Caravan Tray Bake
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TypeSide dish
Serves4 people
DateOctober 4, 2026
Rows of potato slices as destroyed caravans on a warm ratatouille.
A warm oven dish with grilled potato slices as caravans, standing in rows on comforting ratatouille. The potatoes are upright, mimicking destroyed caravans after the fire at the campsite. A side dish that literally puts the news image on the table.
Ingredients
- 600 g waxy potatoes
- 2 courgettes
- 1 eggplant
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 large onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 400 g chopped tomatoes (can)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into 1 cm thick slices.
- Parboil the potato slices for 5 minutes in salted water, drain and let steam dry.
- Cut courgette, eggplant, pepper, onion and garlic into cubes.
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan and fry onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add courgette, eggplant and pepper, fry for 5 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Spoon the ratatouille into an oven dish and smooth out.
- Stand the potato slices upright in rows in the ratatouille, like caravans after a fire.
- Brush the potato slices with 1 tbsp olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt.
- Bake for 25 minutes in the center of the oven until the potatoes are golden brown.
Serving notes
- Serve warm, place the dish in the center of the table.
- For extra comfort: sprinkle grated cheese over the potato slices before baking.