If you to loved the movie Ratatouille, you will love making this casserole at home! If you have not seen it, I highly recommend watching it! I promise Ratatouille will make you fall in love with joy of cooking!
Ingredients:
- 1-2 c tomato sauce (good quality tomato basil sauce)
- 2 garlic (cloves, minced)
- 3-4 thyme (sprigs)
- 2 Tab olive oil
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- 1 egg plant Or Brinjal (thin eggplant, thin sliced)
- 1 yellow squash (thin sliced)
- 1 zucchini (thin sliced)
- 1 red bell pepper (thin sliced)
- 2-3 potatoes (medium size, thin sliced)
- salt and black pepper
- oil spray
- béchamel sauce
Directions:
- Preheat oven at 375 °.
- Bring 2 cups of water to rolling boil.
- Season with salt.
- Drop slice red potatoes in water and boil for 3-4minutes or until par cooked.
- Drain on a paper towel and set aside.
- While potatoes cook and cool down, slice rest of veggies – squash, bell pepper and eggplant.
- Spray baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spread layer of tomato sauce, minced garlic, thyme, red chili flakes, salt and olive oil.
- Mix well while still leaving well spread.
- Drizzle béchamel sauce on the top, swirl into the tomato sauce.
- Layer sliced veggies on top. Make a spiral stack of vegetable slices for presentation just like in the movie Ratatouille.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle salt, thyme,and black pepper on top.
- Cover with parchment paper.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until all veggies are tender. You will see tomato sauce bubbling on the sides.
- Let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Serve with side of crusty bread to scoop the sauce. Enjoy!
Béchamel Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 Tab unsalted butter
- 1 Tab Flour
- 1 c milk (2% or whole milk)
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
Directions:
- Microwave 1 cup of milk in microwave safe container.
- Set aside
- Heat 1 Tab butter in sauce pan.
- Add 1 Tab flour and cook until raw flavor of flour goes away. 1-2 minutes. Don’t let flour turn brown.
- Add warm milk 1/4 cup at time and stir well to avoid lumps.
- Add all of milk and continue coking until sauce thickens and coat back of a spoon.
- Season with salt, nutmeg, and black pepper.
- Set aside.
Serves: 6
Source: Chef de Home