Topic: Courgettes - why do we always do it?

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

didn't someone have a recipe for marinated courgettes? You had to slice them real thin with a mandolin, which I haven't got

[Doris_Pinks]

Yes, slice thinly, drizzle with lemon juice or vinegar and olive oil, top with ground black pepper and shavings of parmesan.

We love courgette cake, freezes well too.

Oh and courgette and brie soup, and.........I could go on......have loads of recipes from gluts over the years! ;D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

yes of course - courgette cake!

[shirlton]

We don't have a mandolin either. We use the potato peeler. I marinate them in honey, ginger and vinegar

[pamsdish]

The round ones can be hollowed out , then stuff with the innards and grated cheese,top with breadcrumbs for a crispy top and oven bake

[Digeroo]

I have a mandolin sliced a piece off my finger the first time I used it, never come off the shelf since.

Made my OH a carrot and courgette cake.  He says it was rather good.  Very quick to make I just threw it all together and shoved it in the oven.  It was supposed to have raisins but the green, yellow and red most attractive.

4 Courgettes (Half yellow) cut small and fried in bit of butter
4 medium carrots cut small also fried
1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins soaked in 1/2 cup apple juice can also add blackberries instead, but they are not available yet, so have not tried it.
1/2 cup orange juice
2 Cups flour
2 Eggs (V Large)
1/4 Cup Sugar
Teaspoon each of ginger, mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg (very spicey try less if you do not like this much spice)
1/4 cup oil.
Teaspoon Baking powder

Mix eggs and sugar, stir in oil.  Fold in flour, spice and Baking powder mix, Add Fruit,  Bake in a bread tin at 200 till its done about 45 mins.

I also made a wheat free/egg free one, delicious but it fell apart. 

[amphibian]

I'm currently accruing them at a rate of 3-5 a day, and the plants are only young. One plant though, has decided it just can't be bothered producing female flowers.

[Borlotti]

I like the sound of Pamsdish, sounds perfect for my fussy veggie daughter and easy to do and I will like it too, love cheese favoured things.  I swear (no I don't) that the courgettes had grown this afternoon, did water them, and had a look before coming home, and they had got bigger.  Can't wait until tomorrow.

[angle shades]

 :D Jamie Oliver's courgette and goats cheese bread, fantastic/ shades x

[Borlotti]

I will look that recipe up, this allotment and cooking has certainly taken over my life, not enough hours in the day.

[angle shades]

 :) too right Borlotti, jam making, blanching and freezing, up til all hours ;D / shades x

[Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!)]

haha yes! I did 5 - 3 yellow globe and 2 yellow straight and yep, thriving and over producing for me!  Abou to commence giving them away!

[kbw]

Creamy Courgette Soup.

Sweat 1/2 chopped onion and a clove of garlic in 2tbsp oil. Throw in 3 sliced courgettes and enough stock to just cover, and simmer until tender. Liquidize, then return to the pan to reheat stirring in 1 tbsp of soft cheese (Philadelphia or similar) and a handful of chopped herbs ( chives and/or mint work well).
This freezes well too.

Although this is one of our favourites, we still got fed up with it last year and bought the courgette recipe book by Elaine Borish ( no, I'm not on commission!) for a few more ideas - well worth the 6 quid.

[NellieB]

Hi everyone
The most popular courgette recipe in our house is:  a few (smallish) courgettes fried gently in olive oil, add few cloves chopped garlic, cook for a couple of minutes & let cool down a bit.  Meanwhile, mix black pitted olives (i cut them in half), lots of rocket, and feta cheese ( bit more than half a pack for two peeps) in a large bowl with bit of pepper.  Add the cooked courgettes and garlic, more olive oil if necessary, mix it all up until it's all a bit mashed up, and serve with new potatoes.  It's yummy, I am eating it for dinner every day, and am slowly turning into a courgette... But it's really quick and really tasty.  Probably not quite tasty enough for us to eat the pickings of 12 courgette plants (had a bad year last year), but we're trying....
Is it me, and I know this is the wrong place to ask this, but has anyone ever had so many black fly on courgettes before? I've never seen anything like it and they are on everything, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
NellieB

[siandc]

Loads of blackfly, but also, we noticed yesterday the ladybirds and larvae have suddenly apeared en masse and are busy eating their way through!  8)

[Sholls]

... bought the courgette recipe book by Elaine Borish ( no, I'm not on commission!) for a few more ideas - well worth the 6 quid.

Out of interest, what proportion of the recipies were veggie? (Online reviews are lacking this info.  :( )

[Digeroo]

Try this
http://www.recipezaar.com/sifter.php

They will certainly have loads of veggie recipes.

[Doris_Pinks]

:D Jamie Oliver's courgette and goats cheese bread, fantastic/ shades x

Shades, could you point me in the direction of that recipe please! Thanx  :-*

[Duke Ellington]

Here is the recipe I posted last year on this web site...any blue cheese can be used and I have tried danish blue cheese and dolcelatte which I now prefer. :) instead of the brie. It really is delicious!!

Courgette And Brie Soup Recipe

Ingredients
·   1 lb Courgettes sliced
·   6 oz Brie
·   2 pt Chicken Stock
·   1/4 pt Cream
·   1 Onion chopped
Method
1.   Add the onion and courgettes to a saucepan and saute in olive oil for a few minutes.
2.   Pour in the chicken stock and stir.
3.   Let it simmer for 30 minutes.
4.   Pour into a food processor, add the Brie cheese and liquidize.
5.   Stir in the cream before serving.

Duke :)

[kbw]

Hi Sholls
The courgette recipe book is mostly vegetarian with a few meaty recipes, but even these could probably be amended to quorn/soya/lentils if you're prepared to experiment.  There aren't any pictures so you have to use your imagination, but the dozen or so recipes I tried last year all came out fine.