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Southern Italian Ratatouille

Michael Chiarello

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Family Reunion, Italian Style

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

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Prep
40 min
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Cook
15 min
Total:
55 min
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Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced fresh wild or domestic mushrooms
  • Gray salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 pound yellow squash, cut into 1/4-inch dice, about 1 1/2 cups
  • 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/2 pound zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch dice, about 1 1/2 cups
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced leek, white part only
  • 3/4 cup peeled, seeded, and chopped vine-ripened tomatoes, about 1/2 pounds
  • 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the mushrooms and cook, without moving them, until brown on 1 side, about 1 minute. Continue to saute for another 1 to 2 minutes. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper and pour onto cookie sheet to cool. Set used pan aside.

In a separate, clean skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add minced garlic. Cook until golden brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. In the pan where the mushrooms were, add 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add yellow squash. Cook until browned, about 1 to 2 minutes and drain onto same cookie sheet with mushrooms.

Place peppers in hot pan where squash was cooking, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of thyme. When heated thoroughly, add peppers to waiting mushrooms and yellow squash. Add zucchini to the same pan, add remaining thyme, cook until browned, about 2 minutes. Pull both pans (onions and zucchini) off the heat, and add to cookie sheet with other vegetables.

In the former zucchini/mushroom pan, cook leeks to soften, about 2 minutes. In the other, bring the tomatoes to a simmer. Season the leeks with salt and pepper, to taste, and add spinach. When spinach is wilted, add cooked leeks to cooling vegetables on cookie sheet. Add basil to the tomatoes, then add tomatoes to cookie sheet. Stir gently, and top with Parmesan and serve.

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  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    Phyllis Germantown, TN 07-18-2009

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    Wait & See (One)

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    So far, I have roasted the soaked (in H20 & salt, for 1/2 hr) (unskinned) eggplant (350 for however long it takes, about 30... min, for the eggplant to brown, don't want it to completely cook through, same as all other vegies). The sliced portebello mushrooms have been sauteed in EVOO and butter, as well as the sliced onions (adding thyme; have decided to spread the thyme out among the mushrooms, squash, and tomatoes) I've seasoned each vegi with ground pepper. The eggplant, squash, and mushrooms (as well as all further vegies) have a light sprinkling of salt. The peppers are sizzling in the pan. (No salt or pepper). So far, all the vegies are draining on a roasting pan, one with grooves to provide a pool of juices. I plan to sprinkle these combined juices over the cheese. Have to remember not to oversalt. I'm going to post more, as I go along, but I wanted to say that I've been making ratatoullie for over 30 years, and have always wanted to make the ultimate. Both roasted and sauteed individually. I think this will be great for a make-ahead side dish.Read more
  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    AMY Edwards, CA 02-25-2009

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    Lots of work and not worth it

    Rated: 3 stars out of 5
    This took forever to prep especially with 2 little boys running into the kitchen every 5 mins. We were not impressed.
  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    Melody Bellingham, WA 08-27-2008

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    Great veggies, lots of work

    Rated: 3 stars out of 5
    I thought this was a 3 star recipe - the veggies were great and everything was easy to chop up, however, there was a lot of... prep work necessary. That alone took me probably half an hour to 40 minutes. I understand the idea of cooking everything separately to maintain the integrity of the veggies, but that was also time consuming. I thought there were too many different kinds of flavor combinations in the dish, and not one cohesive flavor for the dish as a whole. Also, because you are cooking everything separately we used a lot more oil in the end than we are used to using, and thought the dish was a little oily for our taste. Could be that we made it wrong, but overall it was a lot of work, and wasn't overly impressive. It wasn't a bad dish, but for the effort & the end result we probably won't make it again.Read more
  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    Anonymous 05-26-2008

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    Best Ever

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I will never do Ratatouille any other way. It turned out so well. Frying the veggies seperately made a big difference. They... did not get mushy and browned so well. The only thing I did not add to mine was the spinach as I didnt have any. Adding the sauce at the end was perfect too. A great recipe for family and guests.Read more
  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    Karen Carlsborg, WA 05-24-2008

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    Super Wonderful

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    This looks like a difficult and time consuming recipe, but it really isn't .. and it is delicious ... worth the effort ...... great way to get lots of vegs without effort. Keep it up, Michael ... love your show!Read more
  • recipe Southern Italian Ratatouille
    Anonymous 05-11-2008

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    pretty good

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    i added a little more garlic, doubled the zucchini and spinach and added herbes de provence. also at the end put in a small... splash of red wine vinegar. served it with lemon/thyme couscous...awesome dishRead more
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