Ramsay’s Ratatouille

Since watching the movie Ratatouille I have wanted to make ratatouille! The rat sold me on a vegetarian dish! When I saw it in one of my cookbooks it had to be made.

Ratatouille (adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s “Fast Food”)

Ingredients
1 large red onion
1 small eggplant
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 large zucchini
1 garlic clove
1 can diced tomatoes
2 small tomatoes (recipe suggests cherry tomatoes, they didn’t have them at the store)
Sprigs of thyme
Sea salt and black pepper
Olive oil
Basil leaves (optional)

Directions

Chop the vegetables into bite size pieces (keeping them separate is suggested here, I didn’t). Heat the olive oil in a large pan and sauté the red onion with the thyme sprigs for a couple minutes.

Add the eggplant, red and yellow peppers and garlic. Sauté for a minute then add the zucchini and sauté for a few minutes.

Add the can of diced tomatoes and a splash of water. Add the diced tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Cook for 8- 10 minutes until the vegetables are tender.

Season with sea salt and pepper. If using basil add it here.

I had a piece of bread with it. Just lovely!