Anyone that has grown zucchinis will know that, there comes a certain time in late Spring or early Summer, when without really noticing, you all of a sudden, have your very own zucchini mountain.
There is a joke about people quietly leaving zucchinis on neighbours’ doorsteps in the dead of night, just to get rid of the things.
Around here, in semi-rural Samford, there are not a lot of doorsteps close by, so an alternative solution is required.
Time to dig out the vegetarian cookbooks, specifically the Molly Katzen classics.
First up I tried ‘Sweet Zucchini-Spice Bread’ from Molly’s cookbook ‘The Enchanted Broccoli Forest’ – great little recipe, the bread was brilliant, but the recipe only called for 2 cups of grated zucchini….hardly put a dent in the zucchini Matterhorn …..a.k.a. the courgette K2.
It was time to delve into the ‘Moosewood Cookbook’ and try and find a heavy hitter. Page 146 provided the answer, in the form of the recipe for ‘Zucchini-Feta Pancakes’.
This little beauty calls for “4 packed cups of coarsely grated zucchini”. Four cups….that’s about 10 or 11 zucchini in my country and certainly enough to free up some decent space in the fridge’s veggie drawer.
It was time to get grating!
4 cups of grated zucchers!
The pancakes were a success…the kids even ate one each.
…and it’s the sort of meal that you could have once a week for a while without getting sick of it.
So every time the zucchinis mount up again around here and friends & family can’t take any more…out will come the grater and the frying pan.
first round of pancakes
Recipe
