Lots of courgettes??

tessie_bear

i add to courgettes to all things mincey...spag bol..sheps pie....chilli...ratouille sp? is lovely on a warm day

AprilLady

I use courgettes in lots of things - mostly pasta related meals! - but something else that's nice is small cubes of courgette stir fried for a few minutes, mixed into cottage cheese, and poured on to a baked sweet potato. Might sound weird, but it's so good! : )

Mummyroo

Oh I'm glad you asked that question I have 9 courgette plants currently thriving in my garden and whilst we do eat alot, in pasta sauces mainly, I'm told they can be prolific producers so any ideas as to how I can use up the many I will hopefully have soon would be gratefully received! To OP I love courgettes cut into chunks and roasted in the oven with a little olive oil and garlic! Yummy

Zazen999

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/nigella-lawson/happiness-soup-recipe_p_1.html

This soup is lush, it's the reason I grow [and from this year, will have a strain of my own self pollenated and seed saved] yellow courgettes.

SiannieLaz

Hey All
Your combined wisdom is needed:D
I've got an allotment and my 18 courgette plants are all going mad, so it looks like I'm going to have quite a few courgettes. I just wondered if there was any way of keeping them, whether it be pickling or something else? I presume I can't freeze them as they've got such a high water content.
Any help or advice much appreciated:T
Thanks guys xx

noonesperfect

If you make them into ratatouille it will freeze just fine.

I would imagine someone will come along with a delicious courgette soup recipe at the very least. Courgettes aren't a favourite of mine per se so I can't offer too many suggestions. That said, I once had a minted courgette salad at a BBQ place in Jersey which was utterly delish!

It's worth googling there's some quite nice sounding courgette (and pineapple or ginger) jams out there, and even courgette and carrot cake!

This mght help too.....http://www.seasonalfoodrecipes.co.uk/recipes-for-courgette-glut.html

Gigervamp

I have a chocolate courgette cake recipe but I need to ask the author if it's ok to post it here. Having said that, I'm sure you could sub it in a carrot or banana cake recipe.

Also, chutney is the other obvious choice.

Taye

courgettes freeze fine, i freeze them all the time, granted they are best frozen into a dish of some kind rather than frozen on thier own.

I know mrsMcawber has got a recipe for courgette teacakes she keeps prattling on about on her blog, i plan to ask her for the recipe so she minght be a good person to harrass.

18 courgette plants wow i have 7 and i thought i had to many haha.

Mamae

Would second the ratatouille idea. That's what I did last year. I have to say that 18 courgette plants is an awful lot - how many in your family? We have 5 courgette plants on our allotment and we are a family of four!

floyd

These courgette falafel are lovely, I'm sure they would freeze http://cookalmostanything.blogspot.com/2008/07/zucchini-falafel.html and this also works really well, in fact, anything chocolately is great with courgette http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/2008/07/01/wiser-probably-not-older-yep/