Chop the spring onions and soften them in a little oil in a shallow pan. Courgette cake is a winner here - slightly altered Nigel Slater in the guardian. There is lots of creamy liquid in this recipe, and I like to serve it as a side dish with rice to soak it all up. Spoon batter into your prepared tin and bake for around 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Trickle with olive oil and bake till the tomato sauce is bubbling. The plants are close enough to the kitchen that they can benefit from every basinful of vegetable rinsing water, but I chuck a fortnightly dose of liquid tomato food at them, too, and they love it. Preheat the oven to 180°/gas 4. Add milk and mix thoroughly. Method. Grate the courgette using the large holes of the grater and add to the cake batter with the lime zest. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and sugar, then add the courgettes and vanilla. 500g courgettesa large handful of dill fronds120ml double cream. Grease and line a 20.5cm (8in) round Promising Nigel Slater recipe scribbled down, courgettes all hand-shredded, oven all heated up, I realised then that I was out of flour. Whipped smoked cod's roe, crisp bruschetta, broadbeans. Beat together eggs, oil and sugar in a bowl until creamy. They are also worth thinking about raw: try grating them coarsely and tossing with lemon juice and chopped mint. Required fields are marked *. Although they rarely work quite as well as in the soil proper, courgettes survive well enough in pots (one is so large I use it as a doorstop), and they are currently a source of ingredients for cheap suppers, with their fruit being used almost daily. 3 cloves Garlic. Serves 4. So many have asked for this recipe that I can't resist including it. My first thought is to slice them thinly, grill them, then toss with olive oil, basil and some sort of mild-mannered cheese such as mozzarella, halloumi or feta. If using a corn cob, trim the base so it stands flat, then, holding it upright and steady on a chopping board, use a large, sharp knife to slice the kernels off the cob. Your email address will not be published. Set the oven at 180C/gas mark 4. Sieve in the flour, bicarb and baking powder, and beat until well combined. Only two of my summer squash plants made it through the hens picking most of the garden to death, but, really, there have been plenty of zuccs to go around with only two plants! Remove and season with salt and black pepper and, if you wish, a little more oil. he back steps that lead from the kitchen to the garden have come a long way in the past decade. The idea was to make them capacious enough to hold pots of herbs and vegetables that would be close enough to the kitchen to reach out and grab a handful while I was cooking. Courgette Fritters Courgette Cake with Lemon Drizzle Vegan Courgetti and Beet Balls Spiralized Courgette (Courgetti) with Pea Mint Sauce Courgette Brownies Miso Roasted Mushrooms with Courgetti. https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/vegetarian/courgette-fritters Stir in the nuts and fruit. Gently fold in the flour and the salt. The classic filling is rice based, and that can be very good with lightly fried onions, plump sultanas and chopped herbs, but I also like a stuffing of chopped cherry tomatoes and basil. CURRIED COURGETTE FRITTERS makes about 8 3-inch pancakes Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Layer the tomato sauce and the courgettes in a shallow baking dish, crumbling in the ricotta as you go. With a bumper crop of courgettes on his hands, Nigel Slater conjures up a winning trio of cake and bake recipes using one of his favourite home-grown foods. 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