Ratatouille Lasagna.
So this is the season where there is an abundance of late summer vegetables, especially tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, basil and parsley! These are all the ingredients needed to make ratatouille. I thought it would be interesting to make my ratatouille into a lasagna; so I added cut up lasagna noodles, goat and mozzarella cheeses and a good jarred sauce. My Ratatouille Lasagna is a perfect late summer, comforting casserole to get us ready for the cooler days of autumn!
!/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 medium organic onion, quartered and sliced
1 organic eggplant, quartered and sliced
1-2 organic zucchini, cut up large
2 organic tomatoes, cut up large
1 organic green pepper, cut up large
1/2 can drained artichoke hearts
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon herbes de Provence
1/2 teaspoon combination of parsley, sage rosemary, thyme
1 bunch organic parsley, roughly chopped
1 bunch organic basil leaves, roughly chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
4 ounces soft goat cheese
5-6 ounces mozzarella, sliced or shredded
8 ounces of lasagna noodles
In a large chef’s pan, heat the olive oil to medium high
Add in all the vegetables, sauté
Add in dried seasonings and salt and pepper
Lower to simmer
Stir in the parsley and basil
Cook until vegetables are tender, remove from heat
Meanwhile, boil the lasagna noodles until under al dente
Drain, rinse with cold water and cut up
Alternately, you can use dried no boil noodles, broken up
Gently stir the noodles into the vegetables
Pour some sauce into the bottom of an oven proof baking dish
Transfer half of the vegetable noodle mixture into the dish
Top with all the goat cheese and half of the mozzarella
Add more sauce
Top with the rest of vegetable noodle mixture
Add the rest of the sauce
Top with the rest of the mozzarella, cover the dish with foil or lid
Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 and a half hours
Uncover the dish and bake for another 20-25 minutes until lasagna is bubbly and browned
Enjoy my Ratatouille Lasagna with a fresh salad and a good glass of wine!
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