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Ratatouille with Boursin Cheese

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 3 garlic cloves (peeled and minced)
  • 1/2 onion (peeled and diced)
  • 2 Tbsps olive oil (plus 1 Tbsp for topping)
  • 1+1/2 cups passata (or canned puréed tomatoes)
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil (chopped)
  • 1 small to medium green zucchini (sliced thin)
  • 1 small to medium yellow zucchini (sliced thin)
  • 1 small to medium eggplant (sliced thin)
  • 3 medium tomatoes (sliced thin)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • fresh ground pepper (to taste)
  • 1-2 Tbsps pesto
  • 1/4 cup Garlic and Herb Boursin cheese (crumbled)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375ºF.
  • Mince the garlic and dice the onion. Heat a cast iron pan over medium high heat, adding the olive oil. Add the garlic and onion and sauté until the onion has softened and the garlic is fragrant. Add the passata and stir until the mixed consistently and the passata is heated through.
  • Remove from the heat and sprinkle the basil overtop, reserving 1 Tbsp of basil for topping at the end. Arrange the vegetables on the sauce, alternating between the different vegetables (photo above was eggplant, tomato, yellow zucchini, green zucchini). Drizzle with pesto. Cover the pan wither either an oven-ready lid, or with tin foil. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes, then remove foil and bake for another 10-20 minutes, until vegetables have reached desired level of doneness.
  • Remove from the oven, top with olive oil, cheese and basil, then serve.
Keyword Cheese, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Zucchini