garden to plate...... seasonal recipes

[WilliamD]

I can't vouch for its effectiveness but spiralizers are supposed to turn courgettes into spaghetti, with far fewer calories than the real thing.

[Patchninja]

This is a delicious balkan recipe for courgettes a one pot dish.
3 tbls oil
large onion finely chopped
2 or 3 garlic cloves crushed
1 LB fresh toms peeled, seeded and chopped
2 tsp paprika
1 1/2 lbs cougettes thinly sliced
Salt and pepper
1 cup rice
1 1/2 cups water
Parsley chopped
plain yogurt mixed with chopped dried mint

Soften the onion, add the garlic. Add the toms. Cook 5 mins or so until toms cook down a bit. Add courgette and some seasoning. Cook 10 or so until courgette tender.
Add rice a,d water and simmer til rice cooked.
Turn off heat, cover pan and leave to rest 10 mins.
Scrape into an oven dish and bake for 30 mins or so until top is brown. Serve with yog.

[kitchengardener]

bought a cheaper spiral thingy than the one pictured and it worked fab. Had courgetti and ragu. Yum

[WilliamD]

Excellent. That's good to know KG. I think I'll get one myself. Bit of a courgette glut here at the moment.

[teakdesk]

Courgettes


Quick lunch
....

Knob of butter in frying pan, slice one or two courgettes and add, add goats cheese and any frying cheese (I get mine from the "Turkish" shop which is quite salty so don't add more). Fry until courgettes are starting to brown.

Eat. (No bread... it is bad for you! )

[BigV]

Love your recipe Teakdesk,I add new garlic and walking onions to mine.I cut courgettes lengthwise four times and then in half.Into pan with garlic,walking onions etc but our whole meal bread is VERY healthy so this goes on toast!


Sent from my iPad using Grow Your Own Forum mobile app

[dim]

my way of cooking courgettes/marrows and brinjals

firstly, prepare some greek garlic sauce:

cut the crusts off 1/4 loaf of white bread and break the crustless bread into small pieces

add the bread to a bowl and add some milk to cover the bread to soak, then squeeze the milk out of the bread

add the soggy bread to a blender with 5 crushed cloves of garlic, salt, black pepper, juice of 1/2 ripe lemon and a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

blend until smooth (you may need to add a bit more olive oil)

place in a bowl, cover with cling film and place in the fridge for a few hrs (not the freezer!)

---------------------------------------------


now, for the courgette/marrow or aubergine:

slice into 5mm thick slices .... add some salt (not too much) and let it 'sweat' for approx 20 minutes (not sure why this is done, but my nan (greek and excellent cook) always done this

rinse all the salt off and pat dry .... then add a bit more salt, some fresh ground pepper and add into a plastic shopping bag with some flour (self raising)

shake the bag until the courgette or brinjals are well coated with flour

deep fry in hot sunflower oil until golden brown

serve immediately with the greek garlic sauce

thats the way I have always eaten them
-------------------------------------------------

ps: if you dont like too much garlic, use less cloves of garlic for the sauce

try this sauce with beetroot .... it's a good combination (shop bought bettroot or home made without the vinegar)

[Noosner]

Here's my courgette recipe:

Brown some mince, onions and courgettes by frying them (quantities to taste, but make mince and courgettes roughly the same amount). Put them all in a casserole dish, season with salt and pepper, pour a glass of white wine over them and top with grated cheese. Bung in the over at about 170 for half an hour. Delicious.

[kitchengardener]

reading this is making me hungry. grated some courgette up and popped them in a cottage pie with onions and carrots. couldnt taste them but was nice to know there were a few more hidden veggi vitamins in there for the kids xxx

[teakdesk]

Love your recipe Teakdesk,I add new garlic and walking onions to mine.I cut courgettes lengthwise four times and then in half.Into pan with garlic,walking onions etc but our whole meal bread is VERY healthy so this goes on toast!

Mmm! Yes, I also add to the basic recipe; garlic and spring onions and, since I (unlike most other folk on the vine) have an absolute glut of radish, a good helping of halved radish.


BTW what are walking onions? Our homemade bread is also not unhealthy but is full of carbs which I'm trying to avoid!!!!!

[teakdesk]

reading this is making me hungry. grated some courgette up and popped them in a cottage pie with onions and carrots. couldnt taste them but was nice to know there were a few more hidden veggi vitamins in there for the kids xxx

Can I recommend the BBC recipe for courgette fritters? It is a lovely "burger" for kids as well as adults! Courgette fritters | BBC Good Food

[Noosner]

Can I recommend the BBC recipe for courgette fritters? It is a lovely "burger" for kids as well as adults! Courgette fritters | BBC Good Food

Corr, sounds lovely, teakdesk. Courgettes and parmesan is a wonderful combo. By the way I sometimes slice them thinly, grate parmesan over the top, then grill. That is very nice too.

[teakdesk]

Corr, sounds lovely, teakdesk. Courgettes and parmesan is a wonderful combo. By the way I sometimes slice them thinly, grate parmesan over the top, then grill. That is very nice too.

Thanks for reminding me! I used to do that but the kids weren't keen... but they've left home now!

[Noosner]

Thanks for reminding me! I used to do that but the kids weren't keen... but they've left home now!

Yes and it is LOW CARB too! (which I see from your earlier post that you are into)

[kitchengardener]

im a massive cheese fan. anything with cheese = yum!
will defintley be trying those this week xx