Ratatouille Recipe at MyDish

Ratatouille

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Method

  • Prep
  • - Sprinkle aubergine & courgette with salt and cover with kitchen towel & leave for about an hour.
  • - Rinse then cut aubergine into 1cm strips.

  • Frying
  • - Stir-fry aubergine in oil in batches and drain on kitchen towel. !! Try not to use too much oil !!
  • - Ditto for courgette, letting them get a little bit brown.
  • - Stir-fry onions & peppers with garlic in left over oil until golden colour, about 10 mins or so on a medium heat (don't worry if pepper starts to brown a little, this can add to the flavour!)
  • - Add tomatoes on top of onion mixture in pan, flavour with salt & pepper then cover & simmer for 8/10 mins.
  • - Uncover and simmer for another 10 mins
  • - Remove from heat &get ready to use all the ingredients to layer your ratatouille!
  • - In a casserole dish layer as follows...
  • 1st layer = onion mixture
  • sprinkle of parsley
  • 2nd layer = aubergine & courgette
  • sprinkle of salt
  • 3rd layer = onion mixture
  • sprinkle of parsley
  • 4th layer = aubergine & courgette
  • sprinkle of salt
  • Final layer = onion mixture *
  • - Cover & simmer on a low heat for 35-40 mins.
  • - No stirring!!
  • - Uncover and simmer for another 40 mins until all juices are cooked away. **
  • - Serve hot or cold.

  • * At this point you can pop it in the fridge for a couple of days & cook up later.
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    Ingredients

    • 1 medium aubergine (sliced into 1 cm rounds) - peeling optional
    • 3 medium courgettes (sliced into 1cm rounds)
    • 2 medium yellow onions (peeled and sliced into thin rings)
    • 2 medium green pepper (cored. de-seeded and sliced into rounds)
    • 2 glrlic cloves (crushed)
    • 4 medium tomatoes (peeled. juiced. de-seeded and chopped)
    • 1 tbl spoon salt (approx - to taste & preference)
    •  pepper (to taste & preference)
    • Few glugs olive oil (again. approx - to taste. preference and waistline!)
    • Handful chopped parsley

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