Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a classic French vegetable dish combining aubergine, courgettes, peppers, and tomatoes, slowly cooked together to create rich, comforting Mediterranean flavours.
Equipment
- Griddle pan
- frying pan
Ingredients
- 1 courgette
- 1 aubergine
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 mixed peppers, sliced (or handful of frozen mixed peppers
- 2 onions, halved and sliced
- 1 tsp harissa
- ½ tsp garlic paste
- 500 g passata
- 150 g water
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ½ tbsp basil
- ½ tbsp oregano
- large pinch of ground pepper
Instructions
- Halve the courgettes lengthways and thickly slice the aubergines. Place in a griddle pan and cook on both sides until they are slightly charred. Remove and set aside.
- In a large pan, add the olive oil, peppers and onions and cook for around 5mins. Then add the harissa and garlic and stir for a few mins.
- Slice the courgettes and cut the aubergines into quarters and add to the pan.
- Stir in the passata, water, vinegar, basil, oregano and season with pepper and simmer for around 10mins and serve when ready.
Top tip:
- This dish is great to make ahead and then reheat when you're ready to serve.