Vegetable ratatouille on bread and almond cream

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

difficulty: low

VEGETABLE RATATOUILLE 

Here is a quick, original and decidedly anti-waste dish: for the bread cream you use the stale bread, and the vegetables are chosen from seasonal ones and any leftovers in the refrigerator. And you don't even need scales!

Ingredients for 2 people

• A stale bread roll, or equivalent quantity
• A handful of almonds
• Mixed vegetables to taste: about ten green beans, 2 light zucchini, 1 shallot, mint leaves
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Milk (a little, even vegetable)
• Balsamic vinegar of Modena
• Sale

Preparation

• If the sandwich is very dry, put it to soak in cold water, for a minute or two: it should soften, not melt.
• Pour in a pan, a small drizzle of oil, the bread crumbled with your hands and the almonds.

• Fate brown everything over low heat, stirring very often, until everything appears golden brown and has a good toasted aroma. Salads slightly.

• Let cool down, and in the meantime take care of the vegetables.
• Sliced lo shallot and do it brown in a little extra virgin olive oil.
• As soon as the shallot begins to become transparent, combined the courgettes cleaned and sliced, the green beans trimmed, cleaned and chopped.

• Salads lightly and cook over low heat, adding a little water if necessary: ​​once cooked, the vegetables should be soft and dry.
• Scented with a few leaves of mint fresh (if not available, parsley or basil).

• Take the toasted bread with the almonds, transfer it to the blender.

• Add a drizzle of oil and blend all together.

• Pour in a little milk at a time, until you obtain the consistency of a soft cream.

• United a few drops of balsamic vinegar, blend again and finally, taste to adjust the salt and vinegar.
• Pour the bread cream on the plate.

• Arrange the vegetables on top (reheat them if necessary, if they have become cold in the meantime).

• Serve the vegetable ratatouille immediately on the bread cream.

The proportions indicated are for a second course; by halving the quantities it becomes a perfect appetizer.

THREE RECIPES FOR MAKING BREAD AT HOME:

• Homemade bread: the ancient and simple recipe
• Homemade anise bread, a recipe with honey and orange zest. Excellent for digestion.
• Carasau Bread: The Recipe for Making It at Home

Recipes

Recipe Name

Vegetable ratatouille

Author

Don't waste

Posted on

2024-05-29

Preparation time

30M

Cooking time

30M

Total time

60M