Pasta Shells with Halibut and Oven-Roasted Ratatouille
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 1-pound eggplant, unpeeled, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 pound plum tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 small zucchini, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 small red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, flattened
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons herbes de Provence*
- 1 12-ounce halibut fillet
- 2 cups medium-size pasta shells
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Spray large rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray.
- Spread next 5 ingredients on sheet.
- Drizzle with oil.
- Sprinkle with herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper.
- Roast vegetables until tender, stirring occasionally, about 35 minutes.
- Push vegetables to sides of sheet.
- Place fish in center of sheet; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast until just opaque in center, about 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
- Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.
- Return pasta to pot.
- Add roasted vegetables and enough reserved pasta cooking water to pasta to moisten; toss.
- Cut fish into 1/2-inch pieces; add to pasta and toss gently.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- *A dried herb mixture available at specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.
vegetable oil spray, eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, red bell pepper, garlic, olive oil, herbes, fillet, pasta shells
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pasta-shells-with-halibut-and-oven-roasted-ratatouille-107921 (may not work)