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Ratatouille

Healthy vegetable meal

Serves

4

Prep time

20 minutes

Cook time

30 minutes

Ratatouille is a delioius french dish which involves cooking disks of vegetables in a tomato sauce. Its easy to make, just requires a little extra chopping.

Ingredients

1-2  aubergines, cut into discs 1cm thick
courgettes, cut into discs 1 cm thick
bell peppers, diced
brown onion, diced 
6 vine tomatoes, cut into 1 cm discs
garlic cloves, crushed
400g tinned tomatoes 
1 spring rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped
1 tbsp thyme, leaves picked and finely chopped
4 tbsps tomato purée 
15g basil, finely chopped
2 tbsps olive oil
salt and pepper, to taste
3 tbsps balsamic vinegar

Method

 1. Preheat an oven to 180°C/160°C/gas mark 4Now, take a large sauce pan, place over a medium heat and warm the olive oil. 


2. Once the oil is hot, add the onion and bell pepper, season and cook until soft.

3. Add the tinned tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, garlic and tomato puree. Mix these ingredients together then add the rosemary and thyme. Cook for 7 minutes.

4. Remove the sauce from the pan and add it to an oven proof container such as an oven tray. Cover the sauce in half of the basil.

5. Assort the slices of vegetables; 1 Aubergine, 1 tomato, 1 courgette. Then, place these slices upright in the sauce and repeat in either circle or rows depending the shape of your container. Repeat until the container is full.

6. Drizzle the remaining oil on top of the vegetables along with the rest of basil and any remaining seasoning.

7. Cook in the oven for 25 minutes. 

Chef’s tips

Parsley also makes a welcome addition.

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