Preparing cougettes

[Hector]

I was always told to slice and sprinkle with salt then wipe off...to be honest I never liked them much when done this way :(

However, I have eaten them in restaurants and they taste super AND I have just been given two plants. is it necessary to salt them?

[Hector]

[macmac]

I've never salted a courgette,I do salt aubergines.
We have courgettes steamed ,stir fried, in soups,in tomato sauce,roasted with onions, tomatoes,garlic in fact short of putting them on our cornflakes...... :o
courgette and feta fritters mmmm :)

[Digeroo]

I don't salt courgettes.  I like them just fried in a bit of oil and butter.  Fried,  covered with sliced tomato and cheese then browned in the grill is my favourite.  Some varieties are nice raw. 

[Hector]

well, that explains it then...no wonder they tasted iffy before! Thanks all :)

[tim]

If a recipe says salt, there is usually a good reason - like the moisture will spoil pastry or dilute preserving liquid.

However - I never salt Aubergines even though it claims to reduce the oil intake.

[Hector]

tim, good point but the relative in question was telling me that's how you roasted corgettes..slice thinly..lay out and sprinkle with salt...then leave and do something with kitchen paper, drizzle with oil then roast. They were horrible.

[tim]

I would say that you do something with kitchen paper after cooking to soak up unwanted liquid?

[grannyjanny]

Eldest daughter rang the other morning to say she had just had HFW courgettes on toast for breakfast & loved them. I could here the youngest granddaughter in the background saying I want a bacon butty ;D ;D ;D.

[1066]

tim, good point but the relative in question was telling me that's how you roasted corgettes..slice thinly..lay out and sprinkle with salt...then leave and do something with kitchen paper, drizzle with oil then roast. They were horrible.

That might be the case if the courgettes were large or old. If you are growing your own and therefore cooking them the same day you pick them (and when young) they don't need any extras.

I could here the youngest granddaughter in the background saying I want a bacon butty ;D ;D ;D.

;D  ;D  ;D

[BarriedaleNick]

Garlic, lemon juice and olive oil, bit of mint maybe and on a hot bbq..bit of s&p to finish..

[Hector]

Well, we are now courgette-fans. Thinly sliced with olive oil an d garlic and grilled. Absolutely lovely. The girls say it's their favourite veg now!

[1066]

ask the same question in a month when you've had your glut  ;)  :D

[Hector]

ask the same question in a month when you've had your glut  ;)  :D

Nah, waiting for Tim to post a recipe for Courgette Ice Cream and we will be fine :)

[1066]

ask the same question in a month when you've had your glut  ;)  :D

Nah, waiting for Tim to post a recipe for Courgette Ice Cream and we will be fine :)

;D  ;D  ;D 

there is a courgette bread recipie ..........

[Digeroo]

Courgette ice cream sounds brill.

Found a recipe for Butternut and ginger, could use courgettes instead of the squash.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/gingerandbutternutsq_84060.shtml

[shirlton]

Don't you dare ???