Ratatouille

Name: Ratatouille
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 red onions, chopped; 9 tbsp olive oil; a bunch of marjoram, chopped; a bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped; sea salt; a bunch of oregano, chopped; 3 x 410 g tins chopped tomatoes, or 1 kg fresh tomatoes, skinned; 400 ml water; 4 courgettes, roughly chopped; 2 aubergines, roughly chopped; freshly ground black pepper; 3 red peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed, peeled and chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

For variations, try using red wine instead of water, or chillies for extra bite. This is very good with Anouchka’s Chilli Garlic Bread.

Ingredients

9 tbsp olive oil
2 red onions, chopped
2 cloves of gar

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the onions and garlic and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the peppers, aubergines and courgettes, mix well and cook for a further 5 minutes or until the vegetables have gained a little colour. Then add the tomatoes, water, herb