Roasted Ratatouille Ragu Recipes

ROASTED RATATOUILLE = THE BEST RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400° F.
• In a large roasting pan or casserole, combine the tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, shallot, and garlic. Note: I add the vegetables to the pan as I finish chopping them, and sprinkle each layer of vegetables lightly with salt.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, thyme, and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Pour over the vegetables. Toss to coat. Season with pepper. (Alternatively: If you've seasoned each layer of vegetables generously with salt, simply pour the olive oil and vinegar over the vegetables. As noted above, I omit the thyme.)
• Bake for 30 minutes, then stir well. Bake for another 30 to 45 minutes (or longer, especially if you've increased the quantities: if my roasting pan is really loaded, I roast the vegetables for 3 hours, stirring once every hour, until the juices really begin to reduce/thicken) until the vegetables are all very tender and the released juices are beginning to thicken. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt and pepper as desired.
• To serve, spoon over toast or toss with cooked pasta, grated parmesan, finely chopped basil and enough of the reserved pasta cooking liquid to make a nice sauce.

ROASTED RATATOUILLE RAGU

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Dice eggplant into 1/2-inch cubes and place in a colander in the sink and add the eggplant. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoon kosher salt and let sit for 15-20 minutes. This encourages the eggplant to sweat-pulling out some of the bitterness. After, rinse the eggplant and let it dry thoroughly.
• Meanwhile, dice the zucchini, onion and tomato into 1/2-inch cubes and place it onto a baking sheet.
• Once the eggplant is drained and dry, add it to the sheet pan with a drizzle of 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Roast in oven for 30 minutes.
• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add a pinch of salt. Cook pasta for 8-9 minutes.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat, add the remaining two tablespoon of olive oil. Once hot, add in the crushed garlic cloves and crushed red pepper flakes. Let cook for 2 minutes until garlic starts to brown.
• Pour in the tomato sauce, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and thyme. Stir in the roasted vegetables and let cook for 5 minutes.
• Toss in the cooked pasta and stir to coat. Cook for another 5 minutes to let flavors meld, then serve!

ROASTED RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil.
• Spray with cooking spray.
• Cut the eggplant unpeeled into 1" cubes.
• Cut the zucchini into 1" cubes.
• Cut the red pepper into 1" cubes.
• Cut the onion into large wedges maybe 8-10 pieces.
• Leave the tomatoes whole and also the garlic if using.
• Put all vegetables on prepared pan.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and dried herbs.
• Drizzle with Olive oil. Use your hands to toss gently and coat everything with seasoning and oil.
• Bake at 350F for about 1 hour. Turn every 15 minutes.
• While it is warm toss with fresh basil and crumbled goat cheese.