Between gold and mahogany, autumn starters are adorned with seasonal colors to warm the heart and the spirit.
How to make an autumn starter?
Hot flavors on the menu
When the mercury drops and bodies wrap up warm, it’s high time to warm up with seasonal flavors, with squash, apples, pears, mushrooms, nuts and other chestnuts at the top of the list. And while cold starters are always an option, in the fall, we prefer hot delicacies made with melted cheese or roasted squash. Whether you opt for a creamy velouté, a mixed salad, or grilled cheese, with a warm starter, you’ll always have everything you need.
Soup, queen of the season
Forget about grandma’s soup or the soup from the school canteen, which we pushed away with a grimace – not having yet understood that it would later become our Proust madeleine – now we love soup. Especially in autumn! Why? For the simple reason that we can prepare it however we like (ah, the freedom of adults!) Do we prefer it velvety? So we mix everything. On the contrary, we swear by a soup full of chunks? At the right time, the squash and other vegetables will remain whole for the pleasure of our taste buds. With cream. Without cream. Decorated with a homemade parmesan tile. With croutons. Or not. Flavored with truffle salt. Garnished with simply crumbled rosemary roasted goat cheese. Ultra-peppery. Spiced with green Tabasco. We understand that autumn soup adapts to all our fantasies. And that’s good, because our grimoires are full of them.
The rest of the autumn festivities can be seen in pictures just below.
Jerusalem artichoke velouté
Jean-Claude Amiel
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Jerusalem artichoke velouté
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Fresh Figs
© Jonathan Lovekin 2012
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Roasted sweet potatoes and fresh figs
Orange, fennel, hazelnut and beetroot juice salad
© Martin Bruno
- 2 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Orange, fennel, hazelnut and beetroot juice salad
Chanterelle and garlic cream tartlets
© Oddur Thorisson
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chanterelle and garlic cream tartlets
Foie gras croques with figs
© Nathalie Carnet
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Foie gras croques with figs
Creamy squash and peanut soup
© Nathalie Carnet
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 30 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Creamy squash and peanut soup
Burrata and butternut pickles
© Marjolaine Daguerre
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 25 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Burrata and butternut pickles
Cream of mushroom and parmesan soup
© Christophe Roué
- 6 people
- Level: Easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Cream of mushroom and parmesan soup
Warm salad of bulgur, grapes, almonds and dill
© Akiko Ida
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Warm salad of bulgur, grapes, almonds and dill
Pumpkin velouté with raclette
© Stéphanie Iguna @Geekandfood / Entremont
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Pumpkin velouté with raclette
Apple, brie and onion turnovers
© Christophe Roué
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Apple, brie and onion turnovers
Fish and beetroot carpaccio with orange
© Martin Balme for Editions de La Martinière
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Fish and beetroot carpaccio with orange
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Lemon
© Virginie Garnier
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Creamy cauliflower soup with lemon
Scallop sweets, fig and grape pulp
© Jean-Claude Amiel
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 30 minutes of preparation
- Quite expensive
- See the recipe: Scallop candies, fig and grape pulp
Red lentil and butternut squash soup
© Carrie Solomon
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Coral lentil and butternut squash soup
Raw Butternut Squash Salad
©Carrie Solomon
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Raw butternut salad
Roasted carrot soup with tahini
© Carrie Solomon
- 6 people
- Level: Easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Roasted carrot soup with tahini
Pumpkin and Orange Broth
© Jean-Claude Amiel
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Pumpkin and orange broth
Scrambled eggs and black trumpets
© Franck Schmitt
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Scrambled eggs and black trumpets
Rocket, ham, feta and hazelnut salad
© Marjolaine Daguerre
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Rocket, ham, feta and hazelnut salad
Crème brûlée with button mushrooms
© Valery Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Crème brûlée with button mushrooms
Porcini mushrooms in two ways and serac
© Virginie Garnier
- 6 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Quite expensive
- See the recipe: Ceps in two ways and serac
Mushroom broth with the scent of burnt barley bread
© Delphine Constantini
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 30 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Mushroom broth with the scent of burnt barley bread
Garlic and shiitake toast with mozzarella cream, sage and thyme
© Valery Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Garlic and shiitake toast with mozzarella cream, sage, and thyme
Beetroot carpaccio, anchovies and horseradish chantilly
© Akiko Ida
- 2 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Beetroot carpaccio, anchovies and horseradish chantilly
Porcini mushroom carpaccio, tiles and peanut sauce
© Valery Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Quite expensive
- See the recipe: Carpaccio of porcini mushrooms, tuiles and peanut sauce
Fresh figs stuffed with fresh sheep’s cheese and dill
© Pierre Javelle
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Fresh figs stuffed with fresh sheep’s cheese and dill
