartlets. The thin, crisp pastry shell is filled with a layer of almond cream made from both finely ground and coarsely chopped nuts that give the tart layers of texture. The thinly sliced apples on top caramelize as the tart bakes. Apple Desserts Go to Recipe 18 of 28 Maple-Apple Upside-Down Cake © Con Poulos This is one of the best upside-down cakes ever—the maple syrup infuses both the apples and the cake, making the dessert taste like a stack of apple pancakes. More Delicious Cakes Go to Recipe 19 of 28 Chicken, Wild Mushroom and Roasted-Garlic Sauté © DANA GALLAGHER Marcia Kiesel, a self-described mushroom freak, uses porcini to make her delicious, earthy chicken thigh sauté with roasted garlic cloves. She finishes the dish with a sprinkle of chopped tarragon, which adds a light, herbal sweetness. Chicken Recipes Go to Recipe 20 of 28 Andouille-and-Sweet Potato Pie with Tangy Apple Salad Sweet and salty combine with andouille sausage and sweet potato in this easy-to-construct pie. Sausage Recipes Go to Recipe 21 of 28 Stuffed Pork Tenderloins with Bacon and Apple-Riesling Sauce Kirsten Strecker Chef Debra Whiting loves fresh goat cheese from a local New York dairy so much that she always works it into her dinner menu. Here, she mixes the cheese with apple, sausage and greens, then stuffs it inside a bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin. To balance the richness of the cheese, look for a wine with good acidity, like a dry or semi-dry New York Riesling. Pork Recipes Go to Recipe 22 of 28 Apple Crisp with Dried Cranberries © Fredrika Stjärne For this dessert, chef Lee Woolver recommends a tart apple, like the Northern Spy variety that grows all over upstate New York. To make the recipe more decadent, he often adds chocolate chips. Fruit Cobblers and Crisps Go to Recipe 23 of 28 Granny Smith Apple and Brown Butter Custard Tart Kate Neumann often showcases rich, nutty, fragrant browned butter in her desserts. Here, she adds it to a sweet custard loaded with caramelized apples and baked in a buttery tart shell. Pies and Tarts Go to Recipe 24 of 28 Polenta Gratin with Spinach and Wild Mushrooms © Tina Rupp Commercial wild mushroom mixes (usually a combination of shiitake, cremini and oyster mushrooms) are a godsend: Some invisible helper has already cleaned, stemmed and sliced the mushrooms for you. In this recipe, they are mixed with spinach and cream, then baked in a luscious gratin under smooth rounds of precooked polenta until bubbling hot. Thanksgiving Gratins Go to Recipe 25 of 28 Butternut Squash Turnovers © Lucy Schaeffer These buttery squash turnovers make a perfect fall lunch alongside a big green salad. Amazing Squash Recipes Go to Recipe 26 of 28 Pork and Wild Mushroom Daube The Provençal stews called daubes are cooked in wide-bellied, narrow-necked earthenware pots (daubières). The lids are specifically designed to trap moisture during cooking. Dutch ovens or bean pots are perfect stand-ins for a daubière. Hearty Stews Go to Recipe 27 of 28 Apple Dumplings Food & Wine Apples baked in flaky pastry with cinnamon sugar are irresistible, especially when served with vanilla ice cream. To save preparation time, we use frozen puff-pastry sheets. Incredible Apple Recipes Go to Recipe 28 of 28 Roast Chicken with Butternut Squash © ANDREW PURCELL You can also use acorn or Hubbard squash in this easy recipe, or try pumpkin. Roast Chicken Recipes Go to Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit