Courgette polpette

The rainy afternoon called for some baking so I made some courgette, spinach and cheese bites inspired by the Courgette Polpette recipe in the River Cottage baby and toddler cookbook (thanks for the tip @gemciaburro).

I played around with the ingredients and quantities a bit based on what I had in the house (adding spinach and using plain flour instead of breadcrumbs).

The ingredients I used was...

• 500g courgette (zucchini), finely diced

• Zest of half a lemon

• 1 egg, beaten

• 2 generous tablespoons of Parmesan (or other hard cheese)

• 65g cheese, grated

• 50g plain flour

• Spinach, finely chopped (I used frozen spinach, defrosted, squeezed dry and finely chopped)

• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

To make...

• Cook the diced courgette in a pan with a little oil until soft, then leave to cool

• Mix all ingredients together

• Shape into sausage or ball shapes on an oiled baking tray

• Bake at 200’C for approx 15mins

Joshua tends to shove everything he can into his mouth whole so instead of making them into balls I made them into sausage shapes and then, when cool, cut them lengthways again.

I still had to add them to his plate a couple at a time to prevent him from stuffing them all in at once!

These are great fresh, refrigerated or frozen.

Enjoy x

#courgette #polpette