Courgette recipes
Courgettes are not only easy to grow, they’re also famously versatile. Make the most of this summer favourite with our delicious courgette recipes.
Courgettes are in season from June until early autumn. If you’re growing your own this summer, you’ll know how easy it is to end up with a glut on your hands. Luckily their mild flavour and silky texture makes courgettes a welcome addition to all kinds of savoury dishes.
Take your pick from popular sides like courgette fritters and fries. Add a bit of hidden veg to your bakes with our courgette cake recipe. The zucchini takes centre stage in our courgette pizza recipe, courgette soufflé with incredible berkswell cheese or stuffed with feta. Whether you’re looking for easy summer suppers, side dishes, picnic bakes or easy ways to up the family’s five-a-day, you’re bound to find a recipe to suit below.
This vegetable really is a summer favourite and can be transformed into all kinds of fantastic dishes.
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15-minute meal recipes
Spaghetti alla nerano
This spaghetti has fudgy and sweet fried courgettes which need little more than a little cheese to enrich them. Simplicity at its finest.
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Best of the best recipes
Best-of-the-best ratatouille
Want to make perfect ratatouille? Follow our recipe for the ultimate French summer stew, packed with aubergine, tomato and courgettes.
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Tamarind chickpea stuffed courgettes
Roasting these stuffed courgettes enhances their sweetness. Tamarind and lime add brightness to the creamy chickpeas in this easy dish.
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Courgette ribbons with pesto alla trapanese
This fresh and crunchy salad is ideal for a speedy lunch or barbecue side. Coat courgette ribbons in pesto for an incredible flavour pairing.
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Smoky courgette and ricotta pasta
This smoky, creamy and lemony courgette sauce is incredibly versatile. Perfect folded through pasta, but it also works as a dip or spread.
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Courgette and feta filo triangles
Courgettes retain their sticky juiciness once baked in these crisp filo triangles. The perfect late-summer picnic bites or party nibbles.
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Sardine recipes
Grilled sardines with courgette and red pepper salsa
Feel the sunshine with this simple Med-inspired dish. All it needs is fresh crusty bread to mop up the juices.
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Pasta salad recipes
Sardine and courgette pasta salad
Grated raw courgettes and tomatoes bring sweetness, while adding sardines, lemon and mustard offer bags of flavour in this speedy pasta salad that's full of freshness.
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Aubergine recipes
Aubergine and courgette shawarma skewers
Ribbons of aubergine and courgette are marinated in fragrant spices, then slowly caramelised on the barbecue for naturally vegan skewers.
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Summer courgettes with malloreddus, parmesan and oregano
This courgette recipe combines the seasonal veg with Sardinian malloreddus pasta, parmesan and oregano for a filling summer dinner.
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August seasonal recipes
Courgette, feta and blackcurrant salad
This elegant dish of courgette and feta and blackcurrant puréee makes the perfect late summer starter, says The Ethicurean's Mark McCabe
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Peach recipes
Grilled peaches with burrata, basil and courgette shavings
Grilled peaches with burrata, courgette and lemon makes an easy salad for high summer. Grilling intensifies the peaches' natural sweetness.
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Courgette, feta and mint dumplings with brown butter
Sauteed courgettes pair perfectly with fresh mint, salty feta and chilli heat, especially when transformed into these delicious dumplings.
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Crab recipes
Crab and courgette pasta
Crab pasta is an elegant but easy summer dinner for two. Grating courgettes retains their fresh flavour while melting into the sauce.
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Chicken breast recipes
Chicken and courgette salad bowls
A summery chicken and courgette salad that’s full of fresh, bright flavour. If you happen to have leftover roast chicken knocking around.
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Courgette baba ganoush with lamb cutlets
Use charred courgettes to make this smoky dip, a twist on classic aubergine baba ganoush. Serve with lamb for a light summer supper.
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