Pisto Manchego ( Spanish Ratatouille)

Pisto is Spain’s ratatouille, a savory mixture of eggplant , summer squash, onions, garlic and tomatoes cooked until they fall apart creating a wonderful sauce.

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Signing up on  Recipe Exchange Challenge to make Natascha’s Traditional Pisto Manchego sent me on this culinary research to discover the many versions of this dish.  This dish can be served on its own, or topped with fried eggs or as a side with meat or fish.

I tried to stick as close as possible to Natascha’s recipe but took some liberties…the main one was deciding to roast the vegetables instead of pan frying. As Natascha’s suggested in her post spices can be added to taste. I spiced it up by adding some cayenne and cumin….

This is delicious and can be stored in the fridge or frozen. I made an extra batch to freeze which I will reheat in the oven and top with fried eggs next weekend.

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Pisto Manchego

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: moderate
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Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 medium onion whole
  • 5 cloves of garlic with skin on
  • 2  zucchini
  • 2 red bell peppers ( or yellow and green)
  • 1 eggplant whole (pierce with fork and several places)
  • 4-5 tomatoes
  • 1  tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne peeper
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine ( optional)
  • Salt and black pepper

Putting it together

  • Grill/roast the all the vegetables under the broiler until charred. It takes around 30 mins or so and peppers may take a little longer. You will need to watch them and remove as they get done.
  • While they cool, you can remove the charred skin off the tomatoes, eggplant and peppers. Core and seed the peppers and cut into a medium dice. Halve the eggplant and dice. Peel and chop the onion and garlic. Dice the zucchini and tomatoes.
  • In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat and add the cayenne, garlic and cumin for a minute. Add the white wine if you are using it. Add the vegetable and any juices from the baking sheet. Bring to a boil then simmer until the vegetables are all tender and the sauce has thickened. Season with salt and pepper
  • Enjoy on its own or a side of crusty bread 🙂

25 thoughts on “Pisto Manchego ( Spanish Ratatouille)”

  2. Oh lovely! I should try roasting the veggies too! Wow, this looks fabulous! And with a fried egg on top it is curiously even better! You did a great job. Thank you for choosing the recipe and you did the right thing in making changes. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙

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  3. That’s wonderful Zeba! I love the tiny changes you have incorporated! The dish looks really attractive and appetising! Natascha’s recipes are always reliable and amazing 😀😀😀😀😀😀! A good choice and a really amazing, successful try!

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  5. I love the roasted veggies – they look so beautiful. I have seen Pisto Manchego from Google before when I was looking for a Spanish recipe. Both your verion & Natascha’s are amazing! This looks really delicious. 🙂

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