# Ratatouille

This is a recipe for the most tempting Ratatouille.

- Total time: 50 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 lb baby bell peppers
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp fresh basil
- salt
- pepper
- 2 eggplants
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 yellow squashes
- 2 zucchinis
- 2 tbsp fresh basil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tsp fresh thyme
- 4 tbsp olive oil

## Instructions

1. Place the baby bell peppers and tomatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
2. Broil the baby bell peppers and tomatoes on high for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the skin and core from the roasted baby bell peppers.
4. Chop the onion and garlic.
5. Heat a pan with olive oil.
6. Sauté the chopped onion and garlic until fragrant and tender.
7. Pluck fresh basil leaves.
8. Add the roasted peppers and tomatoes, sautéed onions and garlic, fresh basil, salt, and pepper to a blender.
9. Blend the ingredients until smooth to create the sauce.
10. Slice the eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, and fresh tomatoes thinly using a mandoline slicer.
11. Spread the prepared sauce evenly at the bottom of a cast iron pan.
12. Arrange the sliced vegetables in an alternating pattern on top of the sauce, as shown in the video.
13. Prepare the herb oil by combining fresh thyme, fresh basil, garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil in a mortar and pestle, then grind until combined.
14. Drizzle the herb oil over the arranged vegetables.
15. Cover the pan with aluminum foil.
16. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 375°F (190°C).
17. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes until lightly browned and tender.
18. Serve the ratatouille by carefully plating it with a base of sauce.
19. Garnish with fresh chives.

## Equipment

- baking sheet
- pan
- cutting board
- knife
- blender
- mandoline slicer
- cast iron pan
- scissors
- mortar and pestle
- aluminum foil
- oven mitt
- plate
- fork

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t2A3yAJWgo
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3e4a5d9f-2bcb-47bc-81d8-b89065dc8f0b
- Extracted: 2025-08-18

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