Baby Courgettes

[Rosie29]

Please can you tell me some ways to prepare and cook baby courgettes? Do you cut the tops off and if not are they edible ? Or do you just leave them on because it looks nice. And do you cut them lengthways or leave them whole ?
I love the look of them but never quite know what to do with them. Thanks very much.

[retrocop]

The wife tops and tails them splits them lenghwise in two and parboils them. She puts them in n ovenproof dish with some onions sliced and covers them in a cheese sauce.
Bakes them in the oven for about 25 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling. Sometimes sprinkles breadcrumbs on top.

[Buenchico]

Thin strips
https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/babycourgettesandcha_91629
or halved lengthways
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2318/melting-cheese-courgettes
&
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2987/warm-salad-of-chargrilled-courgettes-and-salmon
it seems.

[pastafreak]

I'd treat them the same as grown up courgettes ;-)...but I'd not par boil them. They're watery enough as it is. Roasting or pan fried works well with lots of garlic...naybe some chilli.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Food "with lots of garlic" and "maybe some chilli"?

Now that's my type of woman!

;-)

[pastafreak]

;-)

[gingejbee]

Parboil courgettes? Now that is odd........

[ummmm]

Don't par boil them. As Pasta, they are full of water.

They're nice raw as well.

[Rockrose]

love them roasted with garlic and a little olive oil

[dannyk13]

Sliced and fried in batter.

[Rosie29]

This all sounds very good and helpful. Will have them tonight - thanks all x