Ratatouille

French Classic Recipes

Inspired by the Ratatouille invented by Disney's famous chef Rat. This is a bit more work than the basic peasant dish, but it plates beautifully and tastes wonderful.

Ingredients:

2 long thin Japanese eggplants

2 large zucchini of similar dimensions (circumference and length) to the eggplants.

10oz of rich tomato sauce

1/2 tsp of salt

1 tsp of dried tarragon

1 tsp of dried oregano

1 tsp died thyme

1 tsp died parsley

6 sprigs of fresh thyme

2 springs of fresh oregano

1/4 cup of olive oil

3 tbsp of agave syrup

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Peal eggplants
3. Carefully cut the eggplant and zucchini in thin slices (try to make them all roughly the same thickness.
4. Toss the cut eggplant and zucchini slices together in a lage bowl with the olive oil herbs and salt,
5. Then alternating eggplant and zucchini slices, place the veggies into an oven proof dish, so that they stand on edge and look like a long stripey caterpillar.
6. Fill one row / column and then repeat the steps until the dish is filled.
7. Mix the tomato sauce and agave together and then pour over the vegetables in the dish.
8. Cut a piece of baking parchment to fit the dish and place on the top of the veggies, patting down gently to hold it in place.
9. Bake in the oven for 45min - 1 hr or until the veggies are very soft.