Lots of courgettes??

pookiewn

JackieO wrote: »

I like to slice very thinly (with a mandolin if poss) and chuck them into a small omeltte pan with thinly sliced onion,mushrooms peppers and a dollop of lazy garlic and a good grating of black pepper and some sea salt, and fry very gently until just soft.I pile this on top of any steak which I also cook very gently after giving it a good wallop with my steak hammer This I serve on crisp iceberg chopped lettuce and tiny sliced cherry tomato's.Mmm I haven't had that for ages I shall get some courgettes next week in Aldi's. Does anyone know if you can freeze them ?

They can be frozen if sliced and blanched in boiling water for two minutes and then plunged in cold water, dry them off and then freeze.

Courgettes are lovely fried in olive oil with garlic and then add some chopped mint and lemon juice. Fantastic with BBQ's.

villagelife

I like to half them lengthways and grill them with mustard spread on the cut side.

dom300186

I put them in spaghetti boll/lasagne or have all roasted veg sweet potatoes etc
and now it's BBQ time when I make my kebabs I put them on the sticks as well.

zippychick

Can i ask a very silly question? I roasted courgettes the other night, but found they tasted quite "fishy". Am i nuts? Did i not roast them long enough? Any of this make sense?:o

jackieglasgow

Have you been at the cooking sherry again? :rotfl::rotfl:

zippychick

Seriously! Fishy! They tasted fishy!:rotfl::eek:

And i was sober at the time :P

jackieglasgow

I've no idea! Did you wash your dishes properly? Maybe the grower used some sort of fish meal and overdid it? Weird!

zippychick

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I've no idea! Did you wash your dishes properly? Maybe the grower used some sort of fish meal and overdid it? Weird!

Cheeky cat! Yes I washed my dishes properly! :rotfl:

I dunno - i made myself eat them to get in some veg, but manky moo. Put me right off! I chucked the other one in a curry so couldnt tell how it tasted.

I shall scuttle off now embarassed at my fishy courgettes!:p

nopot2pin

Here is a recipe for chocolate courgette cake...
Its from the Greens & Black, chocolate recipes book...
I have used value/smart price chocolate in recipes,


Ingredients ....
175g (6oz) dark chocolate
225g (8oz) finey grated courgettes
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicorbonate of soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
110g (4oz) castor sugar
175ml (6fl oz) sunflower/veg oil
2 medium eggs

ICING
175G (6oz) unsalted butter, softened
350g (12oz) icing sugar
50g (2oz) cocoa powder


Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark

Line the tin, with oil, flour.

Melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl, over a bowl of boiling water...ie .. bain marie method

Sift the dry ingredients...flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, cinnamon....

Mix the grated courgette into the dry ingredients.

In another bowl beat together the wet ingredients.... oil, eggs.....
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.....then add the melted chocolate

Pour mixture into prepared loaf tin and bake for 50 - 60- mins

This is a fragile loaf... so best to leave to cool in the tin, for a good 30 mins, before turning out....

Icing....

Cream butter and sugar together, add cocoa powder...you may need a spot of water to get a good consistancy.
Ice cooled cake
Yum


Edit....
The recipe I have is for a LOAF...
so a loaf tin would work better....

Sorry, only just noticed that

Danni1979

Hello
I have a lot of courgettes to use and not quite sure what to do with them,tonight i am having sausage ,mash and gravy,any suggestions to add them to tonights meal?

Then i'm gonna have loads more because i'm growing them and my sis also bought me loads of reduced lol,any suggestion?
Thanks