French rainbow ratatouille recipe
- 1 handful courgette, green white and yellow
- 1 handful tomatoes, red and yellow
- 1 handful bell peppers, red, yellow and green
- 1 handful eggplants, dark and light purple
- 1 drizzle olive oil
- 1 bunch dried herbs of your choosing
- 2 smashed garlic cloves
- Wash your hands, the jars and lids thoroughly.
- Sterilise the lids or rubber seals by boiling them.
- Leave everything to air dry.
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
- Wash all the vegetables and trim off the ends, then cut them into slices around 1cm thick.
- They need to fit in the jars but should not be paper thin.
- Place the vegetables into a deep oven tray(s) and season with salt and pepper then drizzle with olive oil.
- Cook for around 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, boil water in a pot and add salt, pepper, a bunch of dried herbs and the smashed garlic cloves.
- Remove the vegetables from the oven and stack them up inside the jars in colourful layers using a set of tongs.
- Pour the boiling water over everything, then another drizzle of olive oil in each jar.
- Leave a little room, don't fill it entirely to the brim.
- Make sure that the edges of the jar are perfectly clean, then close your lids, or screw on the caps.
- Place a towel at the bottom of a pot, then place the jars gently down on top of it.
- Cover them with hot water and cook for 90 minutes (starting when the water is boiling).
- Let the jars cool down completely and naturally.
- Don't try to speed things up.
- Test that the jars stay sealed by themselves.
- If they are loose or opening easily, you must redo the heat treatment.
- Store in a cool and clean dry place.
- The jars should last for up to 12 months.
- DO NOT EAT from the jars if the lid is open or loose, you can smell something strange or if there is mould.
- Throw it away right away.
handful courgette, handful tomatoes, handful bell peppers, handful eggplants, olive oil, herbs, garlic
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/44050/french-rainbow-ratatouille-recipe (may not work)