Any new marrow recipes?

[kate egg]

Have had lots grow this year, have stuffed with -

Meatballs chopped up in bolognese sauce

Minced beef, copped onion, tom puree etc - grated cheese on top

Cooked chicken and mushrooms

There is a 3kg monster sitting on my worktop (and half a less fresh one that the chooks will get later.)

Anybody got any new ideas? There are still at least 5 or 6 ripening up. Thank goodness only 3 of the 12 seeds I planted actually came up

[Milims]

Try this. My Mum made it years ago and it wasyummy - I'm oing to be making some soon too. Perhaps we could compare results when you come up at the end of the month! http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showth ... lemon-curd!

[kate egg]

Hmmm sounds a bit wierd but not as weird as some of the recipes I found when I googled - Marrow custard anyone?

See you on the 29th hopefully

[Green Aura]

Somewhere else on here I posted a recipe for marrow monster cream! Basically a vegan version of lemon curd - uses lots with a yummy end result. Sorry I've not got time to find it but I think it might have been on one of the latest courgette threads.

[kate egg]

Thanks for the tips, I like the idea of freezing it - I wasn't sure how it would come out in a soup, I thought it might go slimy, but I made some at the weekend and it's delish! Love lemon curd am trying to lose weight though so prob not a good idea to be so tempting

[clanpowell]

Try the marrow and ginger jam recipe from the Hamilton boy's book. Very nice, we've used it as an alternative to mango chutney with popadoms.

[kate egg]

I like the sound of that, love ginger

[Odsox]

Thanks for the making me realise the blindingly obvious ... I love marrow jam, haven't had any for years.
I have a courgette plant that is producing so many fruits that I'm giving them away left, right and centre.
It's actually a Green Bush marrow so I will let one fruit fill out and ripen and make some jam from it.

Funny how your mind gets in a rut, I also love rhubarb jam, I have 6 plants that grow like mad every year, but have never made any jam from them.

[clanpowell]

We made rhubarb jam and relish last year both were really nice. All our rhubarb went into wine this year!

[julie_lanteri]

I made some marrow pasties today. I need to stop eating them!!!

[kate egg]

marrow pasties! like the sound of that, what else do you put in with it?

[julie_lanteri]

I make an oil pastry (flour, salt, olive oil and water), for the filling: onion, garlic, marrow and rice (uncooked) all sautéd in olive oil (salt & pepper and taste regularly). when cooked and cooled down, add a lot of parmesan and check for seasoning again. when you're happy with the taste, add an egg or two. I ended up with so much filling today that I froze half. great for later on in the year.
It's originally a big "tourte" recipe but works really well as individual pasties. Also lovely with courgettes, squash, pumpkins...

[kate egg]

do you add water when cooking the rice and marrow etc? Do you add chopped egg or raw egg and cook it on till they are cooked?

[julie_lanteri]

no water: the rice will absorb the excess water in the marrow (2 to 3 handfulls for a big marrow). It will be completely cooked by the time you get them out of the oven!
eggs are added raw to the filling (which is why I do all the tasting before!) they cook when the pasties go in the oven, about 20-30min

[kate egg]

thanks for that, I think it would make a good quiche filling too