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It's a long story, but somehow we found ourselves in possession of a huge marrow fresh from someone's allotment, along with huge bundles of kai-lan and a section of pumpkin. The leaves ended up as a substitute for methi in a nice dish of methi chicken, and the pumpkin was cooked in proper north-indian style (slightly sweet, very savoury) and gobbled down with puris. But what to do with the marrow?
The first thing that comes to mind when I look at a marrow is Gromit's 'nearly-award-winning' one in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Which is no help at all when trying to decide how to cook that monster. The one recipe that comes to mind is baked marrow stuffed with mince, topped with cheese. So I decided to do that, but with my own twist.
First, one half of the marrow, cut lengthways, seeds scooped out and sprinkled with olive oil, sea salt and pepper was popped into the oven to bake. Second, the base of any good stir-fry -chopped veggie goodness.
These got tossed in a hot wok, along with some sliced boneless chicken thighs.
By the time the chicken was done, the marrow was almost cooked. Time to assemble. The scooped out section of the marrow was filled to overflowing with the curried chicken, green peppers, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes.
A layer of grated cheddar studded with cherry tomato halves, and the whole thing was put back in to the oven for a further 5 minutes.
When the cheese was bubbling golden, the marrow was cooked tender all the way through and ready to serve.
Steaming hot out of the oven, the marrow was sliced up and served with a dollop of Mrs Balls Chutney. Simply delicious.
The first thing that comes to mind when I look at a marrow is Gromit's 'nearly-award-winning' one in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Which is no help at all when trying to decide how to cook that monster. The one recipe that comes to mind is baked marrow stuffed with mince, topped with cheese. So I decided to do that, but with my own twist.
First, one half of the marrow, cut lengthways, seeds scooped out and sprinkled with olive oil, sea salt and pepper was popped into the oven to bake. Second, the base of any good stir-fry -chopped veggie goodness.
These got tossed in a hot wok, along with some sliced boneless chicken thighs.
By the time the chicken was done, the marrow was almost cooked. Time to assemble. The scooped out section of the marrow was filled to overflowing with the curried chicken, green peppers, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes.
A layer of grated cheddar studded with cherry tomato halves, and the whole thing was put back in to the oven for a further 5 minutes.
When the cheese was bubbling golden, the marrow was cooked tender all the way through and ready to serve.
Steaming hot out of the oven, the marrow was sliced up and served with a dollop of Mrs Balls Chutney. Simply delicious.