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To share my ratatouille recipe with you

45 replies

Notremy · 15/02/2023 23:57

Easy, healthy and perfect to use leftover vegetables!

RATATOUILLE 🐀 👩‍🍳
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 can of chopped tomatoes + 3 large tomatoes
2 bell peppers
1 large onion
1 aubergine
1 courgette
1 tsp of dried mixed herbs or 1 tbsp of fresh ones
1 bay leaf
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp salt
1 tsp of black pepper
Olive oil
INSTRUCTIONS:
Grill the bell peppers on the stove or in the oven at 200 degrees
Take the bell peppers out but keep the oven on, change the temperature to 160 degrees
Peel of the skin and roughly chop them
Chop up the onion
Heat up 2 tbsps of olive oil in a pan, fry the onion until golden brown, add the garlic, fry for a couple of minutes before adding the bell peppers and the chopped tomatoes (not the whole tomatoes). Cook for a couple of minutes and keep stirring
Pour the mixture in a bowl and blend with a hand blender
Pour the mixture in a round oven dish
Cut the courgette, aubergine and tomatoes in thin slices
Place the slices on top of the mixture while alternating them (one slice of courgette followed by a slice of aubergine followed by a slice of tomato)
Add one tablespoon of olive oil on top
Cover with a baking sheet and put in the oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Take the baking sheet off halfway through.
Bon appétit!

To share my ratatouille recipe with you
OP posts:
ErrolTheDragon · 16/02/2023 13:16

Don't take seriously any thread started near midnight!Grin

PermanentTemporary · 16/02/2023 13:31

This looks lovely, thank you for posting!

larkstar · 16/02/2023 13:33

I'd put the whole tin of tomatoes in too. I usually put 2-3 courgettes in, flash fried in butter and I add 2-3 bay leaves and 300-500g of chestnut mushrooms - I know they are not often included in most recipes for Ratatouille but they're an essential ingredient for us.

WiIson · 16/02/2023 13:35

It looks yummy.

picklemewalnuts · 16/02/2023 13:41

It looks nice, I might give it a go... very energy expensive though. I'd need to have the oven on already.

I airfryer things like peppers, to chat them off. Much more efficient than the oven.

MidgeHardcastle · 16/02/2023 13:46

Looks lovely @Notremy. Have sent the details to DP as we have all these ingredients about to go off in the fridge!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/02/2023 13:48

Tapenade · 16/02/2023 00:02

Would be better without the aubergine or courgette - slimy, horrible things.

What an odd response. It wouldn't be ratatouille without aubergine and courgette. Why click on a thread for a ratatouille recipe if you don't like two of the key ingredients?

AnnPerkins · 16/02/2023 14:06

One of my favourites Smile Delicious with sausages and crusty bread and butter.

It's the courgettes that give it the distinctive flavour. I used to use fresh tomatoes and spend hours skinning and deseeding them, but I just use tinned ones now and I don't think it's made any difference. I never bother skinning the peppers either. Nor do I arrange it nicely, I just bung it all in a saucepan.

AliceOlive · 16/02/2023 14:11

This sounds delightful.

You can prevent the augergines and courgettes from being slimy. Slice, salt and let them, then pat off the liquid and repeat a few times.

ErrolTheDragon · 16/02/2023 14:16

If you don't like courgettes and aubergines, you need a recipe for peperonata not ratatouille.
(Except I'm not convinced you really need a recipe for either.)

MaverickGooseGoose · 16/02/2023 14:17

That's not ratatouille in my world.

Tapenade · 16/02/2023 14:20

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/02/2023 13:48

What an odd response. It wouldn't be ratatouille without aubergine and courgette. Why click on a thread for a ratatouille recipe if you don't like two of the key ingredients?

…because I didn’t know what ratatouille was before clicking? Always just thought it was some kind of tomato and vegetable stew 🤷‍♀️

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/02/2023 14:30

Well, you weren't wrong there! Apols, I hadn't noticed this thread started off in AIBU. It seems to have been moved since.

Suzi888 · 16/02/2023 14:34

Nice of you to share your recipe. Looks lovely.

Vegetables are hated on mn. 🙄

3peassuit · 16/02/2023 14:52

Your dish looks nice. I like ratatouille with any left over meat or with some crusty bead for a simple lunch.

newtowelsplease · 16/02/2023 15:42

I've only ever found one ratatouille recipe that I actually like and it's this one:

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/oven-baked-ratatouille-slow-cooked-courgette-aubergine-peppers-and-tomatoes/

Can highly recommend.

2ManyPjs · 16/02/2023 16:26

Ratatouille is so underrated, your dish looks amazing.

Haven't tried it in the slow cooker before but will now! @newtowelsplease

AnnPerkins · 16/02/2023 17:27

Oh I love anything that cooks itself in a roasting tin, I'll definitely try it that way @newtowelsplease

ReviewingTheSituation · 16/02/2023 17:31

It looks tasty with the veg on top like that.

Very odd to only use half a tin though - no-one would do that in real life! And frying the onions until golden brown is also odd - surely you want to cook them slowly until they're soft and translucent? They're key to the sweetness of the sauce, to offset the acidity of the tomatoes.
I definitely wouldn't be doing with the faff of skinning the peppers - especially if it's going to be blitzed anyway! I'd just chop them and bung them in.

coilywurly · 16/02/2023 19:15

ReviewingTheSituation · 16/02/2023 17:31

It looks tasty with the veg on top like that.

Very odd to only use half a tin though - no-one would do that in real life! And frying the onions until golden brown is also odd - surely you want to cook them slowly until they're soft and translucent? They're key to the sweetness of the sauce, to offset the acidity of the tomatoes.
I definitely wouldn't be doing with the faff of skinning the peppers - especially if it's going to be blitzed anyway! I'd just chop them and bung them in.

I usually use half a tin because I save the other half for curry

I didn't know it wasn't common!

I will definitely try cooking the onion differently next time to see how it affects the taste.

Thank you!

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