Ratatouille Recipe
Ratatouille is a traditional French dish made of eggplants, tomatoes and zucchini. It's often served as a side dish with lamb or other meats or poultry -- even fish. It's also a hearty meal served over rice or couscous. This version uses zucchini, yellow squash and toasted pine nuts.Also check out this step-by-step tutorial, how to make ratatouille.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 large red onion, ½-inch dice
- ½ cup toasted pine nuts
- 1 medium eggplant, ½-inch dice
- ½ cup chicken stock (or broth)
- 2 large, ripe tomatoes (or 1 14½ oz. can diced tomatoes)
- 2 small zucchini, ½-inch dice
- 2 small yellow squash, ½-inch
- 1 Tbsp fresh oregano leaves, chopped (or 1½ tsp. dried oregano) - See variation below
Preparation:
- Heat a heavy bottomed sauté pan over medium heat for a minute, then add olive oil.
- When the oil is hot, add the onion, garlic and pine nuts and sauté for 3 minutes or until the onion is slightly soft.
- Add stock and eggplant and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes or until the eggplant is tender.
- Add tomatoes, zucchini and yellow squash and cook for about 10 more minutes or until the zucchini and squash are tender but still firm to the bite and brightly colored.
- Stir in the minced oregano leaves about a minute before cooking is finished.
- Serve garnished with a sprig of fresh oregano.
Variation: Use 1½ tsp Herbes de Provence in place of the fresh oregano, and add them with the tomatoes, zucchini and yellow squash, not at the end of cooking. This also applies to dried oregano if substituting it for fresh.
Also check out this step-by-step tutorial, how to make ratatouille.
