Courgette Soup

[spinning jenny]

Courgettes
onions
chicken stock of cubes
Cream cheese with garlic and herbs
Black pepper

Make soup in usual way. Liquidise when soft and freeze if required

Re heat soup and whisk in cream cheese, delicious

I have given this to people who don't like courgettes and I don't tell them, call it garden soup! I usually make this with smallish courgettes as it is tastier and whilst it it cooking usually put a bowl over the top and make lemon curd at the same time. I package it in milk containers with tops cut off, margarine containers, anything that is square and make literally litres and litres of the stuff and really enjoy it all winter. I have used small marrows but the flavour is not quite as good. Hope you like it.

[katie]

This sounds lovely and I've bookmarked it to try shortly when the glut happens!

[Jules N]

That sounds really tasty. Thanks for the recipe

[Mrs Tweedy]

Tried the recipe yesterday as we are already overwhelmed with courgettes and I have not yet been to get more preserving jars to make the chutney.
Really enjoyed the recipe. Thanks

[daft ann1]

Hello Mrs Tweedy
I would be interested to have your recipe for courgette chutney that you use i have a few recipes but am always interested to try more!We have a great glut of courgettes and have had for weeks!! Thanks

[DianeSmith]

I have a nice recipe for Courgette and cheese loaf.

75g butter
200g courgettes (weighed topped and tailed)
225g S.R. flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard powder
125g extra mature cheddar cheese, grated
3 large eggs
4 tablespoons of milk

Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking paper
Melt butter and leave to cool, don't let solidify
grate courgettes and set aside.
Sift flour, salt, cayenne powder and mustard powder into a bowl,
stir in the cheese
lightly beat the eggs, milk and melted butter together with a fork, add to the flour along with
the courgettes and stir until just evenly mixed.
Put into the loaf tin and level the top.
Bake for 45-50 mins or so until the top springs back when lightly pressed, cool on a wire rack.(oven at 180)

[Ben Hardy]

These both look great. Any more? We are about to hit 'Courgette Overload' where it will be compulsory courgettes with every meal. My wife has banned me from trying to make wine out of them, so any more recipes would be fabulous. Someone mentioned Courgette Chocolate Cake (about which I am dubious), so I must google that.

[Meekle]

Jen has a fantastic recipie for a courgette "bread", I say that in inverted commas because its more like a malt loaf type thing, you slice it and butter it - I will ask her for it

[Ben Hardy]

I made the courgette and cheese loaf yesterday, and it is delicious. Thank you very much for that. I didn't have any cheddar cheese in the fridge, so substituted Double Gloucester, which seems to work. The courgette glut, though, continues. Tonight we are having courgette fritters with coconut and lime chutney.

[katie]

I made chocolate courgette cakes with chocolate icing the other day. They were very moist and I had fun asking the family to guess the mystery ingredient!