Courgette recipes

[greentomato]

courgette soup

The soup recipe that pigletwillie gave is excellent, I put a wedge of boursin cheese into the soup and its gorgeous

[hamsterqueen]

roast courgettes

just baked them, cut into large lumps (!), smashed garlic and chopped rosemary. Then cooked in oven with the roast for about 45 minutes.


cooked them last week with small new potatoes, halved carrots, rosemary , black pepper and a slug of oil.

[MrsC]

Just made the chocolate & courgette cake and added a thin layer of melted chocolate over the top. It is gorgeous!!!!!! Yum yum!

[Twinkle]

Courgette pasta

Courgettes
Long pasta
Green pesto
Pine nuts
Olives
Parmesan

Thinly slice courgettes and fry gently in olive oil and butter till tender
Stir into cooked pasta with a tablespoon of basil pesto
Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts, olives and grated parmesan & black pepper

Courgette & Tomato bake

Courgettes sliced and roasted
Tin of chopped tomatoes (or mashed skinned fresh ones)
Onions
Garlic
Herbs / red wine

Chop onion and garlic and sweat in olive oil
Add tomatoes and seasoning/herbs/wine
Simmer to reduce for a bit
layer courgettes into an ovenproof dish with the tomato sauce
If you want to freeze, do it at this stage
If not, top with grated cheese & bake in oven

Serve as a veg side dish or with some pasta

[Lizzy]

I love courgettes lightly fried with onions, add some chopped tomatoes, serve with either goats cheese or low-fat cream cheese (I'm dieting) melting on the top. Delicious.

Liz

[squashytomato]

yesterday i made two courgette cakes and two trays of the chocolate and courgette. my ex took some to his dad who thought the cake was great until he was told what was in it te he.
when i took the allotment on i didnt realise i would turn into a WI contender, i have a freezer packed out with goodies and have even made my first pot of blackberry jam

[jennybain]

how about courgette chutney???? I made some last night with my yellow courgettes.

Ingredients
4 lb courgettes
2lb 8oz onions
2lb 8oz brown sugar
Large piece of fresh ginger
1/2 tspn pepper
2 pints malt vinegar
2 heads of garlic
2lb 8oz tomatoes
1 tspn cayenne pepper
2 tspn salt
Method
Chop all the vegetables, add vinegar, sugar and spices and bring slowly to the boil, stirring now and again. If the courgettes have a tough skin, you can peel them and compost the skins.

Simmer for about two hours (don’t forget to stir as it will stick) until thick.

Pour into heated jars and seal.

Notes:
Needs at least three months to mature

[T-lady]

Marrow and Ginger Jam

Meant to post this ages ago - sorry for the delay Mrs Dog

• 1kg Marrow or courgette
• 2-3 unwaxed lemons (zest and juice of)
• 1 packet lemon jelly
• 1 kg sugar
• 8 cm piece of fresh ginger (bruised and in a muslim

bag)

Remove seeds from marrow and cut into chunks.
Layer into large bowl with sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice
Dangle ginger into it and leave overnight.

On a low heat warm up mixture gently until sugar has dissolved. Keep the muslim bag hung over side of pan and crush every so often. Add jelly.
Simmer until marrow goes translucent and the liquid gets syrupy.

Warning: this last bit takes longer than you'd think because it's not a rolling boil like you do for jam but a simmer. Pour a large glass of wine and be prepared to wait!
Do all the normal set tests and bottle. Stuff is a bit like a lemony gingery marmalade but twice as nice. Keeps for years too!

[squashytomato]

• 1kg Marrow or courgette
• 2-3 unwaxed lemons (zest and juice of)
• 1 packet lemon jelly
• 1 kg sugar
• 8 cm piece of fresh ginger (bruised and in a muslim

bag)

Remove seeds from marrow and cut into chunks.
Layer into large bowl with sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice
Dangle ginger into it and leave overnight.

On a low heat warm up mixture gently until sugar has dissolved. Keep the muslim bag hung over side of pan and crush every so often. Add jelly.
Simmer until marrow goes translucent and the liquid gets syrupy.

Warning: this last bit takes longer than you'd think because it's not a rolling boil like you do for jam but a simmer. Pour a large glass of wine and be prepared to wait!
Do all the normal set tests and bottle. Stuff is a bit like a lemony gingery marmalade but twice as nice. Keeps for years too!

sounds lovely, i have the courgettes just need the jars!

[trebellangeminired]

Here are my two suggestions....

1) Courgette cake

http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2002-07/zuchcake.jsp

or 2) CHOCOLATE Courgette cake!!!

Chocolate Courgette Cake - Desserts - Recipes - Riverford Organic Vegetables

I'm waiting for my glut to begin..... bring it on

I made the chocolate courgette cake (riverford) first as I thought that would be the most popular in our house. Then I made the courgette cake (foodiesite) this week and it didn't make it into the tin. Yep it's that good.

TGR

[squashytomato]

I made the chocolate courgette cake (riverford) first as I thought that would be the most popular in our house. Then I made the courgette cake (foodiesite) this week and it didn't make it into the tin. Yep it's that good.

TGR

same here, i thought the chocolate would be the popular choice but the courgette cake was the best. i took a cake to squashysu's sisters leavng party and it went really quickly, although SS refused to try it !
made the chocolate cake for the allotment open day and cut into small pieces for everyone to have a try.

[Twinkle]

OK - on your recommendations I'm making the foodie courgette cake..... will let you know how it goes.........

[newgrowergirl]

Fab site, thank you! I came on for a 'quick recipe' for my first time grown courgettes here in France. Eaten so many but still not bored! Cant wait to try the cakes!!
My fave recipe that I've done so far is similar to pigletwillie...

1 kg courgettes - any size and colour
250g potatoes (suitable for mashing), peeled or scrubbed
2 cloves garlic, peeled & crushed
1 medium onion, peeled & chopped
30ml olive oil
150g soft cheese (I sometimes use boursin (garlic one)
Handful fresh chives, chopped
1 1/2 pints chicken or veg stock
Wash the courgettes and chop them into chunks. Cut the potatoes into cubes (smaller than 1 inch).
Heat the oil or butter gently in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic.
Gently cook for about 5 minutes, to soften. dont brown
Add the potatoes. Stir. Cook gently, covered, for about 15 minutes, until about half-cooked.
Add the courgettes and stir. Cook for about 5 minutes until softened, stirring occasionally.
Add 1 1/2 pints of stock - just enough to cover the contents of the pan. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
Remove from the heat and liquidise the soup. I use a hand blender put into the pan.
Add the Cheese & herbs. Season to taste with salt & pepper. You can also add a swig of cream for luxury....mmmmmmmnn my family lurrrv this soup.
Sorry for the length of my 1st one!!

[Scotkat]

Used to have a nice recipe for lasange with courgettes.

If I still have shall post.

[jackie j]

Last night I made the courgette and potato soup its lovely thanks pigletwillie