Courgettes

Best home grown from mid-June to October

Best home grown from mid-June to October
Courgettes are baby marrows, and don’t I know it! I used to grow them, but if I wasn’t vigilant about picking them every day in season they seemed to turn into marrows overnight – and marrow for supper night after night is <I>not</I> a good idea! Now I would rather buy them small and tender. Courgettes are a delicate vegetable, with not a great deal of their own flavour, and like aubergines they have a high water content that can render them watery and dull. I like them chunkily cut and roasted in the oven, as in Oven-Roasted Ratatouille, or marinated in a vinaigrette with herbs, which allows them to absorb some real flavour.

Related recipes to look at:

Oven-roasted Ratatouille
Marinated Courgettes with a Herb Vinaigrette
Courgettes and Tomatoes au Gratin