So pretty much everything else is struggling on but the courgettes just seem to adore this scorching weather. Every time I go to harvest hues of green and vivid yellow beckon. I am giving them away left right and centre and of course, being one of the humbler species of veg, they are not as popular as the adored runner bean for example!
There is a definite need for light dinner menus unless I’m going to succumb to another overheated hot hot tantrum in the boiling kitchen.
Salmon in a parcel fits the bill perfectly.
Grated courgette, my early sweet cherry tomatoes, crushed garlic, twirls of precooked spaghetti and salmon steaks are encased in paper parcels puffing up to provide a healthy, light but filling supper.
Even more filling when we double up on the courgette and have it in a cake for dessert! The crumble topping made with sugar, butter and crunchy pecans and the addition of crushed pineapple and banana makes this the best I’ve tasted so far - gorgeous with Cornish ice cream - hot or cold - my nearest and dearest even asked if there was more the other day!
Can't find a link to the courgette cake recipe but if you want to give it a go this is a link to the August Kitchen Garden magazine you can buy to find the recipe! Or give me a shout and I'll get a photocopy of the one I pulled out of the magazine to you!
