The growing year is ending for the majority of vegetables on plot 15c and the courgette is one of them, not that it’s a courgette anymore! Turn your back for a few days and those lovely tiny courgettes will soon turn into marrows and I had just the recipe for mine…
Off I went up the allotment with a basket full of ingredients, the sun was shining and we had plans to eat the soup for lunch (I even managed to film it!)
Soups are so simple and easy to make yourself and they are delicious too, for me one of the best things about Autumn and Winter is sitting down with a nice hot bowl of soup after spending a few hours weeding. What’s even better is using the produce you have grown from your own slice of land!
Marrow Soup:
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 1 marrow (approximately 1kg)
- 1 onion
- 1/2 tbsp of flour
- 450ml of milk
- 450ml of vegetable stock
- pinch of nutmeg
- salt and pepper to season
Peel, de-seed and cut the marrow into chunks then sweat in a deep pan with the onion over a low heat to soften but not colour.
Stir in the flour and cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes. Gradually stir in the milk to form a thin sauce. Add the remaining ingredients, stir well and bring to a simmer. Put on the lid and cook for 20 minutes or until the courgette is soft.
Remove from the heat and blend the mixture using a hand blender. Return to the heat to warm through, check seasoning and serve.
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Lovely update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Thank you, you too Linda
This sounds lovely! I’ll definitely be saving this for next year!
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It was delicious and a perfect way for using up those huge marrows! x
Silly me ! I asked myself “Now why is she making a soup with bone marrow”? I think I got too much sun today. Anyway, I love a recipe with few ingredients and steps. This is perfect and I’ll make it tomorrow. Thanks, Katie !
Haha! That would be strange… Thank you and enjoy x
Hello from New Hampshire, USA.
Could you explain what a courgette/marrow actually is? I’ve never heard the term used here in the US. I found you via Instagram and am now a follower.
Thank-you for sharing …
Hello and welcome to my blog 🙂 I think you might call them Zuccinis over in the USA? A marrow is simply what we call a courgette once it gets overgrown.