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Been given 2 marrows - what on earth do I do with them?????

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Redtartanlass · 26/09/2005 22:02

I mean recipes...nothing rude

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Janh · 26/09/2005 22:07

Not a lot you can do with marrows - they are just tired over-grown tasteless courgettes - I believe soup is your best bet. Or ratatouille.

Hang on, I will google...

trefusis · 26/09/2005 22:09

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Janh · 26/09/2005 22:11

This is from Matthew Fort in the Guardian (after he had been on hols and everything in his garden had gone mad)...if you google "marrow recipes" or "marrow soup" it will start you off - there are quite a few!

Stuffed supersized courgettes

What is the difference between a supersized courgette and a marrow? I haven't a clue. By the time I got to my sweet Genovese and handsome, ridged Romanesco, they would have been contenders in the mega-marrow section of any horticultural show. Usually people have nothing but snooty contempt for marrow, but I have always had a soft spot for them. The cooked versions will never seduce the eye, but that soft, fibrous, squidgy flesh, soaked in yellow butter, spruced up with salt and pepper has its own subtle delights. This recipe, however, tries to do a little more than that.

1 supersized courgette (or marrow)
1 medium onion
1 stick celery
Olive oil
500g minced lamb
1 tbsp red-wine vinegar
2 tsp harissa
Salt and pepper

Bring a large pot of unsalted water to the boil. Cut the supersized courgette (or marrow) in half down the middle, and each side in half again but across this time, so you have four quarters that are curved on one side and flat on the other. Pop these into the water for five to eight minutes until they are part cooked. Cool, then scoop out all the seeded flesh, so there is a decent-sized trench running the length of each courgette quarter. Finely dice the onion and celery. Heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, add the onion and celery and fry until soft. Add the lamb and fry over a highish heat until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and boil for a minute. Turn off the heat and stir in the harissa.

Place the courgettes on a nonstick or greased baking tray. Spoon the lamb mince into the trenches down the courgettes and over them if there is too much. Preheat oven to 160C/325F/gas mark 3 and reheat the courgettes for 10 minutes. This recipe freezes pretty well, too.

starlover · 26/09/2005 22:12

stuff it?

Janh · 26/09/2005 22:13

WTF is harissa???

onlyjoking9329 · 26/09/2005 22:13

o.k the best thing to do with marrows, hold it very firmly walk accross the kitchen and chuck it in the bin we have an allotment and some of our courgettes have grown into marrows and we can't even give them away.

trefusis · 26/09/2005 22:14

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Redtartanlass · 27/09/2005 00:23

Janh - cheers for that, but wonder what it tastes like. Did someone mention soup, as anyone actually tasted/cooked marrow? Think I might go for onlyjoking's idea

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colditz · 27/09/2005 00:41

throw them in the bin, and have sausages.

I'm serious, they are foul.

Cooked marrow tastes like hot, wet sponge.

colditz · 27/09/2005 00:42

agree with onlyjoking!!

Redtartanlass · 27/09/2005 00:52

PML - Good grief - what does a hot wet sponge taste like

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colditz · 27/09/2005 11:54

RTL - it tastes like marrow

bootsmonkey · 27/09/2005 12:53

whisper - 'I like marrows' - scuttles away

bootsmonkey · 27/09/2005 12:55

Steamed with garlic (lots) and caraway seed and plenty of butter

ratatouille

stuffed - like peppers

baked with garlic and cheese

The key is to cook it with strong flavours as it can be a bit bland if left to its own devices...

Redtartanlass · 27/09/2005 20:47
  • fingers in ears to colditz & onlyjoking -

Bootsmonkey - When you say steamed, do you mean peel it and cut it up, or cut it in half and then steam it ......

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hunkermunker · 27/09/2005 20:52

Run away very fast - marrows are scary

Redtartanlass · 27/09/2005 21:08

hunkermunker - thanks for that pml. too scared to chuck it in the bin now

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ocd · 11/08/2006 19:50

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jellyjelly · 11/08/2006 19:51

I love marrow

Callmemadam · 11/08/2006 21:17

too late to repeat in full, but have just posted 2 recipes on another thread - Food, perhaps?

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