Our top 5 vegetarian courgette recipe ideas

We have put together a collection of some of the best and most varied courgette or zucchini dishes, so if you fancy doing something a little different with your courgettes, check out some of our suggestions all five dishes are perfect for vegetarians too!

Courgettes or zucchinis as they are known in some parts of the world are one of the most versatile vegetables. You can alter their taste and texture through various techniques such as frying roasting boiling, grating etc. Their greatest partner is definitely cheese, these two complement each other perfectly. Courgettes make excellent soups, tarts, chips, salads, pasta and curries to name but a few.

The courgette or zucchini is part of the same family as marrows and other squashes. Many people think courgettes are immature marrows, because of their size, but technically they are a different member of the same family.

Our top five courgette zucchini recipes are

• Courgette and tomato tart
• Sweet Potato, Courgette, Hazelnut and Pear Salad.
• Courgette and Fennel Soup.
• Pasta with Mashed Courgettes parmesan and basil.
• Indian Courgette Curry Balls with brown rice.
• Feta and Courgette Fritters with Pistachio Rice

Veggie Courgette Tart

Courgettes are the perfect vegetable to use in a tart as they cook quickly and add a soft element to the tart, this recipe focuses on griddling the courgettes giving them a sweet smoky taste

courgette and tomato puff pastry tart with onion & blue cheese

This full-flavoured vegetable tart is a lovely combination of sweet and savoury. The courgette slices have a light smoky taste, the onions are slowly caramelised in sugar and balsamic to give a sweet and sour flavour. The courgettes and onions are placed on a crisp puff pastry base and topped with blue cheese for a strong savoury edge, and cherry tomatoes are added for freshness.  The courgette tart is served with a green salad and tomato dressing.

Courgette and Tomato Tart Recipe

Warm Courgette Salad

In this recipe roasting the courgettes gives them an intense flavour. The roast courgettes nicely complement the sweet potatoes and roast pears.

Sweet potatoes, courgettes and pear chips oven roasted with chilli rosemary and sesame oil.  The dish is completed with lightly roasted hazelnuts and a garlic and balsamic vinaigrette. Serve the salad on a bed of green leaves, preferably spinach.

Roasted Courgette Salad Recipe

Courgette and Fennel Soup

In this recipe, the courgettes provide consistency and sweetness to the soup by complementing the pepperiness of the fennel and rocket

This delicious courgette soup is made by cooking slicing fennel potatoes, onions and garlic till soft, vegetables stock, rocket and courgettes are added to the soup and it is left to simmer gently till all the flavours combine. The soup is finished with grated parmesan and chopped parsley.  The final touch to the soup is the addition of fresh cream giving the soup a rich finish. We recommend you serve the soup warm with a sprinkle of chopped parsley and some crusty bread. This soup is a good meal to freeze just leave out the parmesan and add it when you reheat the soup.

Courgette and Fennel Soup Recipe

Creamy Courgette Pasta

The natural softness of cooked courgettes, combined with cheese makes the perfect pasta sauce,  The courgette is the fundamental building block for the sauce, with the addition of parmesan, garlic and chilli for flavour and heat respectively.

This easy-to-cook pasta dish is the perfect after-work dinner idea. A sumptuous penne pasta cooked till al dente, combined with a courgette mash, flavoured with chilli and basil, with a delicious creaminess added by the grated parmesan. 

This courgette pasta can be eaten on its own or served with garlic bread or salad. This dish showcases the amazing combination of courgettes and cheese to the full.

Courgette Pasta Recipe

Courgette Curry

This recipe is an extremely original use of courgettes. The courgettes are grated and then moulded into “meatballs” with a touch of three traditional Indian ingredients chilli, ginger & coriander. Frying the courgette balls, give them a lovely crispy outer shell with a soft middle.

The courgette balls are made with grated courgette, finely chopped onions, and fresh ginger and spiced with fresh chopped chilli and coriander,  The courgette balls are held together with gram flour and fried. Serve the courgette meatballs in a classic creamy Indian sauce with tomato, onions and cream. The sauce has heat and spice from the turmeric, cumin, cayenne, and garam masala. To add an extra taste dimension to the dish serve the curry on a bed of brown rice. This is an excellent recipe to freeze, so cook extra and add it to your collection of vegetarian freezer meals for a quick worknight dinner

Courgette Curry Recipe

Courgette Fritters

This recipe takes the perfect combination of courgettes, feta and mint and delivers them in a delicious fritter with a  balsamic mint vinaigrette.

 The cheesy courgette fritters are a simple fritter, made with a flour and egg base. They are flavoured with grated courgette and crumbled feta. The courgette fritters are served with mint and balsamic vinegar in the form of a vinaigrette. The dish is completed with pistachio rice, made with aubergines, pistachios, sun-dried tomatoes, the rice is flavoured with parsley and basil. 

Courgette and Feta Fritters Recipe

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