Kinda Like Ratatouille

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

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