Mediterranean Sole With Ratatouille Recipes

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)

BAKED SOLE FILLET, THE MEDITERRANEAN WAY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together lime juice, olive oil and melted butter with a dash of seasoned salt. Stir in the shallots, garlic and capers.
• In a separate small bowl, mix together the seasoned salt, pepper, cumin and garlic powder. Spice fish fillets each on both sides.
• Place the fish fillets on a lightly-oiled large baking pan or dish. Cover with the buttery lime mixture you prepared earlier. Now arrange the green onion halves and lime slices on top.
• Bake in 375 degrees F-heated oven for 10-15 minutes. Do not overcook.
• Remove the fish fillets from the oven and garnish with the chopped fresh dill.
• Serve next to white rice or roasted Greek potatoes and a simple Mediterranean salad.

MEDITERRANEAN SOLE WITH RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Spray 12-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion and fennel; cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Stir in eggplant, tomatoes and 2 teaspoons of the oregano; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover; cook 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Roll up each fillet, beginning from narrow end, and secure with toothpicks; sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons oregano. Place fish rolls, seam sides down, in eggplant mixture. Cover; cook about 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Using slotted spoon, remove fish to serving platter. Remove toothpicks from fish. Serve eggplant mixture with fish. Sprinkle with cheese.

MEDITERRANEAN SOLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place each fillet on a piece of heavy-duty foil or parchment (about 12 in. square). Sprinkle fillets with pepper; top with lemon slices. Drizzle with wine and 1 tablespoon oil., In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, olives, capers, lemon juice, garlic and remaining 1 tablespoon oil; spoon over fillets. Fold foil or parchment around fish, sealing tightly., Place packets on a baking sheet. Bake until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 10-12 minutes. Open packets carefully to allow steam to escape. Sprinkle with parsley.

RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat bottom and sides of a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic until lightly browned. Mix in parsley and eggplant. Cook and stir until eggplant is soft, about 10 minutes. Season with salt to taste.
• Spread eggplant mixture evenly across bottom of prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle with a few tablespoons of Parmesan cheese. Spread zucchini in an even layer over top. Lightly salt and sprinkle with a little more cheese. Continue layering in this fashion, with onion, mushrooms, bell pepper, and tomatoes, covering each layer with a sprinkling of salt and cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.

BRASELTOUILLE - MEATATARIAN RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until sausage is crumbly and no longer pink, about 10 minutes; drain excess grease, reserving 1 tablespoon of the pan drippings. Transfer drained sausage to a large bowl and set aside. Cook and stir green bell pepper, onion, and garlic in the pan drippings until green pepper is soft, about 8 minutes; transfer to bowl containing sausage.
• Swirl olive oil in the hot skillet and cook and stir zucchini and yellow squash in hot oil until slightly softened, about 8 minutes; stir in tomatoes and Italian seasoning. Season with salt and black pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer until squash are tender, 10 to 15 more minutes.
• Stir sausage and vegetables into skillet, raise heat to high, and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until the liquid has reduced, about 15 minutes. Spread the mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish and sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the mixture is bubbly and the cheese has melted and begun to brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

MEDITERRANEAN MEATBALL RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into 5-quart slow cooker.
• Shape sausage into 1-inch meatballs. Place half the meatballs in slow cooker.
• Add half the mushrooms, eggplant and zucchini.
• Top with onion, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Add remaining meatballs, mushrooms, eggplant and zucchini, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Top with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Cover; cook on low 6 to 7 hours.
• Stir in diced tomatoes and tomato paste.
• Cover; cook on low 15 minutes.
• Stir in basil and lemon; serve.

BAKED FISH WITH RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic; stir 30 seconds. Add eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, onion and oregano. Cover and cook until vegetables begin to soften, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Mix in tomatoes and vinegar. Reduce heat to medium. Cover; cook until vegetables are very tender, about 25 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly oil 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper; arrange in prepared dish.
• Spoon ratatouille over fish. Bake uncovered until fish is just opaque in center, about 20 minutes.

MEDITERRANEAN SOLE WITH ARUGULA (ROCKET)

Steps:

• Preheat oven (200°C, 390°F).
• Peel potatoes or just wash them thoroughly. Cut them into thick slices (about 1/4 inch or a little thicker). Mix them in a bowl with a little olive oil.
• Brush a little olive oil on a baking tray. Lay the potatoes in a single layer on the baking tray. The layer of potatoes should fit the size of the sole. Sprinkle with salt to taste.
• Remove the leaves of 3 sprigs rosemary and sprinkle them onto the potatoes. Half the olives and arrange on the potatoes. Cover potatoes with aluminium foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove aluminium foil and let bake for another 10 minutes to brown the potatoes slightly.
• Meanwhile, cut the pancetta into pieces. Brush the sole lightly with olive oil and salt slightly to taste.
• Put the fish onto the layer of potatoes, arrange pancetta on the sole. Remove the leaves from one sprig of rosemary and sprinkle them above the sole. Put some olive oil onto the sole.
• Bake the sole for about 10 minutes in the middle of the oven. After 10 minutes the fish should almost be done. To brown it a little put tray in the upper part of the oven and broil for just a few minutes (2-5 minutes) longer.
• Meanwhile remove the lower and hard parts of the arugula leaves and put them into a bowl. Flavour 2 tablespoons of olive oil with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix flavoured oil with arugula prior to serving. Cut the rest of the lemon into slices.
• Take the fish out of the oven, sprinkle with some arugula leaves and decorate with some lemon slices. Serve fish on baking tray with the rest of the arugua as a salad and some white bread.
• NOTE: you can do this recipe also with other plaice, like flounder.