Kinda Like Ratatouille

Name: Kinda Like Ratatouille
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 400 g Basic Tomato Sauce, not blended; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; Juice and zest of 1 lemon; 60 ml olive oil; 10 ml sugar; 1 green pepper, cut into chunks; 1 red pepper, cut into chunks; 30 g fresh basil leaves; 1 small aubergine, cut into chunks; 500 g Basic Roasted Vegetables; Crusty bread, for serving

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Lisa Clark Everyday

By Lisa Clark

Published 2018

About

I’m not big on raw peppers, but when they are cooked and the flavours are mellowed, I love them. I often add 125 ml fresh cream to this ratatouille to turn it into a hearty vegetarian pasta sauce.

Ingredients

60 ml olive oil
1 red pepper, cut into chunks
1 green pepper, cut into chunks

Main course
Vegan

Method

In a large pan, heat the olive oil and sauté the peppers and the aubergine for 10 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for another 3 minutes.
Add the basic roasted vegetables and the basic (unblended) tomatoes, sugar, lemon juice and zest and slowly heat through, being careful not to break up the cooked vegetables.
Remove from the heat and add the fresh