some Marrow recipes

[pickledtink]

This was cooked for me by an Italian friend.
Peel deseed and half lengthways. Slice into thick chunky slices. Chuck in a lidded heavy duty saucepan with glop of olive oil and a lump of butter. Add some horseradish sauce, salt and pepper to taste and saute. Turn heat right down and give it a shake occasionally to let it mix and steam. It's done when the marrow goes sort of translucent and glossy looking.

Another way is to peel and layer in thin slices with sliced tomatoes, cheese and any tomato based pasta sauce in a baking dish. Finish with cheese as the top layer and bake. Great with crusty bread as a light meal or a starter or side veg dish.

Peel and saute thinnish slices in olive oil and garlic very quickly at medium heat to brown each side lightly. Vary this by adding any fresh herb you fancy or sesame seeds or sunflower and/or pumpkin seeds. You can also serve it done like this with a sprinkle of Parmesan.

Peel whole and slice into rings about 2 inch wide. Steam lightly then plonk on a baking tray and stuff and bake.

Cross posted.

[heebiejeebie]

I've tried cutting them in half lengthways, scooping out the seeds, filling with chili, top with cheese & baking until soft.

I'm going to try the horseradish one tomorrow.

[Nicos]

easy/fast soup

1 lge onion
2lb peeled and seeded marrow/ large courgette (cubed)
1oz butter
1 pt milk
chicken stock cube
chopped garlic (as much as you fancy)

1) sautee onion gently until partly cooked- 2 mins
2) add chopped marrow and keep stirring - 2 more mins
3) add milk and stock cube and garlic and turn heat to low, stirring from time to time until veg soft - 5 - 10 mins ( expect the milk to look curdled and frothy )
4) blitz in the liquidiser (or better still one of those hand blenders)

Serve hot or cold


Just look how much marrow it uses up!!! yey!

[xspye]

I love marrow soup, the best bit about it is it doesn't need any extra thickening as the marrow breaks down to a really creamy consistancy. It is the easiest soup to make and tastes great

And as Nico says it uses up LOADS of marrows

[Earthbabe]

Will have to give that a go then, after all a marrow is only a large courgette and I have loads of those.

[xspye]

I don't use milk when I'm cooking the soup. I bung marrow, stock, garlic and onion in a pan and boil. then blitz it add salt and pepper then add a swirl of cream when serving if people want.