The way the flavours in ratatouille layer together to produce a rich sauce filled with large chunks of fresh vegetables is a perfect example of simple food. If ratatouille has been on your to-do list for awhile, September is the time to try a rataoutille recipe because all of the vegetables are at their freshest and cheapest.
This variation on Rataouille was made famous by the movie of the same name. Rather then stewing all the vegetables together, you cut them very thinly, layer them so they are just overlapping and bake it, resulting in a beautiful presentation and a more subtle flavour.
Baked Ratatouille Recipe
(serves 2-4)
Sauce:
2 large cloves of fresh garlic
6 roma tomatoes
a dozen basil leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 small eggplant
1 small yellow summer squash
1 small zucchini
3 medium tomatoes
1 teaspoon minced parsley for garnish
Chop the cloves of garlic roughly and pulse in a food processor until minced, scraping down the bowl if necessary . Core the tomatoes and add to the bowl along with basil, salt, pepper and olive oil. Pulse until well combined.
Turn oven on to 450F. Slice vegetables into round about 1/4″ thick. In an 8×8 casserole dish pour half of the sauce and spread to cover the bottom. Start layering the vegetables, alternating types in a row which is slightly angled up both on the side and at the end. Make another row, slightly overlapping the previous one. Continue until you run out of pan space. Cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle with parsley.
Bake for 45minutes.
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Great fall casserole! Hearty but healthy too!
mmmm looks good !!
But technically, this is no longer a “ratatouille” but a “tian”….
Oh well. who knows, except us, picky french people.
And who cares, as all it counts is that it must be delicious !
This looks so beautiful and tasty!!
I made this recipe the other day for dinner, my husband could NOT stop eating it, he loved it soo much! There was only one thing I added to it, but the recipe was made as suggested by you, I added feta cheese on top. I was sort of surprised to see that my husband liked it so much, not because it wasn’t good or anything but mostly because it was veggies and tomato sauce, but he still loved it, I was so happy
Thank you!