Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ratatouille. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I usually make a saute version of ratatouille, to keep the vegetables crispy, but this baked version came out with nice crisp vegetables too, and it was very easy to make. I added some thyme and rosemary, and a splash of white wine and served over rice to soak up the delicious juices. This is a perfect addition to my harvest season collection.
Ratatouille is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Ratatouille is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ratatouille using 28 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ratatouille:
- Take Vegetables:
- Get 1-2 Yellow Squash,
- Prepare 1-2 Zucchini,
- Get 1-2 Japanese Eggplant,
- Make ready 6-8 Fresh Roma Tomatoes,
- Take Stew:
- Get 1 Bell Pepper Yellow,
- Take 1 Bell Pepper Red,
- Prepare 1 Bell Pepper Green,
- Make ready 1 TBSP Unsalted Butter,
- Take 1 TBSP Olive Oil,
- Make ready 1 Yellow Onion Finely Diced,
- Prepare 2 Carrots Finely Diced,
- Take Celery Finely Diced, 2 Ribs
- Get 3 Cloves Garlic Finely Minced,
- Prepare 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes Canned Preferably Fire Roasted,
- Make ready Vegan-Friendly Chipotle In Adobo Sauce, 1/2 + 1 TSP of Adobo Sauce
- Prepare Pinch Fresh Thyme,
- Make ready 1 TSP Herbes de Provence,
- Prepare Pinch Sea Salt,
- Prepare Pinch Black Pepper,
- Prepare 1 Handful Basil Leaves,
- Take Oil Mixture:
- Prepare 3 TBSP Olive Oil,
- Make ready Pinch Fresh Thyme,
- Prepare 1 Clove Garlic Finely Minced,
- Make ready Pinch Sea Salt,
- Make ready Pinch Black Pepper,
Cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until they are wilted and lightly. Nothing says high summer than a batch of fragrant simmering ratatouille on the stove. The dish originates from the South of France, where home cooks would toss tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, onions, eggplant, garlic and herbs into a pot and cook them down to create an irresistible mixture enjoyed hot, cold, on its own, with eggs, over toast, or tossed with pasta. Those are just a few ideas that.
Steps to make Ratatouille:
- Prepare the vegetables. - - Using a mandolin, slice squash, zucchini and eggplant to about 1/16 inch thickness. - - Using a bread serrated knife, slice the tomatoes to 1/16 inch thickness as well. - - Set the vegetables aside.
- Prepare the stew. - - Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius or 400 fahrenheit. - - Slice the bell peppers in halves and discarding the seeds. - - Line baking tray with parchment paper. - - Place the peppers onto the tray.
- Wack into the oven and broil until the skin is charred. - - Remove from the oven and transfer the peppers into a bowl. - - Cover with cling film and set aside to cool. - - Once the peppers are cool enough to handle, remove and discard the charred skins.
- Roughly chop the peppers and set aside. - - In a sauce pot over medium heat, add butter and olive oil. - - Once the butter has melted, add in onion, carrots and celery. - - Sauté until the onions are translucent.
- Add in garlic and saute until aromatic. - - Add in the canned tomatoes, chipotle, adobo sauce and the roasted peppers. - - Stir to combine well. - - Add in thyme and herbes de provence. - - Stir to combine well.
- Bring it up to a simmer. - - Allow the stew to simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes. - - Lastly, season with salt and pepper. - - Carefully transfer to a blender as it is piping hot. - - Add in the basil leaves and blitz until roughly smooth. - - Transfer the stew into an oven proof casserole dish.
- Assemble and bake the ratatouille. - - Preheat oven to 140 degrees celsius or 285 fahrenheit. - - Lay the sliced vegetables on top of the stew; in an alternate pattern - zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant and tomatoes.
- In a small bowl, mix together olive oil, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. - - Drizzle the olive oil mixture over the top. Cover the dish with aluminum foil. - - Wack into the oven, bake and confit for 3 hours.
- Remove from the oven. - - To serve, place the sliced vegetables vertically inside the cookie cutters until almost fully packed. - - Place another series of slice vegetables on the top horizontally. - - Slowly remove the cookie cutters. Place a chive over the top. - - Drizzle some of that stew on the side. Place some parsley over the top. - - Serve immediately.
Ratatouille (/ ˌ r æ t ə ˈ t uː i / RAT-ə-TOO-ee, French: ; Occitan: ratatolha [ʀataˈtuʎɔ]) is a French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice, and sometimes referred to as ratatouille niçoise (French: ). Recipes and cooking times differ widely, but common ingredients include tomato, garlic, onion, courgette (zucchini), aubergine (eggplant), bell pepper, and some. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, which is served at. Place eggplant in a colander and toss with a big pinch of salt. Takes a fair bit of prep work and about a half hour of actual cooking, but the result is a beautifully clear expression of the veggies. 'Twouldn't hurt to up the.
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