Lots of courgettes??

scotsaver

You could try MRSMC's Courgette Teabread which I have made lots of times and as Muffins and they are yummy, or you could try Courgette Flatbread, I've not made this one yet but will be trying it later in the year as there are only so many muffins you can eat.;)

I grew lots of courgettes last year and couldn't cope with what I had so I grated the spares and popped them in bags in the freezer and then used them in the muffin recipe throughout the year and they were fine.:cool:

SiannieLaz

Ta Loads everyone, great advice. There's only 2 of us at home, +2 kids every other weekend. I grew the plants from seed so wasn't sure how many would come up but most of them did. Then when I took them down to the allotment, one of the regular's said 'plant them all, most of them will be eaten by slugs'. I suppose I should be grateful, but none of them have been eaten so I'm now heading towards a courgette overdose!! Luckily most of my friends and family love them, although I get the feeling I'm going to have to get a bigger freezer!!!
Thanks again xxx

Phudge

Here's a courgette cake - I haven't tried this one myself yet but I plan to soon:

http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=414&catid=8


Some favourite ways to eat them in our house are to pick baby courgettes and slice them finely lengthways with a mandoline if you have one and dress them with a simple dressing with a little finely chopped chilli. It tastes so fresh! You'll need the baby ones for this before they get a pappy middle. Add the dressing at the last minute just before eating otherwise they will loose their crunch.

Larger courgettes - I left some to grow a bit bigger then cut them in half lengthways leaving the stalk intact , scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon and stuff with baby tomatoes cut into quarters. Drizzle with olive oil and cook for about 15 mins in the oven no 180 deg then dot with some goats cheese and put back in the oven for a couple of minutes. I usually make a whole tray of these and they are good hot or cold.

Phudge

Just a thought - do you have a shop or a farm shop which will buy them from you if you have loads? My local farm shop sells produce grown locally and it's very popular!

TonyMMM

We have 3 courgette plants, which produce plenty for 2 people and have more left to give away - if I were you I would consider pulling up some of them and using the space for something else .

champys

Yes you can pickle them, I do them every year as an Indonesian-style sweet-ish pickle. Here's my recipe:

Courgette Pickle Indonesian Style

1 kg courgettes
2 large onions
50 g salt
500 ml vinegar
350 g sugar
(1 bunch of leaf celery, roughly chopped)
2 tsp turmeric
3 tsp mustard seeds
clean jam jars

1. Cut the courgettes in half lengthwise, then slice into half moons. Slice the onions into half rings. Put courgettes and onions in a bowl and sprinkle the salt over them. Leave for at least 2 hours.

2. Bring the vinegar to the boil with sugar, celery, turmeric and mustard seeds, and leave to simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat. Tip the courgettes and onions in a colander, rinse well with cold water and drain. Pat dry with a cloth or kitchen paper. Transfer to a bowl and cover with the sugar-vinegar mixture. Leave overnight.

3. The next day, bring the mixture to the boil and leave to simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. Transfer the vegetables to the jars with a slotted spoon.

4. Reduce the remaining cooking liquid over medium heat to half the quantity – it becomes a slightly syrupy liquid. Pour this over the vegetables in the jam jars and seal.

foreign_correspondent

You could let some of them grow into marrows (marrows are just overgrown courgettes) and make marrow chutney - I made loads last year, it is lovely (quite branston-ish but nicer!) and a great standby for christmas presents and hampers! I am using up/giving away the last of it now! Everyone who has tried it has liked it, its a traditional sweet pickle sort of chutney.

I posted my recipe somewhere on here..
here ya go - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=13066017&highlight=marrow+chutney#post13066017

If you grow your own onions and tomatoes it works out almost free!!!

floyd

ooh yes, chutney!
I made Hugh's Glutney chutney with overgrown courgettes and it was absolutely delicious and went into Christmas hampers for everyone

Taye

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

You could let some of them grow into marrows (marrows are just overgrown courgettes) and make marrow chutney - I made loads last year, it is lovely (quite branston-ish but nicer!) and a great standby for christmas presents and hampers! I am using up/giving away the last of it now! Everyone who has tried it has liked it, its a traditional sweet pickle sort of chutney.

I posted my recipe somewhere on here..
here ya go - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=13066017&highlight=marrow+chutney#post13066017

If you grow your own onions and tomatoes it works out almost free!!!

:T:T:T:T i am SOoooo making it.

How do you store it??

foreign_correspondent

Taye wrote: »

:T:T:T:T i am SOoooo making it.

How do you store it??

Just put it in jars in the normal way... ie. use scrupulously clean jars and lids, and only the sort with a plastic layer inside the metal lid so stop the vinegar interacting with the metal - things like pasta sauce jars etc are fine, and smaller jam jars etc look nicer for gifts.

Pop your jars and the lids in a tray in a very low oven for 10-15 minutes, then spoon the chutney into warm jars (or use a funnel if you have one the right sort of size). Fill them as close to the top as possible as the chutney will shrink a little as it cools, and screw lids on. As it cools you will hear 'pops' from the jars that have those 'test for freshness' centres on, as the chutney shrinks it creates a vacuum and the lids are sucked in a little!

Wait till it cools, wipe any spillages off the outside of the jar, label if you like and shove them in a cupboard! Chutney will store really well in a cool cupboard for ages.