Vegetable Stew - Ratatouille

Traditional Provincial French Vegetable stew - Ratatouille - The best vegetable side dish or vegetarian main dish you can make.

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 210’c or 410’f

2. Add 1 tbsp of the oil to a fry pan and sauté the onions until translucent

3. Add 2 tbsp of oil to a dutch oven and add the cooked onions

4. Add 1 tbsp of the olive oil to the fry pan and sauté the peppers for five minutes then add to dutch oven

5. Then do the same for the zucchini and then the eggplant and finally the tomatoes

6. When all the vegetables are in the dutch oven add the crushed garlic and herbs, season generously with salt and pepper, stir. Put the lid on and cook in the oven for 20 mins

7. Remove from the oven, stir and sprinkle with parsley then serve.

Ingredients

• 3 onions peeled and sliced

• 500g tomatoes diced

• 1 red, green and yellow pepper cut into strips

• 2 large zucchinis cut into large pieces

• 1 large eggplant cut into large pieces

• 7 tbsp olive oil

• 2 cloves of garlic peeled and minced/crushed

• 4 sprigs of thyme

• 1 bay leaf

• Pinch of saffron

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Handful of chopped parsley

Serves 4 people

Ratatouille is a delicious provencal vegetable stew that is great as a main dish with some rice or the perfect vegetable side for any meal. No rats were harm...