The courgettes (zucchini) are coming in thick and fast now. I have picked 9 in the last 2 days. I didn’t really cook with them before I started growing them, but they are so versatile and useful. I have to grow courgettes in containers now and get about 22 vegetables per plant, though they are probably not as big as they would be if I grew them straight into the ground, but they are so sweet when freshly picked. I spiral them and use as a pasta substitute, make cakes with them, put them in salad, make flans with them, make soup, use in curries and ratatouille, stuff them, put them on pizza. I have even made jam with them.
This is one of our favourite savoury recipes. We have been making this recipe every spring for about 5 years now. We often double up the recipe. We absolutely love them and could eat these all at once. Luckily they freeze well. Sometimes I eat them cold and sometimes I warm them up in the air fryer. Courgette, sweet potato and cheesy bites are delicious on their own, or served with a pizza type dipping sauce. I think I adapted this recipe from a Slimming World recipe originally. They cook at the same temperature as my bread, scones and pastry and so at this time of year I make them regularly. It is a really easy recipe that you can do with children.
RECIPE
Ingredients
2 cups of grated sweet potato
1 cup of grated courgette with the moisture squeezed out (skin and all)
3oz of mature cheddar type cheese
1 egg
salt and pepper
Spray oil
Oven 180/200C and makes 9 or 19
Method
1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, except for the spray oil together in a bowl.
2. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper or a silicone mat
3. Form the mixture into mini patties. It will feel slightly wet and you have to mould it a bit with your hands
4. Put the patties on the tray and spray lightly with oil. I don’t always have oil to spray and they just come out a bit darker.
5. Cook for 25 – 30 mins until golden brown and firm.
6. Leave to cool on the tray for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
I use a tea towel to get the moisture out of the courgette. I save it specifically for this reason. I always save the juice and put it in my smoothie the next day. I will often double up this recipe. A cup of squeezed out courgette is about 2 small to medium courgette.
O will definitely try this one out! Looks delicious 😋
That looks and sounds delicious. Also a good way of incorporating egg, as our chickens are laying well just now. Will definitely be doing this. Thank you x
I hope that you enjoy them as much as we do x
Sounds lovely & im now wondering what Courgette jam is like . Is it sweet or savoury ? X
It was sweet, a bit like apple, but we have made spicy courgette chutney.
Thank you for sharing these will definitely be a picnic boost for us x
No worries. Yes we love them in picnics and picky ticks x
Thank you this sounds delicious – will try as soon as our courgettes are ready.
No worries. I hope that you enjoy them x
These sound delicious I will be cooking these later today. Thank you Toni for sharing.
I hope that you enjoyed them. Thanks x
These look lovely, Toni.
Thank you.
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When I had an allotment there was no need to grow courgettes as everyone who did had so many they didn’t know what to do with them 🤣 There were so many recipes doing the rounds, I wish I’d kept them.
Yes, some years I have not been able to give them away but have never seen them really cheap in the supermarkets. I have lost a lot of my recipes but we are slowly building up some new ones. I like them in cake myself. Thanks for commenting
Looks really tasty, thankyou.
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We call them zucchini fritters here in the states. Your recipe using cheese sounds delicious and am going to try!
Yes I understand that in the USA and Australia they are called zucchini. I would love to know why we have different names for them when other veg have the same name. Thanks for commenting
Could I substitute carrot for sweet potato, do you think? OH hates sweet potato.
Also, is this the same as your courgette fritters?
Yes, this is the same but I tend to throw in whatever I have into fritters. I have never tried it with carrot and they tend to take longer to cook, but I have heard that ordinary potato works
Thank you, I will try this 😁
Thank you, I have a go at this 😁
Great. Thanks for commenting
Ohh they sound delicious, thank you for sharing the recipe
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