Recipes · inspired by the fancy layered ratatouille served at the end of the movie Ratatouille
Quick Layered Ratatouille
Thin rounds of zucchini, squash and tomato fanned in a spiral over tomato sauce, like the famous dish in the movie, cooked in the microwave.
- Ready in
- 18 min
- Ingredients
- 6
- Makes
- 2 to 3 plates
- Level
- easy
Ratatouille is the 2007 Disney·Pixar movie about a rat who dreams of being a chef in Paris; its ride, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, is at Epcot’s France pavilion and Disneyland Paris. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of a dish from the movie or the pavilion, not an official recipe.
The layered ratatouille in the movie is based on a dish a real chef created for the film. A slow oven version takes about two hours; ours cooks in the microwave and still looks beautiful when you bring it to the table.
Make it a learning moment: ratatouille is a vegetable stew from Provence in the south of France. Count how many different vegetables are in your spiral, and how many colors.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Grown-up Slice the zucchini, squash and tomatoes into thin rounds, all about the same size.
- Kids Spread the marinara in a microwave-safe dish about 8 inches wide.
- Kids Stand the slices up in a spiral, alternating colors: green, yellow, red, round and round to the middle.
- Kids Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle the thyme, salt and pepper.
- Grown-up Cover with a microwave-safe plate and microwave 8 to 10 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Let it stand 2 minutes.
