Ratatouille
Ratatouille

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ratatouille. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Add a splash of red wine vinegar, season with salt and pepper, and. Once hot, add the onions and garlic to the pan. Cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until they are wilted and. The word ratatouille derives from the Occitan ratatolha and is related to the French ratouiller and tatouiller, expressive forms of the verb touiller, meaning "to stir up".

Ratatouille is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Ratatouille is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ratatouille using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ratatouille:
  1. Get 1 cup sweet onion – diced 3/4 inch"
  2. Prepare 4 cloves garlic – chopped
  3. Make ready 1 ounce olive oil
  4. Make ready 1/4 of a red bell pepper – diced 3/4 inch"
  5. Take 1/4 of a green bell pepper–diced 3/4 inch"
  6. Make ready 4 each white mushroom – quarter the mushrooms
  7. Make ready 1/2 of a eggplant – diced 3/4 inch"- then soaked in salt water
  8. Prepare 1 plum tomato –diced 3/4 inch"
  9. Take 1/2 each zucchini squash – diced 3/4 inch"
  10. Make ready 1/2 of a yellow squash – diced 3/4 inch"
  11. Make ready 1/2 cup chicken stock
  12. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon oregano,dry
  13. Take 1 1/2 cups crushed tomato
  14. Get 1 tablespoon sugar (optional- this will depend on your taste)
  15. Make ready 1 sprig fresh thyme – chopped- no stems
  16. Get 1 sprig fresh tarragon – chopped- no stems
  17. Get 6 leaves fresh basil – chopped- no stems
  18. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt – to taste
  19. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon pepper

The dish originates from the South of France, where home cooks would toss tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, onions, eggplant, garlic and herbs into a pot and cook them down to create an irresistible mixture enjoyed hot, cold, on its own, with eggs, over toast, or tossed with pasta. The beautiful ratatouille served up in the movie by the same name. Long and narrow vegetables work best. Serve over a bed of brown rice, couscous, pasta or other starch, or with crusty bread.

Instructions to make Ratatouille:
    1. Dice the eggplant and place in a bowl and add just enough water to cover and add 2 teaspoon salt and let soak for 20 minutes and the drain off. This will take away bitterness.
  2. Sauté the onion and garlic in the olive oil until translucent about 3-4 minutes in a large 4 quart sauce pan or dutch oven.
    1. Add the peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, tomatoes and squash, dry oregano and sauté with a moderate heat for approximately 5 minutes.
    1. Add stock and crushed tomatoes and sugar cook for 15 minutes or until tender not mush:)
  5. Add fresh herbs and seasonings.

Long and narrow vegetables work best. Serve over a bed of brown rice, couscous, pasta or other starch, or with crusty bread. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, which is served at. Ratatouille is a bright and chunky summer vegetable stew, rich with olive oil and fragrant with garlic and herbs. And even then, the story of a plucky young rat who dreams of becoming a Michelin-star chef wasn't a.

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