Courgette recipes

[NOG]

I bet the Courgette Cake is good I am going to make it...bet its like Carrot cake.

[Scottishnewbie]

how many jars did it make?

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

[NOG]

I made the Courgette Chocolate cake and its great....its like jelly on the inside and you cant tell its cougette.

[indigox]

I bought the book recently, It is very good apart from the hideous cover -why couldn't they pick an illustrator who can actually draw well -like me for instance hee hee!
My son keeps asking, "Mummy, why has that man got a beak?"

There are loads of good recipes, and I'm going to need them as I've already harvested 12 courgettes this week, and that's just from 3 plants that are producing. I have about 20 more at various stages of development, so the glut is just around the corner, yay!

You can buy it a bit cheaper on Amazon, £5.90 or so inc postage.

[Helenclare]

I had to reread that comment, how did you bake it ??

Then realised it didn't make it into the STORAGE tin, am I dense or what!!
Helen

[dexterdoglancashire]

If you put courgette into the search bit of the vine, we had a really good thread a while ago with lots and lots of ideas of what to do with your courgettes (or in my case - marrows!)

[Scottishnewbie]

Cucumber relish?

Here is the recipe for my friend's courgette relish

Courgette Relish

1 very large courgette
2 small onions
1 small yellow and 1 small green pepper
3 small carrots
1/3 cup pickling salt (70g)
21/2 cups vinegar (625 ml)
41/2 cups preserving sugar (900g)
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp celery salt
3 tsp mustard seed

Grate all the vegetables.
Mix well and drain off excess juice.
Add the salt and mix well.
Leave to stand overnight.
Drain and mix well the next morning.

In a large pot mix the vinegar, sugar and spices and bring to the boil.
Add the vegetables and simmer for 30 mins.
Bottle in sterilised jars.

janeyo

Been looking for a decent cuke relish recipe to use up my glut (6 today alone!)!! Do you think this would work if I substituted cuke for the courgette?

[glut]

The 'Cranks' recipe for cream of courgette and spinach soup is my absolute favourite.

[nelliegemini]

This is lovely and fresh tasting, and uses up the odd tomato, courgette, onion and spud etc.

Danish Fish Casserole (Serves 2)

I small onion, chopped finely
1 small leek, sliced thickly
Half teasp fennel seeds crushed lightly
1 large or 2 small courgettes, grated coarsely
Couple of new potatoes
75ml skimmed milk
150ml fish stock
200g firm fish (cod/haddock/monkfish/coley) cut into large chunks
1 big tomato deseeded and diced (but not peeled unless you must)
Some chopped fresh parsley
Tiny bit of orange rind (really tiny bit – couple of scrapes only)

Heat a large, non-stick pan and put in a tiny amount of oil – cook the onion, leek and fennel seeds for 5 minutes until soft but not coloured.

Add courgettes, potatoes, milk and fish stock. Bring to the boil, cover and gently simmer for 15 mins until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the fish and simmer for 5 minutes until cooked.

Meanwhile, mix the tomatoes, parsley and orange zest. Check the seasoning of the stew and serve it in bowls with the diced tomato mixture sprinkled over.

This is from a Weightwatchers book and is only 2 WW points if you use a spray of oil instead of glugging.

[indigox]

[*]8 cm piece of fresh ginger (bruised and in a muslim bag)

Would it be alright to use an agnostic bag instead? (sorry, couldn't resist)

[Gardeners Delight]

another courgette cake is in Nigellas how tobe a domestic goddess and has a lime curd and cream cheese filling. My OH didnt believe it was courgette thought it was a large amount of lime zest!! ;-)

[Worldor]

Marrow and Ginger Jam

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.

Off to have a go at this one again this year. It's great. Think you mean a muslin bag.

[ohbeary]

Would it be alright to use an agnostic bag instead? (sorry, couldn't resist)

Personally I'll be using a multi dedoninational bag that does'nt have anything against Druids or Wiccans.

That aside, my fave for the 'gettes is sweat some finely sliced mixed peppers in butter with a stock cube!!, add the diced/roll cut gettes cook until some water is released, remove from heat and eat or cool by spreading on a tray, if using as salad, replace butter with olive oil. Got a carrot cake recipe? add or replace carrots with cougettes or beetroot!, how about all three?, I will be trying this soon, hoping for a slightly spiced fruity cake with purple, orange and green flecks in it, my customers will (I hope) love it!.

[Emma R]

Courgette and Brie Soup

1lb courgettes, diced
2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 med/large onion chopped
2 pints veg stock
8oz brie, broken into small pieces

Put everything in pot EXCEPT brie and allow to simmer until everything is soft. Take off heat and stir in brie. Blend. Season with salt and pepper if required. Enjoy.

This receipe is similar to another couple of recipes already on here, which I will be trying
Very easy and tastes delicious.

[POTBOY]

very simple no cook courgette recipe i recently seen on the bbc good food website:-

you will need...
courgettes! (1-3 depending on size)
250g ricotta cheese
50g toasted pine nuts
handful of chopped basil
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper.

cut the courgette lengthways very thinly (i used a swivel head vegatable peeler), lay the slices out on a plate which has had olive oil and balsamic vinegar sprinkled on, lay them flat so that they dont overlap, once the plate is full drizzle some more oil and vinegar over the top and put in the fridge for 1/2 an hour at least (can be left for longer).

mix the ricotta, basil and pine nuts together and season, place a teaspoon of this mixture onto the end of one of the courgette slices and roll up, place on a separate plate end up, keep doing this until ingredients are used up, drizzle again with oil and vinegar.

enjoyo!