Ratatouille

Preparation info
  • Serve

    six

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Tony Bilson's Recipe Book

By Tony Bilson

Published 1987

  • About

The marriage of flavours in ratatouille is so typically Mediterranean that it immediately evokes memories of that area. Attention must be paid to the details of preparation, since ratatouille should have great eye appeal.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg zucchini
  • 500 g red capsicum
  • 1 kg

Method

Wash the zucchini, top and tail them and cut into 5-cm lozenges (about 1.5 cm thick). Blanch in boiling salted water for three minutes and refresh under cold water. Drain and put to one side. Quarter the capsicum and de-seed them. In a lightly-oiled pan over a high heat or on a barbecue, grill them skin side down. When the skin burns remove them from the flame. This process enables the skin to