Corgettes - what can you do with them?

[Goochie]

This year we decided to try growing some veg and something that seemed easy was corgettes. We have just 4 plants and they're almost producing more than the two of us can eat!

I've had a quick google but not found anything very interesting that you can do with them. A few websites have ideas for deep frying them and stuffing the flowers but TBH thats a bit to OTT for a week night after work.

So other than slicing and steaming them, what else can I do ?

Can they be frozen ? I suspect not due to their high water content.

[TvrJohn]

Corgette Gratin, discovered while touring France in my Griffith, grated courgette course grade and add grated lancashire cheese, luvely

[Piglet]

I bought a job lot of corguettes a couple of weeks ago and chopped them into biggish bits and blanched them for a couple of minutes then put them in cold water.

I open froze them and then bagged them and I now use them straight from the freezer and either just boil them or stir fry them. They seem fine, perhaps a little soggier than they would be but perfectly OK for a weekday meal.

Somewhere I've seen a receipe for corguette cake (along the lines of carrot cake)

[missdiane]

Roasted Courgettes, just burnt a little on the edges

[SPR2]

Slice courgettes lengthwise with potato peeler and do them in this to go with salads
1tsp lemon juice
2tsps grain mustard
1-2tsp honey [to taste]
1-2tsp balsamic vinegar
5tsp olive oil
sprinkle with mint or basil[optional]

[SPR2]

You could also use them in quiches, on the BBQ, moussaka and I found a courgette soup with garlic and blue cheese

Dolcelatte cheese or an alt.gorgonzola gives this an Italian but may equally be made with Brie,German blue Brie,Stilton or Danish Blue.
For 6 people;

1lb trimmed and sliced
1 1/2 OZ butter or marg
1 med onion peeled and roughly chopped
2 cloves of garlic peeled and crushed
2 pints vegetable stock
2 heaped tsp chopped fresh basil[ or 1 level tsp dried basil
salt and freshly ground pepper
6oz Docelatte cheese
1/2 pint single cream
Garnish - chopped fresh basil

Melt butter in large heavy based saucepan and fry onion and garlic until soft and lightly coloured.
Add courgettes and cook gently for 10 mins, stirring frequently, pour in stock and bring slowly to boil, lower the heat and add basil and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and simmer gently for 20 mins,stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile remove any rind from cheese and then dice it , place in liquidiser or food processor with all but 4 tablespoons of the cream, blend to a smooth puree.Add hot soup to the machine, a ladle at a time and blend to incorporate with the cheese and cream. Blend again until really smooth.Return to a clean pan and reheat gently, taste and adjust seasoning.
Swirl reserved cream on top when served and garnish.

Serve with hot garlic or herbed bread.

[Wadeski]

slice into long, thin slices, marinate in olive oil, chillies, nice salt and some pepper then put them on the BBQ / ridged grill pan for a couple of minutes. really nice as a side dish or chopped in pasta.

alternatively, make up some ratatouille.

[Tanguero]

Slice into 1cm thick disks and saute in a hot pan in a little butter. Throw in a handfull of fresh mint at the last minute. Superb!

[Davey S2]

Food of the Devil! Throw them in the bin at once

I was force fed these as a kid and I cant even look at the things now.

Truly horrible.

[prand]

I slice them thinly, fry them in olive oil with some cherry toms, and chorizo (and sometimes some onions & garlic, depends what's in the fridge).

Fry until translucent and very nice as a hot or cold side dish.

[Whoozit]

Cut them into medium size chunks, fry in a good amount of olive oil and season with salt and pepper, then when nicely cooked (and before they get to the leaking water stage) add in 2 whisked eggs per person, move around gently for a couple of minutes until the egg has set, and remove to a plate. Serve with a good squeeze of lemon juice

Dinner in 5 minutes or less

[Mr POD]

missdiane said:

Roasted Courgettes, just burnt a little on the edges

Sprinkle with brown sugar before roasting, and give them a dash of red wine.

Cut them up VERY small and add them to lasagne. You can use less mince that way.

Use them for a variation on Moosarka.

[Plotloss]

Peel a couple (yes, peel), deseed and chop finely add to a mousse made with egg whites, mascapone, lemon juice etc.

Get a couple of courgette flowers, stuff mousse inside flowers

Dip stuffed courgette flowers into a light tempura style batter.

Deep fry, briefly.

Impress wanky friends at wanky dinner party.

[scruffy]

Why is everyone hung up on the food aspect...

They're longer than they are wide...

You can stop dogs farting (up to a point - then just aim dogs rudder at a suitable target...)

[dougc]

Couple of ideas:

Slice and flash fry with a spoonful of chilli flakes (the ones you get in a jar in oil) and fresh lemon juice.

Slice, griddle and layer in a dish with tomato sauce. Cover the top in breadcrumbs and parmesan and bake until it goes brown. Like a lasagne without pasta.

[ali_kat]

Slice and stir fry with chicken and 5 spice powder, serve with noodles

[ali_kat]

swerni said:

ali_kat said:

Slice and stir fry with chicken and 5 spice powder, serve with noodles

I was dreading to see what you had suggested

[VTECMatt]

I bake them with some blue cheese (Norbury is tasty) or Stonegate Cheese, spinach and serve with some homemade herb oil. Yummy and I don't normally eat jsut veggie stuff.

[cirks]

as per OP, we always end up with too many even from a couple of plants and quite often too big for any decent flavour as a normal veg. So, something I made up yesterday which was lovely (even my kids had seconds and particuarly my daughter usually turns her nose up at anything green!)....

Courgette & Broadbean soup

1 - pick silly size courgette and loads of broadbeans from allotment
2 - slice courgette into large chunks. Shell broadbeans (generally white ones but some red too)
3 - heat olive oil in large pan and throw in a sliced red onion (also home grown ) and some chopped (home grown) garlic and a small red chilli. Sweatdown
4 - put in courgette and turn heat down, put lid on and again, sweat for about 5 mins
5 - add couple of pints of vegetable stock (obviously will depend on size of courgette and pan!)
6 - season well and add some dried or fresh herbs
7 - bring to boil and simmer until courgette nice and soft
8 - add broadbeans and simmer for another 10 mins
9 - leave to cool
10 - liquidise well and strain
11 - reheat and serve with fresh bread.

Finished soup should be roughly consistency of Heinz tomato soup if that helps!

Yum yum.

[thekirbyfake]

Slice and griddle them until nicely chargrilled which really brings out the flavour. Good in pasta and pizza or simply as a side dish. Can be frozen once cooked too.

They work well with bacon too. Fry up some chunky pancetta until the fat has rendered out and chuck in some chopped (1cm cubes) courgettes which soak up all of the flavour. A good base for a pasta dish. Add cream, parmesan and eggs for a quick carbonara