Best 5 Ratatouille Moosewood Cookbook Recipes

MOOSEWOOD RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a deep pan.
• Add garlic, onion and bay leaf and saute over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add eggplant, salt and herbs and stir.
• Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes until eggplant is soft.
• Add zucchini, bell peppers, black pepper, and tomatoes.
• Cover and simmer for about 10 more minutes, or until zucchini and bell peppers are tender.
• Top with grated parmesan cheese and/or optional ingredients.

RATATOUILLE FROM MOOSEWOOD COOKBOOK

Steps:

• * Heat oil in large heavy cooking pot * MEDIUM HEAT: Add to Oil: garlic, bay leaf, onion and a little salt, until onions transparent * Add to above: eggplant, wine, t. juice, spices and stir and cover. Simmer 10=15 minutes on LOW HEAT. * When eggplant is tender enought to be pricked by a fork, add: zucchini, and peppers. Cover and simmer 10 minutes at LOW HEAT * Add tomatoes, tomato paste,salt, black pepper and stew until tender. * At last minute, stir in parsley.

RATATOUILLE (FROM MOOSEWOOD COOKBOOK)

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in a deep pan. Add garlic, onion and bay leaf and saute over medium heat for about 5 minutes. 2. Add eggplant, salt and herbs and stir. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes until eggplant is soft. 3. Add zucchini, bell peppers, black pepper, and tomatoes. Cover and simmer for about 10 more minutes, or until zucchini and bell peppers are tender. Top with grated parmesan cheese and/or other goodies to serve.

RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare the vegetables: Smash and peel 3 garlic cloves, reserving the 4th. Halve onions through their roots, and slice halves into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. Slice zucchini into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Cut eggplant into 1-inch cubes or spears. Seed peppers, and cut them into 1/4-inch-thick strips.
• Spread each vegetable on a separate rimmed baking sheet (use extra sheets as necessary). Add the 3 cloves of smashed garlic to the onion pan. Add 1 sprig rosemary and 2 sprigs thyme to each of the pepper, eggplant and zucchini pans. Sprinkle salt lightly over vegetables. Drizzle 3 tablespoons olive oil on each of the pans.
• Place all the pans in the oven (or work in batches if they don't fit at once). Cook until vegetables are very tender and lightly browned at the edges. This will take about 35 to 40 minutes for the peppers (their skins should shrivel), 40 to 45 minutes for the eggplant and zucchini (the eggplant should crisp slightly and the zucchini should be well cooked, so let them go 3 to 5 minutes longer than you normally might), and 60 to 65 minutes for the onions. Don't worry about the vegetables being pretty; they will meld into the ratatouille. Shake or stir the pans every 15 to 20 minutes or so, especially the onions.
• In the meantime, prepare the tomatoes: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add tomatoes and blanch until the skins split, about 10 seconds. Use a slotted spoon to quickly transfer the tomatoes to a bowl filled with ice water.
• Using a paring knife, peel the cooled tomatoes (the skins should slip right off). Halve tomatoes across their equators. Set a sieve over a bowl. Working over the bowl, use your fingers to seed the tomatoes, letting the seeds catch in the sieve and the juice run into the bowl. Discard seeds but save juices. Dice tomatoes and add to the reserved juices in bowl.
• Finely grate or mince remaining garlic clove. Add garlic to tomatoes along with bay leaves and a large pinch of salt. Set aside.
• Once vegetables are done cooking, combine them on one baking sheet or a large shallow baking dish and add ingredients from tomato bowl. Toss well. Vegetables will be stacked, and that's O.K. Cover generously with olive oil, using remaining ¼ cup oil or more, and sprinkle with salt. Everything should have a good coat of oil, but should not be drowning in it. Cook at least 1 hour, stirring every 15 to 20 minutes, until vegetables are very tender and imbued with juices and oil. Add salt and pepper to taste, then serve warm, or let cool.

CLASSIC RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onions and garlic in 1 tablespoon oil until tender. Reduce heat to low., In a large skillet, saute eggplant, zucchini, squash and peppers in batches in remaining oil until lightly browned, adding each batch of sauteed vegetables to the Dutch oven., Add the stock, bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper to the Dutch oven; stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes., Meanwhile, fill a large saucepan two-thirds with water; bring to a boil. Score an "X" on the bottom of each tomato. Using a slotted spoon, place tomatoes in boiling water for 30-60 seconds. Remove tomatoes and immediately plunge into ice water. Discard skins and coarsely chop tomatoes., Drain vegetable mixture, reserving juices. Remove vegetables from the pan and set aside. Return juices to Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Return vegetables to pan and stir in tomatoes. Discard bay leaf.