Favourite Marrow Recipes?

[muckdiva]

Having steered clear of courgettes a week or two ago, I now have a glut of marrows. I've discovered I can eat them provided the flesh has been salted and rinsed before cooking. So, now, what to do with them. Would love to know your favourite recipes for these beasts!

[phil the shed]

1.peel outer skin
2. chop off ends
3. cut length ways in half
4. remove all seeds and discard
5. dice marrow into 1 inch cube
6. salt to taste
7. place in bowl and refridgerate for 18/24 hours
8. remove from fridge
9. kettle on and brew tea
10. and milk & sugar to personal requirement
11. make a cheese toastie
12. throw marrow in bin
13. enjoy said toastie with your cup of tea
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:=)

[muckdiva]

Hehehe.

[shirlthegirl43]

Marrow and plum jam is a fave in our house. If you want the recipe, let me know and I will go dig it out (need to find it so I can make a batch with the marrow I grew)

[janeyo]

Peel, slice into rings and remove seeds. Par boil if you can be bothered.
Fill with spicy cooked mince concoction (which usually consists of mince, onions, chilli, tom puree, chopped peppers, garlic, and cooked rice in this house but whatever flaots your boat really).
Top with cheese and bung in oven until marrow is soft when put knife in.
Yum.

[muckdiva]

Marrow and plum jam is a fave in our house. If you want the recipe, let me know and I will go dig it out (need to find it so I can make a batch with the marrow I grew)

Sounds nice - would love recipe if you can bear to rifle through for it.

[shirlthegirl43]

Okay, Marrow and Plum jam from 'Let's Preserve it' by Beryl Wood:

2lbs prepared marrow
2lbs plums
4lbs sugar

Peel, seed and dice marrow; put in bowl with 2lbs sugar and stand overnight; put in pan, simmer till nearly tender; add stoned plums (crack some stones for kernels) and cook till soft; add remaining sugar and kernels, stir till sugar dissolves, bring to boil, and boil slowly to set.

I didn't add quite the full amount of sugar as I prefer jam to taste of the fruit. I also didn't bother with the kernels.

there are a few other marrow recipes - marrow curd, marrow chutney, marrow and apricot jam, marrow and blackberry chutney, marrow and blackberry jam, marrow and damson jam, marrow and ginger jam, marrow lemon curd, marrow and lemon jam, marrow orange curd, marrow and orange jam, marrow and pineapple jam. Let me know if any of those take your fancy.

[Twinkle]

Slice marrow in half lengthways
Leave on kitchen worktop
Wait for OH or child to come in and moan "oh not bl**dy marrow AGAIN" *theatrical sighing*
Take marrow outside and give to the hens

[phil the shed]

Slice marrow in half lengthways
Leave on kitchen worktop
Wait for OH or child to come in and moan "oh not bl**dy marrow AGAIN" *theatrical sighing*
Take marrow outside and give to the hens

oh yes a quality recipe if ever there was one

[shirlthegirl43]

Slice marrow in half lengthways
Leave on kitchen worktop
Wait for OH or child to come in and moan "oh not bl**dy marrow AGAIN" *theatrical sighing*
Take marrow outside and give to the hens

oh yes a quality recipe if ever there was one

Can someone please tell me how to achieve this situation where everyone has had enough of marrow? 4 courgettes over the last 3 years and one marrow this year just don't seem to cause that problem!

[muckdiva]

Can someone please tell me how to achieve this situation where everyone has had enough of marrow? 4 courgettes over the last 3 years and one marrow this year just don't seem to cause that problem!

If the post wasn't so b****y awful, I'd send you a few over Shirl!

If it makes you feel any better, I don't know why they grow so well here; rest assured I have quite a selection of pathetic efforts in other crop departments.

[Alison]

Take it that you don't do well with courgettes / marrows then Shirl? Have half a marrow in the fridge at the moment which I'm wondering what to do with - the first half was used in glutney but as it seems to be a bizarre seed free specimen it seems to be lasting forever. Am thinking of using some in a curry tomorrow night or cutting into cubes and cooking with some chilli, tomatoes and garlic as a side dish.

[shirlthegirl43]

one courgette so far this year (from 7 plants), the pumpkins are just starting to form fruit (and they decided to grow where they are so nothing to do with my growing technique) and one marrow! The only courgette plant that has survived is now producing 6 fruits (round yellow ones) so there is a chance we might all taste them if the weather stays nice for another couple weeks

[Hazel at the Hill]

Marrow Cream

2lb Marrow, peeled deseeded, chopped, steamed till soft
1 3/4 lb sugar
4 oz butter
2 lemons

puree marrow & boil with sugar, butter, zest & juice of lemons for half an hour

Tastes delicious & EXACTLY like lemon curd.

I found the recipe on a blogger's site & something very similar in 'It's Raining Plums' by Xanthe Clay

[Alison]

HAve you made it Hazel? If so, does it keep better than normal lemon curd?