RATATOUILLE
Ratatouille is just exactly what the dictionary says it is: stewed vegetables, usually eggplant, onion, tomato, zucchini and garlic sautéed in olive oil. Bell peppers are often used as well. This is a good summer meal if you have a garden. Ratatouille really tastes better with fresh ingredients. Quantities of each ingredient do not matter too much and can suit the cook or whomever he is trying to please!
The vegetables are washed, peeled, cut, and put into the sauté pan on medium low heat in this order:
Sprinkle on little salt and pepper and chopped, fresh basil if you have it.
When all of the vegetables are cooked through, sprinkle a little mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and a few seasoned bread crumbs (optional) over the mixture and put it in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350°. If your sauté pan cannot go into the oven, transfer the vegetables to a glass casserole first.
The means are the end in the making. Gandhi
Ratatouille is just exactly what the dictionary says it is: stewed vegetables, usually eggplant, onion, tomato, zucchini and garlic sautéed in olive oil. Bell peppers are often used as well. This is a good summer meal if you have a garden. Ratatouille really tastes better with fresh ingredients. Quantities of each ingredient do not matter too much and can suit the cook or whomever he is trying to please!
The vegetables are washed, peeled, cut, and put into the sauté pan on medium low heat in this order:
1. Olive oil - 3 - 4 tablespoons - add more if it gets absorbed
2. Onions and garlic (diced)
3. Eggplant (peeled and cut into 1/2” cubes) Bell peppers would go in at this point.
4. Zucchini (cut off ends and slice into quarter inch pieces – zucchini no larger than about six inches work best)
5. Tomato - It is not necessary to peel the tomatoes, but a hot water bath for about 45 seconds to one minute will enable you to slip the skins.
When all of the vegetables are cooked through, sprinkle a little mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and a few seasoned bread crumbs (optional) over the mixture and put it in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350°. If your sauté pan cannot go into the oven, transfer the vegetables to a glass casserole first.
The means are the end in the making. Gandhi
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