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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRatatouille Caprese is a show stopping Keto friendly side dish perfect recipe to accompany just about anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The beautiful kaleidoscope of colors in the bold backdrop of cast iron <\/a>make this dish visually pleasing and delicious too. This is one of those side dishes that could easily double as a meal if you wanted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Full of colors veggies like zucchini, squash, eggplant and tomatoes along with fresh mozzarella cheese and salty cured prosciutto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every bite is sure to wake up every last taste bud. This is another one of my Keto mashups<\/a> recipes. I take two different dishes and bring them together to create something new and exciting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ratatouille isn\u2019t just an animated children\u2019s movie about a cooking rat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Believe it or not it\u2019s a classic French dish comprised of eggplant and other seasonal vegetables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Traditionally its saut\u00e9ed w\/ fresh herbs in a light tomato sauce. Just like most classic European recipes there are hundreds of various versions based on the regional tastes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Caponata is an Italian eggplant dish very similar to ratatouille normally served cold with crusty bread. The second component of this recipe is the fresh mozzarella and tomatoes commonly paired in the Italian dish Tomato Caprese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Caprese is a simple salad consisting of tomatoes, mozzarella, Basil and olive oil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s sometimes drizzled with balsamic vinegar<\/a> and served over \u201crocket\u201d also known as arugula. I wanted to put together a traditional ratatouille but I wanted something a bit more filling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The mozzarella and prosciutto are perfect partners to make this recipe more substantial along with bringing a ton of flavor to the dish. You can use any type of eggplant for this recipe. I\u2019ve found that Japanese or graffiti eggplants work best because of their smaller more uniform size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When choosing your other veggies try to purchase similar sized produce. This will help assembling the dish so everything is a similar size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same goes for the mozzarella. I often find the pre sliced tubes of fresh mozzarella are quite convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can\u2019t find any you can always just cut a larger ball into quarter slices. My intent was to incorporate fresh basil into my ratatouille but the quality of basil was sub par. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I skipped it but if you have some I recommend incorporating it into the recipe. Once you\u2019ve got all your ingredients laid out it\u2019s time to start slicing. The goal is to have all of the veggies cut to the same thickness so they will cook evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can most definitely cut them buy hand but I prefer to use a Japanese Mandolin<\/a>. Please use the safety guard and pay attention while you\u2019re slicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many a fingertip have been lost to the Gatana sharp blade of the mandolin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I set the blade to its maximum width which is still only about an \u215bth of an inch. After all your veggies are sliced it\u2019s time to assemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a few tablespoons of Olive oil any wipe down the inside of the cast iron pan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I use that paper towel to act as a book shelf for my veggies as I layer them all the way around the pan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then I remove the paper towel as I squeeze in the last of the veggies. Continue to spiral the veggies, cheese and prosciutto until your pan is full. Before roasting in the oven I like to brush some olive oil or butter infused with fresh herbs and garlic over top so the vegetables caramelize as they cook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the ratatouille Caprese if out of the oven feel free to give it an extra drizzle of olive oil. Then grate some good Pecorino Romano on as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNo, this was not made by a cooking rat from the animated movie Ratatouille <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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