Roasted Ratatouille
This roasted ratatouille was super easy to throw together, uses up leftover veggies you have on hand, and makes a terrific side dish or pasta topper. I was recently in Idaho and my sister sent me home with a few homegrown Italian eggplants and lots of Roma tomatoes from her garden. I decided to make some crispy eggplant parmesan with two of the eggplants but wanted to make this roasted ratatouille with the remaining one. I love that these veggies were ready to eat within 30 minutes and they tasted fantastic.
How to Make Roasted Ratatouille
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Place the chopped eggplant, bell peppers, red onion, zucchini, and yellow squash on the baking sheet along with the whole cloves of garlic still in their skin.
Drizzle the olive oil over the veggies then season with crushed red pepper flakes, herbs de Provence, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Toss to coat evenly.
Roast for 15 minutes, tossing them halfway through the cooking time. Add the tomatoes and continue roasting for 5-7 minutes, or until the veggies are tender and the tomatoes are about to burst.
Remove the whole cloves of garlic from the baking sheet and set them aside to cool for a couple of minutes. Carefully remove the skin from the garlic cloves, chop them up, and add them back to the veggies. Sprinkle the parsley on top. Serve this roasted ratatouille as a side dish or on top of your favorite pasta, eggs, or polenta. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Italian eggplant, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ½ orange bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ¼ red bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ½ zucchini, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ½ yellow squash, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ¼ red onion, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 5 cloves of garlic, skin left on
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
- 1/4-1/2 tsp herbs de Provence, to taste
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Place the chopped eggplant, bell peppers, red onion, zucchini, and yellow squash on the baking sheet along with the whole cloves of garlic still in their skin.
- Drizzle the olive oil over the veggies then season with crushed red pepper flakes, herbs de Provence, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Toss to coat evenly.
- Roast for 15 minutes, tossing them halfway through the cooking time.
- Add the tomatoes and continue roasting for 5-7 minutes, or until the veggies are tender and the tomatoes are about to burst.
- Remove the whole cloves of garlic from the baking sheet and set them aside to cool for a couple of minutes.
- Carefully remove the skin from the garlic cloves, chop them up, and add them back to the veggies. Sprinkle the fresh parsley on top.
- Serve this roasted ratatouille as a side dish or on top of your favorite pasta, eggs, or polenta. Enjoy.
What a beautiful and delicious ratatouille!
We have Ratatouille often but I have never heard of it roasted. Interesting. Keep safe, Diane
I love a recipe that just has you throw a bunch of veggies in a pan! So easy and yummy.
A wonderful recipe for incorporating more vegetables in your meals.