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random recipes #33 round-up

30 October 2013 by Dominic Franks

… oh gawd bless you random recipes stalwarts… I throw some very random themes your way and still you persist in taking part and for this I love you… some of my regulars were stumped entirely and indeed not all locations have an obvious local ingredient but still you went for it in style so I thank you most humbly… and most importantly I love that these recipes are just so random… you wouldn’t have a clue what the theme was unless you looked a little deeper… well, less of the platitudes and more of the recipes shall we…

let us begin with Lou from Please Do Not Feed The Animals and her Aberdeenshire Smoked Haddock with Lentils taken from Nigel Slater’s Eat.
see the rest of your lovely entries after the jump

here’s the wonderful Rachel from My Life in Knitwear with a journey of discovery that ends with some glorious London Honey on a home-baked loaf

next up is Alison from Dragons and Fairy Dust with a very inventive Chargrilled Chicken with Lime and Newcastle Brown Ale taken from a book called Guinness, full of recipes that include… Guinness!
and now here we have the very dear Choclette from the Chocolate Log Blog and her Non-Lardy Lardy Cakes aka Liskeardy Cakes… a local invention that’s bound for non-lard success!
here’s Janet from the Taste Space and not only an amazing tale about moving to Houston but some local Citrus Collards and Chickpeas taken from Vegan Soul Kitchen
next up is Claire from Under The Blue Gum Tree with a very local Denningvleis or South African Tamarind Lamb Stew 
lovely Elizabeth from Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary uses some locally grown pumpkin and her grandmothers own hand-written recipe to make this gorgeous Pumpkin Loaf
and here’s Gary from Exploits of a Food Nut with another loaf this time in the shape of a Spiced Apple Tea Loaf made with local apples and taken from the Good Food website.
and next is Denise from Magnolia Verandah and this truly colourful Colour Me Autumn salad us
ing some local Boosey Creek Blue Cheese taken randomly from Marion – Recipes and Stories from a Hungry Cook
next is random recipes virgin Charlene from No Love Sincerer with a stunning first entry of local Venison with Caribbean mash taken from a recipe by Levi Roots
and here’s another random recipes virgin, Alexandra from The Lass in the Apron with some rather unusual but very local Pennsylvania Dutch Quaker Bonnet Biscuits taken from the ridiculously long titled Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during her visit among the Pennsylvanian Germans… phew!
and next along is dearest Karen from Lavender and Lovage with some gorgeous Hot Baked Yorkshire Tatties.
i think i’ll slip my own random recipes entry in this month and it’a another recipes using local apples and this Very Simple Apple Cake from Mary Berry’s Aga Cookbook
and here’s another, slightly more glorious, apple cake this time from Susan over at The Spice Garden with a beautiful Applesauce and Cocoa Bundt taken from the Still Life with menu CookBook 
next is Fiona from TIFFIN with this ‘love it or hate it’ Vegemite Savoury Scone Ring taken from the very utilitarian PWMU Cookery Book
here’s one to put a smile of shock on your face and remind you all of the dedication of some random recipes stalwarts… it’s poor Ruth from Makey-Cakey and her exploding Sauerkraut… a lesson to us all!
next is Stacy from Food Lust People Love and a wonderful but truly random Indian Corn Pudding with Date Honey taken from Laura Brody’s Slow Cooker Cooking
and finally it’s Craig from The Usual Saucepans with a lovely Tomato and Basil Crumble using some lo
cally grown toms
…so there we go for October… join me in November where we’ll be going back to basics once more before a Christmas special… 
eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Jane Willis says

    30 October 2013 at 7:08 am

    Some gorgeous looking dishes here. I did find a dish that used a local ingredient – Tunworth Tartiflette using Tunworth cheese that is very local to us, but I've been away for part of the month and had a pregnant house guest who couldn't have soft cheese for the rest of the month, so never had chance to cook it. But I WILL be making it, soon, and will tweet you when I post about it.

  2. Jean says

    30 October 2013 at 7:43 am

    There are some fab recipes here, Dom, what a talented lot your followers are!
    I have bookmarked one for immediate baking already !!

  3. Magnolia Verandah says

    30 October 2013 at 8:18 am

    What a great line up. Lots to cook here when the house is back to normal!

  4. Rose Fern says

    30 October 2013 at 10:20 am

    This month's entries are so different from one another! Such a variety!Congrats to everyone!

  5. Karen S Booth says

    30 October 2013 at 12:51 pm

    Wow! Dom, there are some amazing entries here and I LOVE the exploding Sauerkraut entry by Ruth! LOL! Gotta love Random Recipes! Karen

  6. Craig - The Usual Saucepans says

    30 October 2013 at 1:39 pm

    Wow, what a diverse range of recipes! I want to try most of them.

  7. Sally Akins says

    30 October 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Great range of entries there, Dom. I'm looking forward to taking part next month

  8. dentistvschef says

    30 October 2013 at 2:42 pm

    i'm confuse which one to started first….
    those all looks delicious!

  9. Caroline Taylor says

    30 October 2013 at 4:29 pm

    An amazing array of recipes! So many to choose from but that corn pudding has caught my attention!

  10. Janice Pattie says

    30 October 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Great recipes very random, struggling somewhat as books have been cleared from their shelves and are lurking in bags under the bed. Will have to be creative next month!

  11. Susan Lindquist says

    31 October 2013 at 12:00 am

    Wow! You weren't kidding! So many different kinds of dishes this time! Loving the look of the corn pudding, the Yorkshire tatties, and that lamb stew! Oh dear, so many good ones this month!

  12. The KitchenMaid says

    31 October 2013 at 8:27 am

    Some lovely stuff here, but I think I like the look of your apple cake the best (and that's not just a bit of wanton flattery!) x

  13. Stacy says

    2 November 2013 at 9:03 am

    Great round up! I love the look of more than a few of these, Dom. They truly are very random, which is my favorite part.

  14. Choclette says

    3 November 2013 at 11:24 am

    Ooh, ooh, several exciting things I want to go and have a look at here Dom. Thank you for another great Random Recipe challenge.

    Have picked this month's and am so excited I'm going off to make them for my lunch now!

  15. Gill says

    3 November 2013 at 9:02 pm

    Great work everyone x

  16. The KitchenMaid says

    6 November 2013 at 6:59 am

    Hey, you forgot my one! http://kitchen-maid.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/treat-me-lemon-poppy-seed-biscuits.html

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🍓 200g butter
🍓 200g golden caster sugar
🍓 3 large free-range eggs
🍓 200g ground almonds
🍓 100g strawberries – quartered
🍓 4 apricots – sliced into wedges
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lay half the remaining fruit into the bottom of your dish and cover with the frangipane batter, then scatter the remaining fruit on top

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🍳 2 large carrots – roughly grated
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🍳 salt and pepper
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🥚 salt
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