Ratatouille

A great classic of French cuisine, easy for once! With a little Quebecois secret... This dish will comfort you in the chill of fall and combine all the vegetables the gardens lavish on us.

Ingredients

• 1 onion, coarsly chopped
• 90 ml olive oil (approximately)
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 ml hot pepper, crushed
• 3 sweet peppers, seeded and coarsly chopped
• 2 small zucchinis, sliced
• 1,5 kg fresh tomatoes, diced
• 5 drops Aliksir basil gastronomic oil
• 4 drops Aliksir beebalm gastronomic oil
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

1. In a big pot, fry the onion in some olive oil.
2. Add the garlic and keep on frying for about one more minute.
3. Add the hot pepper.
4. Add the sweet peppers. Fry and add oil as needed.
5. Add the tomatoes. Stir.
6. Bring to a boil and simmer on low heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Add salt.
8. Add the basil and beebalm oils.
9. Adjust seasoning.

Vary the vegetables according to your harvest : eggplant (traditional), squash, mushroom, etc