Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a traditional French vegetable dish consisting of herbs and vegetables like eggplant, zucchini, squash, basil, thyme, and more. I have seen many different ratatouille recipes and decided to make my own according to my taste. Feel free to add, subtract, or replace anything if you don't like a certain ingredient. 

​Below, you will find my own recipe for ratatouille in a slow cooker.

Tomato Base Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2-3 cans of tomato paste(6 oz)
• 1 chopped onion
• 1-2  tbsp minced garlic
• 1-2 tbsp chopped basil leaves
• 1/2-1 cup of water
• salt & black pepper to taste

Tomato Base Recipe

• Add olive oil to a pot and sauté the chopped onion and minced garlic.
• Once sautéd, add in tomato paste and stir.
• The consistency should be thick so add about a 1/2 cup to 1 cup of water.
• After adding the water, the consistency should be like a sauce rather than paste.
• Add in the chopped basil leaves and stir.
• Stir in salt and black pepper.
• Add sauce mixture in a blender or food processor and puree.
• Pour the sauce in the slow cooker spreading evenly on the bottom.

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Optional: sprinkle chopped basil leaves on the sauce layer.

Thyme Pesto Ingredients

• 2 tbsp thyme
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• salt and black pepper to taste

Thyme Pesto Recipe

• Pull the thyme leaves off the stem and add in a bowl.
• Stir in the olive oil, minced garlic, salt, and black pepper.

Vegetable Layer Ingredients

• 1-2 zucchini
• 1-2 yellow squash
• 1-2 baby eggplant
• 2-3 roma tomatoes

Vegetable Layer Recipe

• If you want the appearance of your ratatouille veggies to look even, make sure your veggies are about the same size.
• Thinly slice all your veggies in rounds.
• Now here's the creative part, place your sliced veggies in any order you want going around the slow cooker pot. 
• Drizzle the thyme pesto on to the veggie layer.
• ​Set your slow cooker to high 2.5 hours or low 4.5-5 hours.

Now you have my easy slow cooker ratatouille recipe! Enjoy!