Recipes for courgettes

Since there is always a lot of the same vegetable on the market, I want to share recipes with you to trigger your appetite. If you know more recipes, please share them with us all.

All recipes are for 2 persons.

Pasta sauce from courgettes

2 rashers of bacon
2 ts olive oil
1 medium sized courgette, cubed
2-3 cloves of garlic, gut in small pieces
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp cream cheese
some milk
salt and pepper
basil leaves

1. Bake the bacon in a dry frying pan (with lid) until crispy. Remove from the pan.
2. Add the oil, courgette and garlic to the same frying pan. Stir fry for some minutes. Add the bay leaf and put a lid on the pan. Cook on a slow fire for 5 to 10 minutes until the courgette is tender.
3. Remove the bay leave. Mash the courgettes with a mixer or blender. Add the cream cheese and a little milk until it forms a thick sauce.
4. Season with salt, pepper and basil to taste.
5. Serve over your favorite type of pasta.

Crema de Calabacines

Recipe from Alcuescar

2 ts olive oil

1 oniun, chopped
11 medium sized courgette, cubed
1 tbsp cream cheese
water
salt and pepper

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until soft. Add the courgette and fry on a slow fire until the courgette is soft and done.
2. Mash the courgettes with a mixer or blender. Add the cream cheese and water if necessary until it form a soup thickness.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Cool before serving.

Courgette salad

2 medium courgettes in small cubes
garlic, sliced, to taste
olive oil
tomatoes, in slices
salt and pepper

1. Fry the courgettes in the olive oil with the garlic on medium fire. The courgette should not colour brown, only turn glazy.
2. Leaf the courgettes to cool.
3. Arrange the slices of tomato on a plate, divide some of the cool courgettes on top.
4. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Courgette Fritti

2 or 3 medium courgettes
pinch of smoked paprika
3 tbsp of flower
salt and pepper
oil for deep frying

1. Cut the courgettes into even length of 8 cm and cut each into sticks. 
2. Season the flour with salt, pepper and paprika.
3. Toss the courgette sticks in the flour until all sticks are well coated. Shake of any excess flour.
4. Heat the oil in a pan or use a fryer. Deep fry the courgette in batches until crisp and golden. Drain on paper towels and serve in paper cones.

Courgette with feta
3 medium courgettes
olive oil
some sprigs of lemon thyme, chopped
100g feta cheese, crumbled

1. Heat the oven 180 C.
2. Shave the courgettes in thin strips using a potato peeler.
3. Toss in 2 tbsp olive oil and spread on a baking tray. Sprinkle with lemon thyme.
4. Roast for 5 min, so that the courgette has still some bite.
5. Skatter with the feta and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil, if desired.