Ratatouille

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

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2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large eggplantaubergineX, 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 courgettezucchiniXszucchini, summer squashX, cut into 1.5cm pieces
grainy bread or cooked brown rice, to serve (optional)

Instructions

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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

Pasta with hot smoked salmon, ratatouille and ricotta

Cheesy chicken parmigiana

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)

Calories 133 cal

Kilojoules 557 kJ

Protein 4.8 g

Total fat 5.4 g

Saturated fat 0.7 g

Carbohydrates 11.5 g

Sugar 12.2 g

Dietary fibre 7.2 g

Sodium 21 mg

Calcium 66 mg

Iron 1.8 mg

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.

First published: Apr 2020

2 comments on Ratatouille

Arlene Du Cann February 6, 2022 at 7:06 pm #

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.

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97401 February 1, 2023 at 5:25 pm #

I have made many ratatouilles over time but this recipe is the best base one I have come across.
It was great for several meals for two of us.
I absolutely recommend this recipe before launching into variations with say all colours of capsicums and some chilli.

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