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Sweet Smoke Square Courgettes

Sweet Smoke Square Courgettes
  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Summer Squash Recipe
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    Kitchen Butterfly's Notes: This recipe was inspired by an Australian women's weekly recipe, featuring pears, no chili, no courgettes and lots of cream. Here the dairy is absent and the sweetness is tempered with the...

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Serves 2-4

300g (about 1 large) courgettes (zucchinis), cut into rounds about 1cm thick Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon brown sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon ground cardamom Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons green ginger wine Ask a question about this ingredient

2 dried red chilies, crushed or snipped into bits with a scissors. Ask a question about this ingredient

Salt, to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. Heat butter in a large pan on medium heat and add all the other ingredients, including the courgettes.

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  2. Let underside of courgettes cook for a couple of minutes and when caramelized, flip over and cook the other side. You will notice the syrup reduce so lower the heat a bit.

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  3. Once both sides are caramelized, remove from heat and serve immediately. We had ours with Abra Bennet's Autumn Olive Medley (a winning food 52 recipe).

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