Courgette and cheese paschtida and seared taste buds
This recipe is courtesy of Lora who came to stay recently (thanks Lora! :-)). It meant welcome respite from kitchen duties for me, but also respite for everyone elses’ taste buds which had been viciously incinerated by my tandoori chicken seasoned with copious amounts of very hot chilli powder. According to Léo, I had applied the spices with ‘unusually frenzied enthusiasm’. He confiscated my chilli stockpile as, apparently, I am no longer to be trusted. Whatever — if it means delicacies such as these, I’m trying to think up other ways to cause grevious bodily harm to my guests ;-).
Ingredients
750g courgettes, cut into cubes
3 eggs
3 tablespoons spelt flour
175g Feta cheese, cut into cubes
100g Comté (or other hard cheese), grated
1 tablespoon cream
salt, pepper, nutmeg
15 Comments
andreamynard
These look delicious and, like a lot of people at the moment I have a courgette glut, so I’m very glad to see a lovely new use for them.
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you – I really hope you like them as much as we did…
laurasmess
Haaa! I have a similar habit of putting way too much chilli in everything I make. I love chilli, so for me it’s never a problem… but I’ve served ‘mild chilli’ food (uh, I was a bit heavy handed on the ‘mild’ side) to children on at least three occasions and I was met with immense disapproval from their parents. Oh well. These beautiful little courgette paschtida (which I’ve never heard of… are they like tiny, eggy muffins?) look divine. Thanks for sharing! x
The Healthy Epicurean
I think that my mouth must be made of asbestos because I can eat incredibly hot spicy food without even noticing. These are a bit like eggy muffins I suppose – more the texture of quiche though. They’re really delicious – let me know what you think if you try them?
laurasmess
Hahaa, it must be useful to have a cast iron/asbestos mouth at times. I can eat pretty hot food also, but then my digestive system sometimes complains! I will definitely put these on my to-make list. They sound beautiful! x
tinywhitecottage
This sound delicious. A lovely combination of ingredients and I love comte cheese.
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you 🙂 I think comté is one of my favourite cheeses.
Salutation Recipes
Interesting! They look really good! Wish I had a glut of courgettes!
The Healthy Epicurean
I could send you some if you like 😉
Salutation Recipes
If only!
Fig & Quince
mmmm, a recipe after my own pitter-patter heart
The Healthy Epicurean
I’m really impressed – they’re so simple and so tasty!
annelifaiers
What a lovely recipe – I love the way these little cheesy courgette muffins are so simple and dinky to eat. I am stealing this to use in mini muffin tins a nibble. Yum
The Healthy Epicurean
These are an absolutely fantastic find – I’m so glad Lora introduced me to them – I’ve made them a couple of times since and they’re always a winner…
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