
Confit byaldi is a variation on the traditional French dish ratatouille by French chef Michel Guérard.
== History ==
The name is a play on the Turkish dish "İmam bayıldı", which is a stuffed eggplant.The original ratatouille recipe had the vegetables fried before baking. Since at least 1976, some French chefs have prepared the ratatouille vegetables in thin slices instead of the traditional rough-cut. Michel Guérard, in his book founding cuisine minceur (1976), recreated lighter versions of the traditional dishes of nouvelle cuisine. His recipe, Confit bayaldi, differed from ratatouille by not...