Ratatouille Pasta Bake
Recipe
This delicious ratatouille pasta bake is packed full of vegetables - a tasty way to get towards your 5-a-day.
Serves: 4 people | Prep time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 40 minutes
French | Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 280g Gluten Free Pasta
- ½ Aubergine
- 1 Courgette
- 2 medium Red Onions
- ½ of each red, green and yellow peppers
- 2 cloves garlic
- 30ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 x 400g tin Sweet Harvest Chopped Tinned Tomatoes with Herbs
- 1 x 500g carton Cucina Passata
- 1 x 125g Cucina Mozzarella Cheese
- 10g fresh Basil Leaves
- Sea Salt and Black Pepper
- Stonemill Paprika to sprinkle
- 30 x 25cm Baking Dish
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200⁰C/400⁰F/Gas Mark 6.
- Cut the aubergine in half lengthways and slice thinly.
- Cut the peppers into thin strips and remove any seeds and white pith.
- Peel and cut the onions in half and thinly slice.
- Trim the courgette and slice thinly.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Cook the pasta in slightly salted boiling water for about 6 minutes until al dente.
- Drain the pasta and keep to one side.
- Sauté the aubergine, peppers and onion in a large wok or frying pan in the olive oil for about 5/6 minutes stirring as you cook.
- Add the courgette slices and the garlic.
- Cook, stirring for a further 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and the passata, season with a little salt and some black pepper and bring to the boil.
- Mix the penne pasta with the vegetable tomato sauce then pour into the baking dish.
- Drain the mozzarella and chop into small pieces.
- Sprinkle over the torn basil and the cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, sprinkle over some paprika and serve.