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 cloves garlic, 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)
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Calories 133cal
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Kilojoules 557kJ
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Protein 4.8g
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Total fat 5.4g
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–Saturated fat 0.7g
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Carbohydrates 11.5g
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–Sugars 12.2g
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Dietary fibre 7.2g
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Sodium 21mg
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Calcium 66mg
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Iron 1.8mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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I made this full recipe even though I live alone. I’ve used it three times in the last three days and each time it was different. Yesterday I made 2 portions of the Portuguese chicken recipe. Tonight I combined three very small boiled potatoes with a portion of the ratatouille and a potion of the chicken. I topped it with sliced home made mozzarella and grilled it. It was absolutely delicious.
This ratatouille recipe will be a regular for me as will the Portuguese chicken. I’m now going to try freezing a couple of portions of the ratatouille.