Ratatouille (from the movie, Ratatouille)

Ingredients

• 1 6-oz can of tomato paste.
• 1 onion.
• 1 zucchini.
• 1 eggplant.
• 1 yellow bellpepper.
• 1 red bellpepper.
• 1 squash.
• Minced garlic.
• 5 tbsp of olive oil.
• A cup of water.
• Thyme leaves.
• Cooking wax paper
• A relatively wide and flat dish.

Directions

1. Prepare the vegetables by dicing the onion and and slicing the remaining veggies thinly.
2. Pour the tomato paste into a dish evenly and add the onion, some garlic, a tbsp of olive oil, and stir.
3. Arrange the slices of zucchini, squash, eggplant, and bellpeppers in an alternating fashion, creating rings starting at the edge of the dish.  Arrange them as if you are re-assembling the vegetables, creating a doughnut-like shape.
4. Evenly pour the remaining olive oil on top of the dish and season generously with thyme leave and optionally some salt and pepper.
5. Cover the dish completely with some wax paper and bake for around an hour or until the vegetables seem well roasted but not too soft.
6. Once done baking remove the paper and serve the dish.

Source — Family Recipe
Prepared by Alexander J. Kyle
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024