attosa
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This is a beautiful vegetable ratatouille that is immersed in a tomato sauce, swirled with a homemade Bechamel sauce. It's lovely and crisp on top, and soft and creamy on the bottom. This is a delight to enjoy any time of the year.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 2 medium potatoes
- 1 yellow squash
- 1 zucchini
- 1 eggplant
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 F and bring 2-3 cups of water to a boil in a pot. Thinly slice potatoes.
- Season water with salt, then drop potato slices in. Cook for about 4 minutes until parboiled. Drain.
- Thinly slice all the other vegetables and set aside.
- To make the Bechamel sauce, heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring nonstop, until well incorporated but not browned.
- Add milk about 1/4 cup at a time and stir until smooth.
- When sauce is thick and creamy, stir in nutmeg, then add salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the tomato sauce into the bottom of a baking dish, add garlic, basil and thyme, then swirl in the Bechamel sauce.
- Make little stacks of the veggie slices in your hands first in order to make the big spiral. This makes it easier to go around the baking dish, especially if you're going in colour order like I did here. I think it makes it visually pop!
- Place the stacks of veggies in the sauce around the dish. The Bechamel's thickness also aids in keeping the veggies standing up nicely.
- Work your way to the middle until it's completely packed. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with some salt and pepper.
- Bake until edges are browned and veggies are tender, about 1 hour.
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suz1230
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Oh Attosa, does that ever look fabulous and delicious. What a beautiful dish!
Thank you so much for this recipe :) I know we'll enjoy every bite.
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts March 14, 20190 found this helpful
You're super welcome! I think you will love it. It's very pretty and has some extraordinary flavours and textures!
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts March 14, 20190 found this helpful
Meant to add if you don't have one big eggplant, use 3 baby ones like I did :)
March 17, 20190 found this helpful
Just took it out of the oven. Forgot to drizzle olive oil but it looks great. Can't wait to taste it.
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts March 17, 20190 found this helpful
Yay!!! I'm so happy you made this! :)
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