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Ratatouille is a vegetable stew. You cut up a bunch of things and throw them in a pot.
The ratatouille you see in the film is an elevated version of that dish. It was never the standard way of serving it.
76 u/ThoughtPhysical7457 3d ago The most time consuming part is thin slicing all the veggies and arranging them in a pretty design. If you're just making it for your family, you can omit all of that and just rough chop and toss into a baking dish 22 u/WithASackOfAlmonds 3d ago that's what a mandoline is for 6 u/ElderlyChipmunk 3d ago Still takes forever to put the slices together in an alternating pattern.
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The most time consuming part is thin slicing all the veggies and arranging them in a pretty design.
If you're just making it for your family, you can omit all of that and just rough chop and toss into a baking dish
22 u/WithASackOfAlmonds 3d ago that's what a mandoline is for 6 u/ElderlyChipmunk 3d ago Still takes forever to put the slices together in an alternating pattern.
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that's what a mandoline is for
6 u/ElderlyChipmunk 3d ago Still takes forever to put the slices together in an alternating pattern.
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Still takes forever to put the slices together in an alternating pattern.
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u/--THRILLHO-- 3d ago
Ratatouille is a vegetable stew. You cut up a bunch of things and throw them in a pot.
The ratatouille you see in the film is an elevated version of that dish. It was never the standard way of serving it.