Poll of the Day > I watche Ratatouille and then I made Ratatouille

(+) Yeah! (+)

Not as hard as I thought it would be.

Next on my list is Shark's Tale

I mean isn't it just super thin cut veggies that most people use a mandoline slicer on, with a pretty basic sauce and baked?

hypnox posted...

I mean isn't it just super thin cut veggies that most people use a mandoline slicer on, with a pretty basic sauce and baked?

Ratatouille is a pretty basic vegetable stew. Eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, tomato, garlic, thyme, and basil. Traditionally, you sautee the veggies separately to get them cooked properly without turning them to mush as the whole thing simmers, then add them in once the tomatoes break down, but you can really just throw everything into a pot and call it a day if you're feeling lazy and don't mind a downgrade from doing it properly..

What they do in the movie is "confit biyaldi," which is Thomas Keller's (head chef of The French Laundry) gourmet take on ratatouille (which he was asked to come up with for the movie). That entails cooking the peppers, onion, tomatoes, garlic, and herbs down into a uniform sauce consistency, then slicing eggplants, zucchini, squash, and tomatoes into rounds. Those get layered, then steamed in the oven, then given a final roast to caramelize them, then served with the sauce. It's notably more complex and labour-intensive than the traditional dish, but still nothing too crazy.

Got pictures of the final product?