Tarte flambée / Flammekuech
Description
Why do we say tarte flambée?
It is simply flammée, that is to say cooked over a flame, as the Alsatian name clearly indicates: Flammekueche.
This also explains why tartes flambées are traditionally eaten on a wooden bread shovel used by bakers.
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 80 grams smoked lardons
- 150 grams dough
- 400 milliliters crème fraiche
- 1 tablespoon Colza oil
Instructions
- Chop an onion and lightly fry in butter until brown.
- Mix with 40 cl. fresh cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Fry 80 g of smoked lardons.
- Spread 150 g of dough on an oven dish, and fill with the onion cream mixture.
- Baste with a tablespoon of colza oil and sprinkle with lardons.
- Bake in the oven at a high temperature.
Instructions
Note
The quality of the products is essential, make sure you get high quality smoked bacon from your favorite butcher.
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