Stuffed Marrow

                   With Chorizo, Bolognese and bubbling cheese top

                                                Serves 2

This is a great way of using up your glut of marrows, and this year and it seems to have been a good year for them here at Soul Patch HQ. This is definitely for a main meal and will serve 2 people very genourously indeed, only downside is you may have leftovers and lets face it leftovers is never a bad thing especially in our house!


What you will need

x1 marrow (slice it in half and scoop the seeds out with a spoon)
1lb Steak mince
200g of Chorizo
x1 tin of plum tomatoes
x2 beef stock cubes
x2 tsps of ketchup
A dash of lea and perrins
x1 tsp of demarara sugar
A handful of ripped basil
A generous mill of pepper
x1 tsp of salt
x1 clove of garlic
x6 chopped mushrooms
A sprinkle of Pimenton (smoked paprika) 

For the fresh cheese sauce
20g of salted butter
X1 table spoon of flour
1/4 pint of milk
100g of mature cheddar cheese

I have included a video link below just incase you do not know how to make a cheese sauce, of course alternatively you can buy a ready made one in a jar or packet but i like to make my own

1.First off pop your two halves of marrow on a baking tray and drizzle a little olvie oil over each half inside the cavity and roast in the oven for 25 minutes at 200 degrees celcius until the flesh is soft.

2.Whilst the marrow is cooking put a frying pan on and add the mince and chorizo to the pan and fry gently in a little olive oil.

3.When this has browned add the garlic,mushrooms,salt,pepper, worcestershire sauce and the beef stock cubes.

           At this point remove the marrows from the oven after they have had
                      25 minutes and leave them to cool on the side

4.After the mushrooms have cooked through now add your plum tomatoes,ketchup, sugar and basil and cook for a further 50 minutes on a low heat stirring the sauce occasionally to make sure it has not caught on the bottom of the pan.

5. As your sauce is cooking start your cheese sauce in another non stick pan and follow the directions above in the video.

6.When everything is ready and cooked nows the time to assemble your dish.


7.Add the mince first into the cavity of the marrow and top with the cheese sauce. Add another twist of pepper and sprinkle over the pimenton on top

8.Bake in the oven for an further 20 minutes at 180 degrees celcius until the top of the cheese sauce has browned off

  9.Eat :)

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