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    Thursday, April 18, 2019

    What do you do with A Large Marrow - Stuff It

    Spanish Stuffed Marrow

    The Gardener in the Family came in proudly with an armful of Courgettes/Marrow
    One of the Marrows was too big and it went into the compost But...we did find a use for the medium one though
    I went on-line and found a suitable recipe on the bbcgoodfood.com site
    And I stuffed it.
    It was very tasty and went down a treat with the family
    The courgettes, of course  no problem... plenty of things to do with them

    It seems I didn’t get around to taking a photo of the finished product, so you will have to imagine it
    If you haven’t got Manchego cheese just replace with Tasty Cheddar

    1 Marrow
    Sea salt and Freshly ground black pepper
    1tbsp olive oil
    1 onion peeled and diced
    2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
    100 gms Chorizo Chopped

    1 tsp smoked/normal paprika
    1/2 tps cayenne pepper
    1/2 tsp each dried oregano and dried thyme
    2 x 400 gms chopped tomatoes
    1 red pepper chopped
    Handful chopped parsley
    85 gms fresh breadcrumbs
    100 gms Manchego or Cheddar Cheese


    Heat oven to 200C or 180C if using your fan bake
    Cut the marrow in half lengthwise and scoop out the middle
    Put the halves outside up in a large roasting pan and season well with S & P
    Heat the oil in a pan
    add the onion and sweat on low  till just tender about 10 mins

    Add the garlic, chorizo, spices and dried herbs
    Cook for a few minutes and add red pepper and tomatoes

    Turn down to low simmer and cook for 10 mins, then stir in the parsley
    Spoon the tomato mixture into the marrow halves
    Cover with foil and bake for 30 mins
    Test the marrow with a knife to see if the marrow is getting tender
    Then sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and Cheese
    and return to the oven for 10 minute
    until the crumbs are golden and crisp and the marrow is tender
    Cut into large slices and serve
    It was excellent the next day for lunch at room temperature

    And here are the Gardeners at work






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