Name: Potato Basket with Ratatouille and Egg
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Española
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 8 potatoes, large; 4 slices cheese; 8 slices serrano ham, Iberian; 1 onion, large; 1 eggplant; 1 green bell pepper, large; 1 zucchini; 3 tomatoes, large; 2 cloves garlic; 1 teaspoon paprika; olive oil; salt

Preparation

45 mins

1h 15 mins

Low

We will start by preparing the vegetables to make the ratatouille. We wash and dice the onion and green pepper, peel and also dice the zucchini. We will cut the eggplant right before adding it to the pan to prevent it from oxidizing, and we will peel the tomatoes before dicing them without the seeds, just as we saw in the recipe for Gratinated Rice with Vegetables and Cheese. In a large pan, we pour enough oil to cover the bottom and over medium-low heat, we add the onion. Now it’s the turn of the eggplant. We peel it well, cut it into small cubes, and add it to the pan with the onion, letting it soften for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, we add the green pepper, zucchini, and garlic. We stir well and let it soften for another 10 minutes. Once the 10 minutes have passed, we add the paprika and stir well, immediately adding the tomato to prevent the paprika from burning, then we add the salt and stir everything. Now we have all the ratatouille ingredients in the pan, so we let it cook over low heat for 1 hour. In the meantime, we will prepare the potatoes. We cut the potatoes into thin slices and fry them in plenty of oil. When they are ready, we place them on a dish and set them aside. It’s advisable that they are almost cold to handle them better when preparing the baskets. Once we have the potatoes and ratatouille ready, we move on to prepare the baskets. On the baking tray, we place a bit of parchment paper for each basket we are going to prepare. On top of the parchment paper, we place the mold and begin to arrange a row of potatoes, overlapping each potato slightly with the next around the inner wall of the mold. If you find it difficult, you can wet the inner wall of the mold with a little oil to help the potatoes stick better. Once we have the entire wall covered, we place some potatoes covering the bottom well so that none of the filling escapes. Once we have the basket, we just need to add the filling ingredients. We preheat the oven to 160ºC. We will start by adding the ratatouille to about halfway up the basket, then add the diced ham, and with the help of a smaller mold, we cut the cheese into a round shape to serve as a lid for the basket. We put it in the oven and let it cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, we take out the baskets and add the egg. We put them back in the oven at the same temperature and let them cook until the egg is set. If you like the yolk to burst, no problem, it will burst and cook just the same. We take them out of the oven and, with the help of a spatula, remove the baskets from the baking tray. We run a knife along the inner edge of the mold to detach the potatoes and carefully remove the mold.

Potato Basket with Ratatouille and Egg

Ingredients

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Potato Basket with Ratatouille and Egg

Ingredients

Preparation

Nutritional information

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