Vegetable Tian (aka Ratatouille)

This dish is one of those you love to make simply because everyone goes crazy over how beautiful it is. Perfect for potlucks, Friendsgivings, and the like, this can also just majorly dress up a weeknight dinner table. You could actually make it an entire meal by adding some cooked loose sausage to the bottom along with the onion, but I’ll leave that variation up to you.

Vegetable Tian is another name for the dish we all may know as Ratatouille. You’ve seen the Disney movie with the adorable little mouse chef. Traditional ratatouille has everything from tomatoes to eggplant and, like most exquisite French cooking, is a peasant dish. It is typically made by dicing and sautéing the vegetables — super simple — served over rice or polenta. Ever since I saw the Disney movie, of course, I wanted to learn how to make the neat little vegetable stacks. But in the interim, this rendition will suffice. You can make it in a square or a round pan though, of course, I am going to recommend cast iron.

Pro tip: try to slice everything evenly. A mandoline helps… but I don’t have one. Also…when selecting your vegetables, try to pick vegetables that look more or less the same size and shape. This will help you in the stacking process.

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what you need

1-2 small zucchini

1-2 medium yellow squash

2-3 roma tomatoes

3-4 small white or red potatoes

1 yellow onion, coarsely diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 cup parmesan cheese

thyme, salt, and black pepper for garnish

olive oil

how to make it

Preheat oven to 350 and then set to diligent work washing and slicing your vegetables. I hate to tell you this but the more thinly you slice them, the better this dish will look. Once you’ve got all your veggies sliced, drizzle some olive oil in the bottom of a cast iron skillet and sauté your onion and garlic for just a few minutes until they soften.

Remove from the heat and spread the onions out so they cover the bottom of the skillet. Then set to work alternating your vegetables in a spiral pattern or however you see fit. Once complete, drizzle with olive oil; garnish generously with thyme, salt, and pepper; and top with about 1/4 of the parmesan cheese.

Bake the Tian for one hour. At the one hour mark, remove from the oven and add the remaining 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese. Return to the oven for just a few minutes or put it under the broiler for a minute to crisp it up. Let stand 10 minutes and serve.

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October 1, 2024 1 Comment