{"id":266,"date":"2018-10-19T23:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/?p=266"},"modified":"2018-10-19T23:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:35:19","slug":"anyone-can-cook-ratatouille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2018\/10\/19\/anyone-can-cook-ratatouille\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone can cook ratatouille"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve loved Pixar\u2019s \u201cRatatouille\u201d<\/a> since it first came out and I saw it in theaters. But it\u2019s a movie that\u2019s only grown on me since then.<\/p>\n

Of course, I\u2019ve come to love cooking even more, so that\u2019s no surprise, but it\u2019s really the movie\u2019s messages that have grown in importance to me.<\/p>\n

There is the message (*spoilers ahead*) from the critic at the end of the movie that \u201cAnyone can cook,\u201d which isn\u2019t to say that we can all be great chefs but a great chef can come from even the humblest of beginnings.<\/p>\n

But if I\u2019m honest, it\u2019s the message from Remy walking away from his dad to pursue his passion despite his family\u2019s wishes that really gets me.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot from IMDB.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I won\u2019t get overly sappy here, but I\u2019m coming up on a year since leaving journalism, and that scene has been making me think and challenging me to move forward. That\u2019s no less true of our current political climate as we approach another election. Things can change, as long as we decide to step up.<\/p>\n

So, to readers, please vote<\/a> and convince your friends and family to do the same. And, to myself, who voted last weekend, I am reminded to step up and try to help bring about that change by working for it.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019ll step off my pedestal and get back to my recipe.<\/p>\n

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Sheet pan ratatouille ingredients (please note, this is way too much to fit on one sheet pan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m embarrassed to say how many years I\u2019ve wanted to make the eponymous ratatouille from the movie, and I finally did it during my year of casseroles<\/a>. And while it did not achieve the picturesque quality of the movie, it was a delight.<\/p>\n

I thought it could be replicated on a sheet pan, albeit a smaller amount, and I was not wrong. However, I did buy way too much of the required vegetables, and so I had to make it on several sheet pans over multiple days. And yet, I\u2019m not complaining.<\/p>\n

I tried a few different methods to see what would work best — sauce on top, sauce on bottom, baked at a slightly lower temperature, and came up with what is my favorite. It\u2019s also pretty easy, to boot, except the slicing, but it\u2019s made easier if you have a mandoline slicer.<\/p>\n

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It looks classy, but it’s also easy and delicious.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what I did (using the best version of my tests):<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n