A ratatouille cooked in a pan will certainly be enjoyed by your family and friends. This dish of French cuisine is easy to prepare, the main thing is to know some very simple, but important nuances.
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You will need
- • 2 garlic cloves;
- • 1 medium-sized eggplant;
- • 2 bell peppers;
- • 2 tablespoons of good ketchup;
- • 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil (odorless);
- • 1 onion head;
- • 1 zucchini;
- • 4 ripe tomatoes;
- • 150 g of dry red wine;
- • black ground pepper and salt.
Instruction manual
1
Remove the husk from the bulb and rinse it thoroughly in cold water. After that, using a sharp knife, the onion should be divided into 8 approximately equal parts. Remove the peel from the garlic cloves and rinse thoroughly. After this, the cloves must be cut into very small cubes.
2
Wash the zucchini thoroughly and cut the stalk, if desired, remove the peel. Zucchini should be used young, without formed seeds. Cut it lengthwise into 2 parts, and then cut each of them into thin half rings. Rinse the eggplant well in clean water and cut the stem. It, like zucchini, needs to be cut into thin half rings.
3
In well-washed bell peppers, the peduncle must be removed along with the testis and all the seeds. After this, the vegetable must be cut into large pieces. Ripe tomatoes need to be washed thoroughly, and then, using a sharp knife, cut into small cubes.
4
To prepare a ratatouille you will need a roasting pan. Place it on a hot stove and add a small amount of oil. When it is hot, add the prepared garlic. Fry it for literally half a minute.
5
After that, chopped eggplant and zucchini should be poured into the roasting pan. Reduce heat to medium and fry vegetables with regular stirring for about 5 minutes.
6
Then add chopped onions and chopped pepper to the vegetables in the roasting pan. Everything should be fried for another 4 minutes, without forgetting to systematically mix the contents of the fryer.
7
Pour the right amount of wine into the vegetables and cover the roasting pan tightly with a lid. Reduce heat to low and cook a third of an hour.
8
Then finely chopped tomatoes are poured into the container and barbecue ketchup is added. All should be mixed well, and add the right amount of salt and black pepper.
9
Remove the lid and cook the ratatouille for another 10 minutes. They serve it to the table hot and decorated with fresh herbs.