French Recipes| Ratatouille

Simple Recipes - French Recipes - Ratatouille

Ratatouille is one of the most simple recipes from the South of France, it one of the easiest to make, it is also the name of a famous film and it does not contain any rats.

It is a stew made from peppers, courgettes, aubergines, tomatoes and onions prepared using olive oil, which can be eaten hot or cold, with bread, but you no supposed to heat it up if has gone cold.
Hot, ratatouille is a wonderful accompanying dish for fish, chicken, veal chops or a main vegetarian course.





Ingredients for 4 people
1 aubergine (eggplant)
2 courgettes (zucchinis)
5 cloves of garlic
2 peppers
4 peeled tomatoes
Approx 50 g. of olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 sprig of thyme
1 sprig of parsley
1 sprig of basil


Preparation
Chop all the vegetables into small cubes. Chop the garlic into thin pieces. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in the bottom of the pot
Add the aubergines and courgettes and cook for 5 minutes. Heat 2 more tbsp of olive oil. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add salt and pepper.

Add the chopped herbs and cook on low heat for 1 hour

Alternatively, for an easier way of making ratatouille, put all the ingredients together in a large pot and allow them to cook over a slow heat for approximately 1 hour until the vegetables are well-cooked and soft.