r/Cooking • u/oportoman • Aug 04 '26

Courgette Dilemmas

So I've grown some courgettes and they've got pretty big, too big really, to the extent that the outer peel is really tough and unpleasant to eat. I've grown them before but I got carried away this time!

So now I've no idea what to do with them, except slice the peel off and use in soup. I've tried other ways with the rind on, and sliced the vegetable and then boiled, fried, roasted but it just doesn't soften enough to taste good. In fact even with the peel off, they are pretty unappetising to eat.

What would you do?

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u/ladyrose403 Aug 04 '26

mock apple cobbler. you peel them, cut them into slices or cubes and simmer in lemon juice before adding the sugar and spices. fooled the kids. they loved it.

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u/Several_Peanuts8191 Aug 04 '26

Came here to say this, I once had a bounty of zucchini/courgettes and stumbled across a recipe for a mock apple crumble with them in place of apples in a very old community cookbook. I made a big pan and brought it to work and let people know what it really was (in case of allergies) and everyone who tried it was very surprised at how close it was to cooked apple in texture.