What to do with two enormous courgettes?

[moonlight1705]

I have two overgrown courgettes that were hidden away at the bottom of the plant.

Can you use them in the same way as normal courgettes or should I cook them differently? Any good courgettes recipes?

Those are well past their best, OP. I really wouldn’t, and I’m not that timorous about dinner.

Slice and brush with oil and seasoning. Put them in a hot griddle pan or on a BBQ. That's what I did with mine when I found one in the garden at the weekend.

Chop them up into small pieces. Then cut a few slices of bacon into and brown them in a pan. Throw in the courgettes and add a knob of butter. Throw in some peas and mint and when the courgette is browning take it off and sprinkle with parmigiano or the like.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222601/zucchini-chocolate-chip-muffins/

Great recipe

Courgette lasagne. www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/courgette-lasagne

I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious!

https://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=14024

Courgette soup

Courgetti them like pasta - you'll be able to see how manky they are!

If they look fine then fry them into fritters

https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/vegetarian/courgette-fritters/

We like the chopped up into tiny dice and roasted in olive oil ,herbs and garlic and stirred into risotto or pasta .
Great with some lemon zest and Parmesan

Grate them and freeze puck sized lumps, then add to curry or ragu or whatever to add bulk.

I always add grated courgette in with the onions when I'm making a curry. Works really well in a korma 😋

Look up courgette cake. It's a bit like carrot cake.

Don't know how much of a difference the size will make to this recipe but it is incredible.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/285205/that-zucchini-spaghetti-stanley-tucci-loves-spaghetti-alla-nerano/

Those aren't overgrown courgettes- THESE are overgrown courgettes! 😂

If they aren't soft, you could use them as marrows. You might need to remove the seeds if they are large and pithy inside though. Here are some ideas:
Marrow & ginger jam recipe | BBC Good Food This is actually very nice and goes well as a glaze on hams.
Stuffed marrow bake recipe | BBC Good Food
Courgette brownies recipe | BBC Good Food Delicious, and no one will know there are courgettes in them! 😋

Make a quick soup with finely chopped onion gently fried, the grated courgettes, some soup pasta eg tiny shells, and some chicken or vegetable stock. Simmer until the pasta is cooked, it will only take a few minutes. Makes a lovely light lunch or first course, especially with some garlic bread.

Make courgette and cheddar soup with a pinch of nutmeg and freeze it. It'll be a blast of summer on a winter's evening.

This is nice - I heap on extra parmesan
https://food52.com/recipes/18672-julia-child-s-tian-de-courgettes-au-riz-zucchini-tian

With the monsters found in my garden, I have made:-
Courgette and cardamom cake
Spicy courgette chutney
Courgette chutney
Piccalilli
Courgette and chocolate brownies
Courgette and ginger jam
Ratatouille
I'm sure they've been in something else.
Frankly I'm sick of them.

You call those overgrown courgettes? THESE are overgrown courgettes. And that's a dessert spoon.

@TroysMammy You win!!! 😂

My mind is in the gutter. Not sure I have any useful suggestions op but good luck

😀thanks for the recipes, so many good things to try! I do have some regular sized courgettes on the plant too.

I love the overgrown courgettes competition we seem to be having! @TroysMammy they are fantastic!!

Oooh Matron!!

Sweetcorn & Courgette Fritters

This courgette soup is delicious. Even my veg dodger of a husband liked it

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/courgette-potato-cheddar-soup

cut iinto chunks, roast with onion halves and a couple of garlic cloves. sprinkle with curry powder. then blend into soup.