Courgettes have a bitter taste
sam coleridge
bigger than i normally buy (about three quaters of the size of a cucumber).
They turned out to be quite bitter. Is this because large courgettes are
like this or is there a way of cooking them to remove this bitterness
please?
bulka
For those of us far from London, that's an eggplant, right?
They are like that, especially the skins. I generally salt them, let
them sit for a bit, and rinse off the salty, bitter seepage.
B
jmcquown
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Larger courgettes (aka zucchini squash) have a more bitter taste because the
grower waited too long to pick them. In their opinon size apparently was
more important. I'd suggest splitting them lengthwise and oven roasting or
grilling them (brushed lightly with oil and whatever herbs you like) to
lessen the bitter taste. Or you could stuff and bake them. There have been
a number of threads here recently about stuff squash that included
courgettes but you'd have to look them up as "stuffed zucchini" or "stuffed
courgettes". There are tons of recipes out there. Good luck!
Jill
Victor Sack
I'd say, you just got unlucky with those courgettes. Bigger, i.e.
generally riper, courgettes are also called vegetable marrows and tend
to be blander, if anything, than smaller specimens.
Big green (there are also yellow ones) courgettes are good for vegetable
caviar.
Victor
sf
It's the luck of the draw and you won't know they are bitter until you
cook them. FWIW: I think the bitterness is in the skin. Do you
remember noticing that?
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It's just one of those things... most of the time zucchini are
perfectly innocuous, but occasionally they're vilely bitter. There's
no way to tell in advance, so if I'm in doubt, I cut a tiny sliver of
the zucchini and taste it before I put the whole thing into my recipe.
I can't stand bitter things!
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In my experience, those have been kept too long after picking. They are
just old in that way. Bigger ones are actually often tasteless.
Arri London
Large courgettes/zucchini can be quite bitter. Try salting them (as one
would aubergines) and rinsing. That often removes bitterness.
sf
wrote:
>In my experience, those have been kept too long after picking. They are
>just old in that way.
My grandfather used to grow zucchini. He was not italian and I doubt
he knew any italians. He picked them bigger, not 'ini size. Most
were just fine but every now and one would have a bitter skin. He
picked all of his vegetables just before cooking, so "old" as in
sitting around too long had nothing to do with it.