Gardeners help please ....

megasaver

Hello everyone....Came back home from a short holiday to find 2 huge courgettes hiding in my garden. One is 2kg and the other is 3kg:eek: . Its my first attempt to grow them. The others I have grown so far have been much much smaller and very tasty.

Just a couple of questions for experienced gardeners .... are these two still considered courgettes and are they still ok to cook with before I spend ages preparing them.....

Thanks so much

Mega xx

wigginsmum

That big, I'd say they're marrows now They should be fine, but I'd go down the 'scoop out the seeds and stuff them' route.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, Megan. They're now strictly marrows. As Wigginsmum says, you can stuff them. I like bolognese, chilli, or a veg, rice and cheese mix.

Try searching for marrows and you'll find plently of recipes.

Penny. x

Chip_Butty_3

Experienced the same Megasaver,

We made Chutney with them & a type of Rataute.

The Ratatue was easy. Slice & remove the central core of seeds. Fry Onion & Garlic then put in the marrow. Later on add the Tomato Sauce.

The Chutney wasn't hard either. 2 Ib of Marrow, an Onion & a Apple. 6oz of Dried Fruit (Sultanas, Currants ot Rasins). Put all the above in a pan & pour in half a pint of Vinegar (any will do). Boil this and then reduce the heat to simmer it.
Add 3/4 lb of Demarara Suger & another 1/2 pint of vinegar.
Simmer until thickish.
Pour into warmed jars that have been in the oven.

Hope this is of help.

doddsy

You can try stuffing with sausagemeat as well!

doddsy

hilstep2000

Agree with above, stuffed marrow!

janeawej

i like marrow peeled and de seeded cut into chunks boil or steam then pour cheese sauce over it

megasaver

Thanks everyone for the replies. I loved Chip_Butty's chutney idea.... have never made that before so I will be making that tomorrow sounds really lovely. At the mo have some marrow baking in the oven so hopefully that will taste ok :rotfl: it was supposed to be a courgette bake but have now adapted it to is a marrow bake!

Mega

Nikki

We just had a massive courgette, it was growing under one of our strawberry plants so we hadn't noticed it until this weekend. I made courgette soup out of it, very nice it was too.