stuffed marrow?

[lilacben]

Hi has anyone got a good recipe for a stuffed marrow. No rude answers need reply. Brenda

[shaneystar2]

Peel the marrow and cut off one end and scop out the seeds.
Chop a couple or three shallots and a clove of garlic,chop about half a pound of mushrooms fine.Skin and chop up a large tomato.
Saute the shallotts and mushrooms in some butter.
Mix the tomato with some fresh breadcrumbs,sage(fresh or dried) ground black pepper and add this to the onions and mushrooms.Then combine it all in a bowl.Shove this all into the marrow and put the cut end back.Cover tightly with foil and put in a tight fitting dish .
Cook in a moderate oven for about and hour..hour and a half depending really on the size of the marrow until the marrow is soft.
This is a veggie version but you can put mince in if you prefer rather than mushrooms.

[nickmo]

Darn tootin'......excellent things to enjoy -

Cut marrow in half and scoop out flesh and discard seeds. Dice an onion, tomatoes, 1 red pepper and some celery and saute inc with the marrow flesh. Season well. And some strongherbs like rosemary and thyme.

Fill marrow halves with mix inc. some cooked rice, and place halves in a casserole and cover with foil, bake 35 mins. Dead easy.

The shell gets quite floppy by the way - don't expect a firm marrow at the end.......

Variations - use pork mince, well fried so its quite dry. Add disced onions, fresh tomato sauce, cinnamon and herbs, rice. Stuff and bake.

Use beef mince and add some chilli / paprika

Use mushroom medley.

Nice showy version - cut into rings, not lengthways. Take out seeds, fill centre with stuffing and top with a slice of tomato and grated cheese on top, to be grilled for a crispy finish when baked. Yum....

[Kim A]

Nope. Sorry. Can't get my head round eating a marrow at all. Any of its relatives, sure, anytime and in quantity. Any of the ingredients you mention to stuff in it, certainly, and often. But marrow itself? The very Devil's vegetable, I tell you.........

[lilacben]

Kim A why dont you like it, can you tell me what it tastes like before I go and get one please. Brenda

[Kim A]

Because we were always made to eat them at school and at home, where my grandad grew them on his allotment. It may be that the people who were cooking them at the time (namely my Nan and the old school dinner harridan women) were just rubbish at cooking, but my abiding memory of them wherever I've eaten them (even later in life with people who CAN cook), is tasteless, slimy and just not worth putting in your mouth. Perhaps it's just me, but there are so many other delicious thing to eat in the world, I just can't be doing with eating something that yucky! It's one of the very few things I NEVER eat. Hope that's helpful, but don't let me put you off!

[ermintrude35]

..years ago when I was a trainee chef at a village pub, the landlord was given 3 marrows, he stuffed them and told me that when he was a boy , stuffed marrow was called "poor man's goose".... anyone else ever heard of this term before?

[nickmo]

Hi E35 - yes - recognise the term. Few variations on this inc using apples and diced liver (recipe on request....) or baking potatoes with dripping etc etc and the French and Italians also have recipes that use marrow with a stuffing as a substitute on occasion there is no meat - - suppose its just a way historically to dress up a meal - like faggots - Italian word for liver but meant to impress, or Welsh rarebit - derived from imitation rabbit (or so some state).

[ermintrude35]

..thankyou nikmo..have a couple of stars***... and yes I agree with the Welsh Rarebit, I have always agreed with that explination....

[WendyS]

Cut the marrow lengthways, scoop out seeds, brush with oil and bake in a hot oven for about 30 minutes.
Fill the hollow with boiled rice and cover with Spag. bol sauce. If you want more flavour sprinkle generously with grated parmesan cheese when serving.

[Sad Swindon]

Ermitrude - Yeap my dad loved this when I was a kid and said they always called it 'Mock Goose' years ago. Perhaps people had this at Christmas as a substitute.