How to make Ratatouille’s Turli (Greek Briam)

Instructions

1. Cut the tomatoes, onion and garlic

   • To prepare the sauce, let’s cut all the tomatoes into smaller parts.
   • When cutting the tomatoes, don’t forget to also collect the juice, because it’s literally the most delicious part of the tomato.
   • After the tomatoes are done, we are going to mince some onion and some garlic.
   • We are going to use half of the minced garlic to prepare the tomato sauce and the other half to marinate the vegetables.

   • You need
   • 1 ½ lb tomatoes
   • ½ onion
   • garlic cloves

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   Keep the tomato juice.

2. Cook the sauce

   • In a frying pan, let’s add some olive oil, the minced garlic and the minced onion.
   • When the onion and garlic look golden, let’s add the tomatoes and then lower the heat to medium.
   • It will take about 20 minutes for the sauce to be ready.

   • You need
   • olive oil

   Start a 20 min timer

   Only half of the garlic.

3. Slice the vegetables

   • For the second part of the recipe, we are going to peel some potatoes and then cut them into thin slices.
   • Next, let’s get the zucchini and cut it into thin slices as well.
   • We will do the same thing for the yellow squash.
   • Since the eggplant is a little bit bulkier, we are going to cut it in half first and then cut it into smaller pieces.
   • We are going to do the exact same thing for the red onion.

   • You need
   • 3 potatoes
   • 1 zucchini
   • 1 yellow squash
   • 1 eggplant
   • 1 red onion

4. Season the vegetables

   • Now that all the vegetables are cut, let’s put them in a bowl and we will marinate them with celery, parsley, garlic, oregano, olive oil and salt.
   • Mix the vegetables really well, and now let’s check on the sauce.

   Turn the oven on to 400°F (205°C) now, so it’s hot by the time the pan goes in.

   • You need
   • 2 celery sticks
   • parsley
   • garlic cloves
   • oregano
   • olive oil
   • salt

5. Spread the sauce in the pan

   • In about 20 minutes, the sauce should look like this.
   • Grab a baking pan and pour in the sauce that we just prepared.
   • Spread it out evenly, top it off with some basil, and now it’s time to add the vegetables.

   

   • You need
   • basil

6. Layer the vegetables

   • When layering the vegetables, the only rule you need to follow is not to add the same type of vegetable right next to each other.
   • Try to go around in a circle, just like in the time lapse in the video.

   

   Never two of the same side by side.

7. Bake covered

   • Now that everything is ready, I’m going to cover it with aluminum foil and then bake it for 40 minutes at 400°F (205°C).

   Start a 40 min timer

8. Bake uncovered

   • After 40 minutes have passed, we are going to remove the aluminum foil and then bake it for another 40 minutes.

   Start a 40 min timer

9. Top with herbs and serve

   • After the second baking process, finally our turli is ready.
   • Top it off with some basil and parsley and then serve it on a plate.

   • You need
   • basil
   • parsley