Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

rtandon27

@BrilliantButScary - I'm wondering if the marrow bake is a riff on this WW stuffed eggplant recipe?

foxgloves

Hi @rtandon27 , No, it's different to that one (though that looks nice too). Will try to remember to post the recipe tomorrow.
F

foxgloves

As promised.......
Lamb & marrow bake (I'm sure this was a WW recipe but from a very long time ago. I do like to credit the source. I have never been a WW member but did occasionally buy their magazine years ago so am assuming that's where I found the recipe)
Anyway....serves 4 & as there are 2 of us, we find it re-heats well for a 'cook once, eat twice' win.
2 tsp oil
800g marrow (or annoyingly large courgettes) cut into 1cm cubes
1 onion, finely chopped
400g lean lamb mince
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tsp mint sauce * (see note)
2 tbsp cornflour
300ml skimmed milk
50g reduced fat cheddar, grated
450g potatoes, peeled & thinly sliced
Seasoning

Pre-heat oven to Gas 4. Fry marrow cubes in the oil until starting to brown. Remove & set aside.
Add onion & cook for 3 - 4 mins, then add mince to brown for about 5 mins. Stir in the puree & mint sauce & cook for a further 1 min. Set aside.
Make sauce from the milk & cornflour, season with salt & pepper & stir in half the cheese.
Layer it into a lasagne-type dish - marrow cubes, mince, potato slices, marrow, mince, potato slices. Spread the cheese sauce over the top & sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
Bake for about 45mins until golden on top & potato slices are cooked.

Tasty & filling. One of our favourites during courgette glut season & worth snapping up any yellow sticker lamb mince🐊 you happen to see.

* Just a note about the mint. We've never used mint sauce as it isn't something we buy, though I've occasionally made it. We use either a little chopped fresh mint from the garden or a couple of spoonfuls of homemade apple & mint jelly. Have also used redcurrant or hedgerow jelly if that's what we've got in. However, I've listed mint sauce in the ingredients, as it was in the original recipe. 
F x

BrilliantButScary

Thanks @ Foxgloves,
Definitely giving this a whirl, we have a glut of courgettes too!
I've made courgette fritters this week, from this recipe:

https://www.tamingtwins.com/courgette-fritters-recipe/

and one of our go to recipes is this:


https://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/1868/courgette-bacon-chilli-garlic-pesto-pasta-recipe/

I thought both web sites might be of interest to you, and your devoted followers,  although you may well be already familiar with them

BBS x

foxgloves

Thanks for the links, @BrilliantButScary. I regularly make pasta with home made pesto & courgettes, but hadn't thought of adding bacon. If I mention that to Mr F, he'll defo want it, so I may as well make it anyway & surprise him.
F

Makingabobor2

Sounds brilliant, thanks for posting

Suffolk_lass

foxgloves said:

Thanks for the links, @BrilliantButScary. I regularly make pasta with home made pesto & courgettes, but hadn't thought of adding bacon. If I mention that to Mr F, he'll defo want it, so I may as well make it anyway & surprise him.
F

Oh yes, with some streaky, smoked bacon, cooked to the point of almost no return - burnt-on-crispy bits (Mr Sl maintains this is this is the additional flavour after hot, sweet, sour, salty, and umami). He (Mr Sl) applies this to lasagne dishes and baked homemade rice pudding, and much residue removal!!

My Mum's mint sauce was minced through a handle-winding herb mill, sprinkled with a little granulated sugar and then some vinegar - so simple. I remember making it with her from about four years old!