Cheese and Onion Courgettes

The courgette is a member of the same family as squash and pumpkin, which originated in the Americas. It is a juvenile version of the marrow, a vegetable very much associated with Britain – both in eating and in competing to see who can grow the largest. Marrows were very popular in Britain by the nineteenth century, and were grown in cottage and manor kitchen gardens alike. The courgette itself was probably not appreciated until, some say,