So I was never 100% satisfied with my first attempts at making ratatouille, because it didn't look exactly like the scrumptious dish Remy served Ego in the show. After watching this delicious movie five times, it finally hit me what I needed to do to make the dish mimic the movie's more - pureed tomato-yellow peppers!

I noticed that when Remy was preparing the dish, I saw a plate of tomatoes, zucchinis and yellow peppers. But, when they popped the veggies in the oven, I noticed only the tomatoes and zucchinis. Which lead me to believe that the yellow peppers may have been involved in the thick, creamy-like sauce that lined the bottom of the dish like a lovely painting.

I don't know if this was what the creators of the Ratatouille movie had in mind, but I know one thing -- the pureed yellow peppers really gives the dish added flavor, texture and character! What I did was to sautee these colorful peppers with some garlic, onions, a couple of cherry tomatoes, and a heaping full of extra virgin olive oil. After the yellow peppers got very soft (almost to the point of getting brown), I took them out of the pan and pureed it. The result was this creamy, bright yellow-orange mouth-watering goodness.

Then I followed with the rest of the recipe as I had before - cooking, the zucchini and tomatoes in EVOO, some more garlic, and the majority of the onion rings. (In the movie, they baked these veggies, but I was too lazy to get the oven out). Once they got soft enough and coated in the oil mixture, I proceeded to plate it similar to the show's.

This is the result:



It doesn't look perfect, but I was extremely proud of the result :)