Cooking: ratatouille, a pleasure from yesteryear that is still as popular as ever

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A.Richier, R.Chapelard, T.Gauthier – France 2

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For the 13 Hours of Discovery on Monday, September 12, head to Antibes, at Sophie’s, to discover an emblematic dish of Provence that she makes with vegetables from her garden: the ratatouille. Here is a grandmother’s recipe.

Sophie’s vegetable garden is both her landmark and her place of inspiration. There are nearly 200 varieties of vegetables, fruits and aromatic herbs, in the heart of Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes). A passion that goes with that of cooking according to her. That day, the gardener goes in search of courgettes, tomatoes, thyme and aubergines. These emblematic vegetables of Provence are going be him useful to make a ratatouille. Without forgetting two bay leaves for the aromatic touch.

Direction the kitchen of the family home. Sophie is nostalgic for her mother’s ratatouille. Everything is cooked in olive oil for the woman who ran a Nice cuisine restaurant for 30 years. So no written recipe or predefined cooking time, everything is instinctive. Once the vegetables are combined, a fried egg is added above the plate. Five friends of the cook came to taste this traditional dish.

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