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