The Italian way Ratatouille
By
Sabrina Nichols
@Sabrina_Nichols
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I made this tonight and it was awesome! I looked at different recipes and came up with this one on my own. I wanted to try Ratatouille but didn't want the stew type, and I thought it would taste better if it was a little more Italian style...and I was right! Try it with cooked pasta and garlic bread. Enjoy :)
Ingredients
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1 mediumegg plant
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1 largezucchini
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1 largeyellow squash
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1 smallsweet yellow onion
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2 largeroma tomatoes
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1 largegreen pepper
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1/4 colive oil divided
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1/2 cparmesan cheese
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1/2 cmozzarella cheese shredded
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1/2 citalian bread crumbs
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2-3 largefresh basil leafs
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1 tspthyme
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1 Tbspsea salt divided
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1 tspfresh ground black pepper
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1 tsporegano
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2-3 tspminced garlic
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4-5 Tbspcooking red wine
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10-12 Tbspmarinara sauce (or left over pizza sauce)
How to Make The Italian way Ratatouille
- egg plant sea salt- cut in to thin slices. Salt front and back, soak in water for about 30min to an hour. Rinse well pat dry and sprinkle with oregano.
- Thinly slice all veggies, set tomatoes aside. Toss all veggies except tomatoes with olive oil. Toss tomatoes in red wine and sprinkle with thyme and set them a side.
- Coat and heat a large skillet with olive oil add minced garlic cook 1-2 mins. Lightly brown all veggies except tomatoes on both sides. ONLY for 1-2 mins.
Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Don't over load you skillet. Give the veggies room to brown. Pre heat oven 350. - Lightly spray baking dish with cooking spray.
Layer half the veggies plus tomatoes sprinkle the 1/2 cup of Italian bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Layer with the remainder of veggies. - wash and pat dry basil leafs and roll them up together and thinly slice add to dish.
Spoon about 10-12 Tablespoons of marinara and drop in different spot on top of veggies.
Top with mozzarella cheese and bake at 350 for 25-30 mins.
( you could serve this over some cooked pasta )
About The Italian way Ratatouille
Course/Dish: Other Main Dishes Vegetables
Main Ingredient: Vegetable
Regional Style: Italian
Dietary Needs: Vegetarian
Other Tag: Healthy
Hashtag: #ratatouille
