{"id":1600,"date":"2010-08-22T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2010-08-22T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T17:40:46","slug":"recipe-courgette-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/08\/22\/recipe-courgette-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe | Courgette bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1602\" title=\"Courgette bread\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2945.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2945.jpg 3012w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2945-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2945-1024x801.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you are suffering from a glut of courgettes and have tried them every which way, then this might be the solution for you. The loaf is sweet and gently spiced, best paired with a cup of tea and a sit down. It freezes well, too.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Makes 2 loaves<br \/>\n<\/span>3 beaten eggs<br \/>\n400g caster sugar<br \/>\n250ml sunflower oil<br \/>\n1 tsp vanilla essence<br \/>\n500g plain flour<br \/>\n1 tsp bicarbonate of soda<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp baking powder<br \/>\n1 tsp ground cinnamon<br \/>\nA pinch each of nutmeg, allspice, and salt<br \/>\n400g courgettes, peeled and grated<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&#8211; Preheat the oven to 170C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&#8211; Whisk the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla thoroughly. Mix the dry ingredients and tip in the wet, stirring to form a smooth batter. It will seem quite stiff but the courgettes loosen it up. Now fold in the grated courgettes and tip into 2 greased loaf tins. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for an hour and a quarter. Leave to cool for 10 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack. Ta da.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Thanks for the recipe Mum. Has anyone else <\/em><em>got any clever courgette recipes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1603\" title=\"Courgette bread\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2942.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2942.jpg 3888w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2942-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/img_2942-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-1600\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are suffering from a glut of courgettes and have tried them every which way, then this might be the solution for you. The loaf is sweet and gently spiced, best paired with a cup of tea and a sit down. It freezes well, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[52,206,220,846,864],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-pO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}