Sautéed Ratatouille Food

EASY RATATOUILLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Place eggplant pieces in a large colander over your sink. Sprinkle with salt. Leave for 20 minutes as the eggplant sweats out its bitterness. Pat dry to remove water and excess salt.
• In a large heavy pot or Dutch Oven, heat 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil over medium heat until shimmering but not smoking. Add the onions. Cook, stirring regularly, until translucent (about 5 minutes). Now add the red peppers and green peppers, cook for another 4 minutes, and continue to stir.
• Add the garlic, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, wine, and fresh thyme springs. Stir in black pepper, paprika, and rosemary. Season with kosher salt.
• Raise the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice. Turn the heat down then cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes or so.
• Remove the ratatouille from the heat. Taste and adjust seasoning to your liking. Add the sherry vinegar and a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Top with fresh basil.
• To serve, transfer the ratatouille to dinner bowls, top each with a fried egg (sunny-side up) and add crusty bread on the side. (See Cook's Tip)

SUMMER VEGETABLE RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoon of the oil in a large pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until soft.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and saute the zucchini in batches until slightly browned on all sides. Remove the zucchini and place in the pot with the onions and garlic.
• Saute all the remaining vegetables one batch at a time, adding 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to the skillet each time you add a new set of vegetables. Once each batch has been sauteed add them to the large pot as was done in step 2.
• Season with salt and pepper. Add the bay leaf and thyme and cover the pot. Cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and parsley to the large pot, cook another 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Remove the bay leaf and adjust seasoning.

SAUTEED SEA BASS ON RATATOUILLE, TAPENADE, TOMATO FONDUE

Steps:

• Place a large saute pan over medium high heat and heat the on. When hot. add the onion. Stir to coat with Oil. Saute one minute then add the peppers, Stir, saute briefly and add the eggplant. Stir, saute and add the zucchini and squash. Season with salt & pepper, and saute the vegetables until soft. another 2 minutes. Add the shallot, garlic, and thyme, stir to combine well, and saute another 2 minutes, Add the diced tomato, heat through, and reserve.;
• Place olives, capers, anchovy and garlic in food processor with about half of the olive oil and puree. With the motor running, add the remaining olive oiI. Reserve;
• Warm olive oil in a stainless sauce pot over medium heat. Add the onions and simmer for 5 to10 minutes until the onions are soft. Season with salt and: pepper. Add the chopped garlic and Herb's, simmer for 1 to2 minutes, carefully cooking but not browning the garlic (the oil should seer the vegetables). Add the tomatoes, and continue cooking another 10 minutes. Place the contents of the sauce pot a food processor and pulse a few times to blend the ingredients You want the sauce to be chunky. Reserve.
• Pre-heat grill. Brush steaks with the herb oil and season with salt and pepper. Place over white coals and grill for approximately 3 minutes. Turn steaks and grill another 3 minutes, until medium Remove.
• To assemble the mound ratatouille in the center of one plate. Place one swordfish steak on top. Put one rounded spoonful of tapenade on top of the steak and surround it with tomato fondue.

THE BEST RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until shimmering, about 1 minute. Add the bell peppers, onion and 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring often, until the onions are translucent and the bell peppers have softened slightly, about 10 minutes. Add the eggplant, the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring often, until the eggplant is very soft, about 8 minutes. Add the zucchini and continue to cook, stirring often, until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, tomato paste and red pepper flakes, if using. Cook, stirring often, until the zucchini has softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes, bring to a simmer and then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the ratatouille has reached a thick stew-like consistency, about 10 minutes. Stir in the parsley and basil with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into a bowl and sprinkle with more fresh parsley and basil before serving.

CHICKEN WITH RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Wash and dry chicken breasts. Sprinkle with pepper.
• Heat oil in skillet and saute chicken over medium heat until breasts are browned on both sides.
• Spread half of the ratatouille on the bottom of two shallow baking dishes; top with chicken breasts. Top breasts with remaining ratatouille, covering well. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Wrap dishes well with double thickness of aluminum foil and freeze or refrigerate.
• To serve, defrost if frozen. If serving 4, transfer ratatouille and chicken to one shallow baking dish and cook, covered, on top of the stove over medium-low heat for 20 to 25 minutes. (If only 2 servings are desired, cook in original baking dish.) If desired, run dish under broiler to brown cheese.
• While chicken is cooking, cook macaroni according to package directions.