Ratatouille
This basic ratatouille recipe can feed a crowd or be used as the base for several other delicious recipes linked to below.
Serves: 8
Time to make: 45 mins
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large eggplant, cut into 1.5cm pieces
- 1 large red onion, diced
- 4 celery sticks, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
- 2 medium red capsicums, cut into 1.5cm pieces
- 2 medium yellow capsicums, cut into 1.5cm pieces
- 2 x 400g can cherry tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 medium courgettes, cut into 1.5cm pieces
- grainy bread or cooked brown rice, to serve (optional)
Instructions
1 Heat half the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook the eggplant, stirring occasionally, for 3–4 minutes, or until golden. Transfer to a bowl. Add remaining oil, onion and celery to pan and cook, stirring, for 5–6 minutes, or until tender. Add the garlic and thyme and cook, stirring, for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add capsicums and cook, stirring, for 5–6 minutes, or until golden and tender.
2 Add canned tomatoes and red wine vinegar, and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add eggplant and courgettes and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Season with cracked black pepper, to taste.
Serving suggestion
Serve with brown rice or grainy bread. Add a poached egg, if you like or turn it into one of these delicious recipes:
Homemade shakshuka pizza with sumac
HFG tip
This double quantity of ratatouille makes enough to make all three of these recipes. The homemade pizza uses half of the base ratatouille recipe, and the parmigiana and pasta recipes each use one-quarter of the ratatouille. Ratatouille can be frozen until ready to use later on.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 557kJ
Calories 133cal
Protein 4.8g
Total fat 5.4g
–Saturated fat 0.7g
Carbohydrates 11.5g
–Sugars 12.2g
Dietary fibre 7.2g
Sodium 21mg
Calcium 66mg
Iron 1.8mg
Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.
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