Layered ratatouille is an impressive dish for whomever you may be serving. With Nellino’s lavender pomodoro pasta sauce, it’s heavenly. This week (September 20-26, 2017), we’re helping Nellino’s use up the jars of sauce with the old label. Look for “Nello’s” pomodoro on sale at 55-60% off!Layered ratatouille is an impressive dish for whomever you may be serving. With Nellino’s lavender pomodoro pasta sauce, it’s heavenly. This week (September 20-26, 2017), we’re helping Nellino’s use up the jars of sauce with the old label. Look for “Nello’s” pomodoro on sale at 55-60% off!
Ingredients:
- 1 24 oz. jar Nellino’s lavender pomodoro sauce
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 small eggplant (the thin kind)
- 1 zucchini
- 1 yellow squash
- 1 long red bell pepper
- few sprigs fresh thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 375°F.
2) Pour sauce into bottom of an oval baking dish, approximately 10 inches across the long way.
3) Trim the ends off the eggplant, zucchini, and yellow squash. Trim the top off the red pepper and remove the core.
4) With a sharp knife, slice the eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, and red pepper into thin slices, approximately 1/16-1/8 inch thick.
5) On top of sauce, arrange slices of vegetables in a circle from the outside in, overlapping so that half or less of each flat surface is visible, alternating vegetables. You may have a handful leftover that do not fit.
6) Drizzle the olive oil over the vegetables and season them generously with salt and pepper. Remove the leaves from the thyme sprigs. Sprinkle the fresh thyme over the dish.
7) Cover dish with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit inside.
8) Bake for approximately 45 to 55 minutes, until vegetables have released their liquid and are clearly cooked, but with some structure left so they are not totally limp. They should not be brown at the edges, and you should see that the tomato sauce is bubbling up around them.
9) Serve with a dab of soft goat cheese on top, alone, or with some crusty French bread, atop polenta, couscous, or your choice of grain. Enjoy! Serves 6.