Have you ever tasted Ratatouille?

Have you ever tasted Ratatouille? Posted by Hichem on Jun 16, 2011 in Vocabulary

Whether or not they enjoyed watching the eponymous Pixar computer-animated movie, many people find the taste of the French dish “Ratatouille” to be “very niiice“—A fact that turns out to make perfect sense, considering that the birthplace of the Ratatouille happens to be in the Côte d’Azur (French Riviera) city of NICE !

Sans transition (without further ado), here is how to prepare a Ratatouille, serving up to 6 persons.

* Les ingredients:

1 lb aubergines (eggplant)

1 lb courgettes (zucchini)

4 tb huile d’olive (olive oil)

1/2 lb onions jaunes (yellow onions)

2 gousses d’ail (cloves of garlic)

1 lb tomate (tomatoes)

3 tb persil (parsley)

* Étapes de préparation (Preparation steps):

Peel then cut les aubergines (the eggplants) into long slices, and cut the zucchini into slices too, but don’t peel them! Then put them all in a bowl. Put on un peu d’eau (some water), and leave it for 30 minutes, then drain.
Sauté the eggplant and les courgettes (zucchini) with l’huile d’olive (oil) in a skillet.
Cook the onions with olive oil in the skillet for 10 minutes over moderate heat. Stir in l’ail (the garlic.) Add du sel et du poivre (salt and pepper.)
Peel les tomates (the tomatoes), and boil them for half a minute. Cut into des morceaux (slices.) Lay them over the onions in the skillet. Cover, and cook over petit feu (low heat) for about 5 minutes, then uncover. Pour le jus (the juice) from the the skillet over the tomatoes. Raise heat and boil for plusieurs minutes (several minutes) until the juice starts evaporating.
Put 1/3 of the tomatoes mixture into une casserole. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of persil (parsley.) Then put half of the eggplant and zucchini. Then another third of tomatoes. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of parsley. Put le reste (the remaining) of the eggplant and zucchini, then the tomatoes and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of parsley.
Cover and simmer over low heat for about ten minutes, then uncover. Pour le jus (again, the juice) over les légumes (the vegetables.) Raise the heat to moderate and cook uncovered for 15 minutes. Keep pouring the juice during the process several times over the vegetables.