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raspberry jam

The August 2014 Shop Local Round Up

Published on September 18, 2014 • Last updated July 22, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

supporting your local food producers and markets

The Shop Local food blogging challenge was set up by myself one year ago as a way for food bloggers around the world to share what they are doing with their locally produced ingredients – to showcase the wide variety of produce available to them and highlight small producers. Last month we had 18 delicious entries…Cornish raspberries, Scottish haggis, French duck, Italian plums… read all about them below!

Plum Oatmeal Cake by Tortadirose

First up Lucia over at Tortadirose  makes a stunning Plum and Oatmeal Cake with plums sourced from her own vegetable garden. Living in Italy she has quite a variety of delicious local produce to work with and her recipes are always gorgeous and beautifully photographed.

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trifle

Cornish strawberries and raspberries and locally produced eggs make this Birthday Trifle by Chocolate Log Blog a delicious treat. I could quite happily tuck into this any day of the year!

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blackberry tarts

Locally foraged blackberries were used by the very clever Laura from I’d Much Rather Bake Than… to make these gorgeous mini blackberry bakewell tarts. Aren’t they adorable, and filled with blackberry jam I bet the taste amazing too!

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panzanella

Becky over at Mint Custard is lucky to live near a roadside market stall with an honesty box! She shares a delicious panzanella (enough to serve one as it doesn’t get shared!). With beautiful, vibrant fresh produce like this I can understand why!

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pork recipe

Over at Chez Maximka Galina whips up a delectable pork with wild plums and lavender for her family dinner. The pork was purchased at her local family butcher’s and the plums and lavender picked from her very own garden – you can’t get any more local than that!

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ratatouille

Sarah over at Jacob & Me rustles up a lovely allotment ratatouille with produce grown in her own garden. Aren’t those colours beautiful! A perfect meal for a cold autumn evening.

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raspberry jam

Kevin over at The Crafty Larder combines locally grown raspberries wit a secret ingredient to make this delicious raspberry jam recipe. Pop over for a peek to see what the secret ingredient is!

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blondies

Choclette over at the Chocolate Log Blog gets creative again with her Cornish raspberries, combining them with white chocolate to make these Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondies – perfect with an afternoon cuppa!

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potted duck

Over in rural France De Tout Coeur Limousin is inspired by her local markets to make duck rillettes (potted duck)  flavoured with rosemary & star anise.

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plum jam

Holly over at Full of Beans & Sausages (previously known as English Girl Canadian Man) makes some yummy home made plum jam from plums picked in her local church yard in Canada. Nothing beats home made jam, that’s for sure!

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stuffed zucchini flowers

Galina went picking berries at a local pick-your-own farm and noticed a field filled with courgette/zucchini flowers ripe for the picking. She stuffed and fried them in her fantastic sounding stuffed zucchini flowers recipe. I want to try this!

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focaccia

Alida over at My Little Italian Kitchen makes this stunning focaccia with tomatoes and olives using her father’s home grown cherry tomatoes. Look at those colours – just beautiful!

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blackberry crumble

Home grown blackberries are combined with locally sourced rose scented geranium leaves to make this decadent blackberry and rose geranium crumble from Linzi over at Lancashire Food. Stunning!

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corn salsa

Home grown tomatoes from her friends garden get turned into this Corn Salsa by Chef Mireille at the East West Realm. She says this salsa pairs very well with Thai five spice pork. I think it looks delicious!

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rhubarb ice cream

Kate, the Gluten Free Alchemist, combines home grown rhubarb with locally sourced honey to make a delicious no churn rhubarb ice cream. I love the sound of this ice cream so much!

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haggis

Vohn over at Vohns Vittles gets creative with her Scottish haggis – she puts them in an Ulster-Scots Pasty! I love haggis and I bet I’d love this alternative way to eat it!

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corn on the cob

Nothing beats freshly picked corn on the cob, except perhaps freshly picked corn on the cob with Indian spiced butter! Yum! Corina over at Searching for Spice shows us how to make the recipe.

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apple and plum crumble

Ros over at The More Than Occasional Baker round things up this month with her gorgeous apple, plum and almond crumble made with plums her work colleague brought in from her garden.

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And that’s the round up for August’s entries to the Shop Local food blogging challenge! If you would like to join in  add your link to the linky tool below. You can see the challenge rules over on the official Shop Local page.

Happy Local Shopping!

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  1. Mireille

    September 25, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    great roundup

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  2. Vohn McGuinness

    September 20, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    Fabulous round-ip Elizabeth. I love how diverse the recipes are.

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    • Elizabeth

      September 21, 2014 at 9:03 am

      There certainly is a bit of everything, isn’t there – such inspiration 🙂

      Reply
  3. kellie@foodtoglow

    September 19, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    Blackberry and Rose Geranium Crumble?! Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondies, too? Oh my days, these sound fab. In fact, loads of lovely recipes to click on. Must go get a cuppa now and peruse 🙂

    Reply
  4. bev

    September 19, 2014 at 11:18 am

    Great roundup!

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  5. Kate - gluten free alchemist

    September 18, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    Lovely round up of recipes Elizabeth. Definitely the season for freshly grown food and so abundant. I think it’s great that so many people are trying to grow some of their own. If you are prepared to go to the effort of nurturing plants, then you genuinely care about your food!

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  6. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche

    September 18, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Wow love all these fresh and local recipes! The plum cake looks stunning, as does the panzanella! Love the idea of an honesty box 🙂

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  7. lucia

    September 18, 2014 at 1:35 pm

    Very very interesting recipes!!! Thank you so much!!!

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  8. Laura

    September 18, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    Another beautiful round up. You work so hard Elizabeth!

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 1:32 pm

      Thanks Laura – I do feel I am spending a rather extraordinary amount of time sitting on my backside typing these days than I am actually cooking – I need to start getting my priorities straight again! 😀

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  9. Galina V

    September 18, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    A fab selection of wonderful recipes. What a variety, what a feast for eyes

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 1:10 pm

      I have to agree Galina – so many lovely recipes! Thank you for linking up yours!

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  10. Sarah, Maison Cupcake

    September 18, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    That plum and oatmeal cake is quite wonderful. I think I will have a go putting some oatmeal in my next crumble after seeing that.

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 12:48 pm

      Doesn’t it look fab! I always put oatmeal in my crumble toppings – I would never consider not doing it; it wouldn’t be a proper crumble without it!

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  11. Stephanie

    September 18, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Whenever possible, I also try and buy local produce from my local farmers market. Some of these recipes look delicious by the way x

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 12:47 pm

      That’s good to hear! I think it’s so important for local people to support local economies and local producers.

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  12. Camilla @FabFood4All

    September 18, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    What a fab array of mouthwatering recipes;-) I never thought to add my foraged fruit type recipes as they weren’t from a shop so I’ll bare that in mind:-)

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 1:10 pm

      Entries seem to be heading more in that direction, true. Initially my plan was to have folk showcase local producers, but I suppose if you are producing it yourself you can’t get any more local than that! It’s a grey area which I will accept. 🙂

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  13. Esmeralda

    September 18, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    OMG I should not read this when I’m soooo hungry! Every single dish looks absolutely divine and delicious!

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    • Elizabeth

      September 18, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      Heehee, that’s what I love about these round ups – they provide such a fab opportunity to learn about new dishes and recipes. Hunger is a pretty good motivator to try cooking them too!

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