Courgette recipes - 60 recipes
Courgettes have to be one of the easiest vegetables to cook! No need for pealing, just wash them and fry, bake, roast or grill… your options are endless. Have you tried making your own summer ratatouille with fresh tomatoes and aubergine? Or a filling courgette gratin with béchamel sauce and a golden cheese topping?
Courgettes are a summer vegetable and are full of goodness and are one of Britain's top ten favourite veg!
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Top rated Courgette recipes
Colourful vegetable lasagne
By Nathou
- In a pan, heat the sauce, correcting the seasoning (sugar, salt, pepper,
Courgette Cream Soup
By mollisia, (Hand) One Day On A Plate
Courgette is the vegetable of autumn, but the green colour evokes freshness of spring
- - 1l stock
- - 2 courgettes
- - 2 potatoes
- - 1 onion
- - olive oil
- - fresh thyme
Courgette beef burgers
By Alice du blog Au pAys des déLICEs
Wash the round courgettes and cut in half to form the two parts of the burger bun
- 2 courgettes, round
- 1 courgette long
- 1 tomato
- 300g minced beef
- Olive oil
- Sherry vinegar
- Thyme, savory, parsley
- Espelette pepper
- Tabasco
- Salt and pepper
Soup - Devilled Pepper, Courgette and Ham Soup
By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
This is a great soup with a kick and a sense of heart too
- 1 courgette, sliced and diced
- 1 pepper – mine was yellow
- 2 red onions finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- Some dried chill flakes to taste or a chopped deseeded red chilli
- Black pepper
- 1 litre of chicken stock
- Whatever ham you can muster – I used three slices chopped.
- Olive oil
Courgette and goat cheese tart
By Patouetmary , blog Les gourmandises de Patou & Mary
Start by pre-baking your puff pastry in a flan tin at 180 °C for 10-15 mins
- 2 courgettes
- 200g fresh goat cheese
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp turmeric (or curry)
- Herbs de provence
- puff pastry
Carrot and Courgette Salad
By agcocaireacht
Simple and full of colour, this healthy, classic combination works well and is always fresh and inviting
- 5 carrots, pealed and coarsely grated
- 5 courgettes, coarsely grated
- Fresh coriander chopped (reserve a sprig for garnish)
- 1 desert spoon of roasted pumkin seeds
- 1 desert spoon of poppy seeds
- 4 table spoons of french dressing
- Juice of 1 orange
- Grated zest of two oranges
Slimming guacamole
By lumegoourmande
Clean and peel the courgettes, removing a strip of skin every 2 cm with a knife or peeler
- 800 g small courgettes
- 150 g avocado
- ½ squeezed lemon,
- 3 tbsp of olive oil,
- 6 sprigs of dill,
- 5 drops of Tabasco,
- Salt.
Lamb steaks in the Roman fried zucchini with thyme
By Agneau Presto
Prepare the fried courgettes: Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a pan, add the sliced courgettes, salt and cook ...
- Lamb steaks with fried courgette and thyme
Healthy Ratatouille
By Harriet
Full of vegetables, this ratatouille will rock your socks
- 1 Onion (Peeled and Chopped)
- 1 Clove of Garlic (Peeled and Crushed)
- 1 Small Aubergine (Diced)
- 1 Green Pepper (De-seeded and Chopped)
- 1 Courgette (Sliced)
- 2 Cans Chopped Tomatoes
- 10ml Oil (any type is suitable)
- 1 Handful Fresh Basil
Prawn spring rolls
By Caro , blog La Cuisine & Caro
Peel and remove the seeds of the courgette
- 10 discs of rice paper
- 1/4 of courgette
- 1/4 of fennel
- 10 cooked prawns
- 4 slices of smoked salmon
- 2 portions of fresh garlic and herb cheese (2*30g)
- 3 tablespoons of natural fromage frais
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More Courgette recipes
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Vegetable Tortilla
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper- halved seeded & finely chopped
- 1 red pepper - halved seeded & finely chopped
- 1 aubergine - diced
- 1 courgette -diced
- 2 red tomatoes - peeled seeded & diced
- 8 eggs
- Salt
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Thai Red Curry
- 8oz/225g rice
- 9oz/250g tofu
- oil
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 150g shallots/red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 aubergine
- 1 courgette
- 100g green beans
- 100g mange tout
- ½ pint/300ml coconut milk
- juice of 1 lime or lemon
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Tasty Courgette Tagliatelle, with...
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 pack of smoked bacon lardons
- 1 courgette, cut into long ribbons
- 1 jar of Bolognese Sauce
- Red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp chopped Oregano
- 4 tbsp chopped Basil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1 packet of tagliatelle pasta
- Ciabatta bread
- 1 garlic clove
- A drizzle of olive oil
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Courgette and goat cheese tart
- 1 pastry
- 34 courgettes
- 1 small goat cheese log
- 4 eggs
- 50 cl of crème fraîche
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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Zucchini and Tomatoes
- 2 zucchini
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 garlic cloves
- salt
- pepper
- parmesan
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Recipe: Courgette and Apple Jam,...
- 3 lbs (1,5kg) of courgette flesh, diced into 1cm cubes
- 2 lbs (1 kg) of apple flesh, diced into 1cm cubes, held in acidulated water till ready
- 2 1/2 lbs (1.250 kg) of granulated sugar
- 100g Golden Raisins soaked in 2Tbls orange juice or liquer
- 1 tsp allspice powder
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Creamy Courgette Puree
- 3 zucchini
- 1 1/2 cups of sour cream or natural yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of cumin
- 2 pinches of cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Iced soup 4.2/5 (21 Votes)
- Stuffed courgette flowers with... 4.2/5 (14 Votes)
- Steamed salmon in foil, courgettes... 3.6/5 (142 Votes)
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Cream of aubergine soup with...
- The stock:
- 75 cl of bouillon stock preferably fresh or a reconstituted tablet.
- 1 star anise
- For the cream of aubergine :
- 2 medium aubergines
- 2 cloves of fresh garlic
- 16 cl of milk
- 2 tsp of aniseed alcohol
- 1 ladle of the vegetable cooking water
- salt and pepper
- Vegetables:
- 8 baby carrots
- 16 mini flower courgettes
- 4 bunches of broccoli
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 80g shelled peas
- 12 green asparagus
- 100 ml of white balsamic vinegar
- Thyme in bloom
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Courgette and prawn bake
- 3 kg courgettes
- 500 gr prawns
- Olive oil
- 200 g cream
- 200 gr grated cheese
- salt, pepper, 1 clove garlic, parsley and onion
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