Introduction to Ratatouille Recipe

Series Summary

Originally a poor farmer's dish, Ratatouille is a dish made of fresh tossed summer vegetables. The dish originated in France, near the present day city of Nice, and is typically served as a side dish. While there is some variety to the recipe, most Ratatouille recipes contain zucchini, tomatoes, bell peppers, onion, garlic and eggplant. The vegetables are sauted in olive oil, either separately or together until sufficiently cooked. Ratatouille can also be served on its own, in combination with rice, potatoes or simple French bread, and is frequently eaten as a lunch meal.

In this free video recipe series, our expert French chef will demonstrate how to make homemade Ratatouille. You will learn how to prepare all the vegetables, including eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers and tomatoes. You will also learn how to saute the onion and garlic, and season the final dish. This is a very easy recipe to make and is chocked full of hearty and delicious vegetables. So let our chef show you how you can make this traditional French dish a part of your family's favorite meals.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I’m Mark Pesce from France, on behalf of Expert Village I’m going to cook you the French meal called Ratatouille. So I’m here to cook you a French meal called Ratatouille, and it’s a meal that you can have with all your family at dinner. For example it’s a complete meal, you have everything you need, it’s based on meat and vegetables, rice and one egg, one person, two eggs, two persons, three eggs, three persons. So this is a meal that comes from the south of France, and it’s really easy to make because you only cook all in one plate, so it’s really easy to make. And our soup, you can have many vegetables in it, it’s really good when you don’t know what to do with all the vegetables that you have in your fridge and then say “oh, what can I make?” You can make a Ratatouille. So it’s a, it’s a really complete meal as I said and really, and really I hope you will enjoy it. "