Ratatouille recipe in a basket of potatoes

Ingredients to make Pisto in a basket of potatoes:

• • Ingredients for 4 baskets.
  • 4 Eggs.
  • 8 Large Potatoes.
  • 4 slices of cheese.
  • 8 slices of Iberian Serrano Ham.
  • 1 Large Onion.
  • 1 Eggplant.
  • 1 Large Green Pepper.
  • 1 Zucchini.
  • 3 Large Tomatoes.
  • 2 cloves of garlic.
  • 1 teaspoon paprika.
  • Olive oil.

How to make Pisto in a basket of potatoes:

1.We are going to start by preparing the vegetables to make the ratatouille. Wash well and dice the onion and green pepper, peel and also dice the zucchini. We will cut the aubergine at the right time to put it in the pan so that it does not rust and we will peel the tomatoes before chopping them into small squares and without the seeds as we saw in the recipe for Gratin of Rice with Vegetables and Cheese.

2.In a large frying pan, add oil until it covers the bottom and over medium heat – low, add the onion. Now it’s the eggplant’s turn. Peel it well, cut it into small squares and add it to the pan along with the onion and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, add the green pepper, zucchini and garlic. Stir well and fry for another 10 minutes. The 10 minutes have passed, add the paprika and stir well, immediately add the tomato so that the paprika does not burn, add the salt and stir everything. We already have all the ratatouille ingredients in the pan so we let it cook over low heat for 1 hour. Meanwhile we will prepare the potatoes.

3.We cut the potatoes in a pan and fry them in abundant oil. When they are ready, put them in a bowl and set aside. It is convenient that they are almost cold to be able to handle them better when we prepare the baskets. When we have the potatoes and ratatouille ready, we go on to prepare the baskets.

4.On the oven tray we place a little baking paper for each basket that we are going to prepare. Place the platter on top of the baking paper and place a row of potatoes, mounting each potato a little with the next around the inside wall of the platter. If you find it difficult, you can moisten the inside wall of the platter with a little oil so that the potatoes stick better. When we have the entire wall covered, we put some potatoes covering the bottom well so that none of the filling escapes. Once we have the basket, all we have to do is add the ingredients for the filling. Preheat the oven to 160º C. We will start by putting ratatouille more or less up to the middle of the basket, we add the chopped ham and with the help of another smaller platter we cut the cheese in a round shape that will serve as the lid of the basket. Put in the oven and let cook for 10 minutes.

5.After 10 minutes we take out the baskets and add the egg. Put it back in the oven at the same temperature and let it cook until the egg sets. If you like the broken yolk there is no problem, it breaks and it will be the same.

6.Remove from the oven and with the help of a spatula remove the baskets from the oven tray. Run a knife along the inner edge of the platter to loosen the potatoes well and carefully remove the platter.