French Cuisine

The word ratatouille comes from touiller which means it is "throwing food". Ratatouille comes from Nice and the surrounding area. This food was originally a food of poor farmers who cooked in the summer with summer vegetables. Ratatouille does not contain the original eggplant (which is not the summer vegetables are like other vegetables). It was a courgette or zucchini (like cucumber), tomato, red and green peppers, onions and garlic. Often it is now known ratatouille adds eggplant.

Ratatouille French served this way alone or with rice, potatoes or bread. Usually served as a lunch meal with bread. Usually also accompanied by a dish of potatoes as a complement. Usually only served as food side alone. All contents of this pan-fried food use olive oil.