Pickling Courgettes

[jennyjj01]

Having neglected Courtney Courgette for a couple of weeks I just went and harvested this stupidly huge crop. There's a couple of them that think they are gourds

I'm thinking of pickling them.

Anyone familiar with pickling these? Should I treat the HUGE fruits differently

[rik_uk3]

I pickle courgettes and aubergines. Family favourite is pickling in white wine or cider vinegar. You can add herbs you fancy (dill is my common one) and I prefer a sweet pickle so add sugar.

The bloater you might find is full of seed and not much use for pickling. They don't keep 'crisp' long compared to things like pickled onions but are well worth doing and go nicely with cold meats and cheese...well worth doing.

Plenty of recipes online such as https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cru ... tte-pickle

[jennyjj01]

I pickle courgettes and aubergines. Family favourite is pickling in white wine or cider vinegar. You can add herbs you fancy (dill is my common one) and I prefer a sweet pickle so add sugar.

The bloater you might find is full of seed and not much use for pickling. They don't keep 'crisp' long compared to things like pickled onions but are well worth doing and go nicely with cold meats and cheese...well worth doing.

Plenty of recipes online such as https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cru ... tte-pickle

Thanks,
I made a batch with red wine vinegar and some Shwartzt ready mixed pickling herbs Added a few tablespoons of demerara sugar. All rather arbitrary quantities
The big fat one wasn't too bad for seeds.

The next batch will have to go in ordinary malt vinegar with more of that mix.

[GillyBee]

I was wondering whether to try some lacto-fermented pickles this year and have just found this link for lacto-fermented courgette. It seems that searching for Zucchini leads to more recipe choices than searching for courgette. I may have a go. we are just about staying on top of the squash production at the moment but I can see plenty more on the way.

https://culturesforhealth.com/blogs/rec ... mer-squash

[rik_uk3]

lacto-fermentation is the method used for Kimchi and Sauerkraut.

I'm making some simple tomato chutney (again) this morning