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The courgette season

July 28, 2015 By Sandy

Courgettes…..

Yes, it has arrived, the courgette/zucchini season.

Wondering if a courgette is a zucchini or a zucchini is a squash I have undertaken a bit of research. It seems that the term zucchini is Italian in origin and courgette, French; with various countries adopting either the Italian or French name. There was one suggestion that size defined the difference with courgettes being smaller (stats. available if you want them!).

Wikipedia has some fairly accurate information on zucchini – it’s entry assumes courgettes are zucchini.

For those of us that grow them, we are swamped with them. Perhaps even reminding ourselves that next year we will only allocate space to half as many plants. 
For those of you that know courgette growers, the novelty of free courgettes tends to wear off.
Courgettes are delicious,  fairly nutritious and low in calories – so keep eating them……

There are a myriad of recipe suggestions for courgettes, below are just 20!

  1. Courgette and mint soup
  2. Courgette and parmesan soup
  3. Courgette, lemon and thyme soup (no recipe, just have a go!)
  4. Courgette and halloumi salad
  5. Courgette, feta and watercress salad
  6. Courgette and chili salad
  7. Sum tum (try this great Thai green papaya salad, substituting courgette for the green papaya)
  8. Grilled mackerel with courgette and bean salad
  9. Ratatouille
  10. Stir fried courgette with Indian spices
  11. Roasted courgette, cherry tomato and feta kebabs
  12. Substitute courgettes for aubergines when making moussaka or melanzane parmigiana
  13. Courgette, ricotta and thyme tortilla (substitute these ingredients for the recipe shown)
  14. Courgette and courgette flower oriechette
  15. Creamy tuna, courgette and spinach (or Swiss chard?) pasta bake
  16. Tagliatelle with ribbons of courgettes sautéed in olive oil, black pepper and lemon, finished with pesto
  17. Courgette and feta fritters
  18. Stuffed courgette flowers
  19. More stuffed courgette flowers
  20. Tagine of lamb and courgettes

    Have fun!

I have deliberately not mentioned any cakes – far to worthy and desperate!

 

 

Filed Under: A few suggestions Tagged With: courgette flowers, courgettes, Diane Henry, Felicity Cloake, Hairy Bikers, Jamie Oliver

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