Les courgettes au beurre

It is virtually impossible to keep up with the development of the courgette from a tiny 15 cm dwarf to the giant monster that graces our harvest festivals. The former are delicious, the latter boring, so while the plants are maturing in the potager, you have to eat them most days. By the end of August, one wonders whether one wants to see another one – that is, until the baby ones of the succeeding season begin to appear. Apart from the inevitable twinning with tomatoes, there are ot