1.
Leave the eggplant to soak in water with a pinch of salt for half an hour to minimize their slightly bitter taste.
2.
Wash all the vegetables and dry them on kitchen paper. Cut them into 1 cm thick strips. The key to a perfect ratatouille is to cut all the vegetables to the same thickness.
3.
Grease an oven dish with a good dash of
Star extra virgin olive oil and arrange the vegetables in alternating layers or spirals. Sprinkle them with salt, Herbs de Provence and finely chopped garlic.
4.
Drizzle them again with
Star extra virgin olive oil, put the dish into a preheated oven at 180 ºC and bake for half an hour or until they are lightly poached. Serve warm.