Tarte flambée with smoked bacon, crème fraîche & reblochon

Tarte flambée with smoked bacon, crème fraîche & reblochon

This dish originates from Alsace and has a thin bread base - this is John Torode's version

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Method

  1. Put 50g of the flour in a bowl with the yeast, sugar, 1 tbsp olive oil and 4 tbsp water. Mix and leave for 1 hour, until the mixture is bubbly and doubled in size.
  2. Put in a food processor and, with the machine running, gradually add the remaining flour and 2 tsp salt. Add just enough water to make a soft but not sticky dough (about 2 tbsp). You can also do this by hand.
  3. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roll the dough out thinly into a square or round about 30cm and put on a baking tray. Spread the dough with the crème fraîche, followed by the onions and bacon, making sure to go all the way to the edge with all the ingredients. Season well with black pepper.
  4. Bake for 20 minutes, until the tart is golden and the base crisp. Top with the reblochon and pop back into the oven for 3 minutes until the cheese has melted.

PER SERVING

544 kcalories, protein 20.5g, carbohydrate 51.5g, fat 29.9 g, saturated fat 14.7g, fibre 2.2g, salt 4.65 g

Recipe from olive magazine, May 2011.

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  • 03 May 2011

    Beth rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 07 May 2011

    Isabelle74 commented on this recipe

    I've got to try this as I live in Alsace, but have never made one myself!

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  • 07 May 2011

    Babs45920 commented on this recipe

    When we were in Alsace many moons ago, all we could afford to eat was the Tarte Flambee. We've been looking for a recipe for years. Can't wait to try it. Would it also work made with a sheet of puff pastry? I'm lousy at making bases...........

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  • 07 May 2011

    Uncle Ian commented on this recipe

    Do you think it would be possible to use some sort of ready made pastry as i am not too confident in the kitchen yet and am sure i would ruin the dish by making pastry :(

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  • 07 May 2011

    jeny commented on this recipe

    Making dough in a food processor is pretty easy, I've made the Jamie Oliver Cheats Pizza this way and its turned out fine each time. Just add the water slowly and it'll be fine!

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  • 10 May 2011

    Myla commented on this recipe

    It's impossible for me to get fresh yeast - does anybody know how to convert fresh into dried?

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  • 15 March 2012

    honeybee rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used 1tsp fast action dried yeast and it was fine. It would be nice to try with fresh to see the difference. Agree that making the dough was very easy.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 250g unbleached white bread flour , plus more for dusting
  • 1 tsp fresh yeast
  • 1 tsp golden caster sugar
  • olive oil

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 6 tbsp crème fraîche
  • ½ red onion , very thinly sliced
  • 200g smoked lardons , or use smoked streaky bacon, cut into quite thick pieces
  • 100g reblochon cheese , thinly sliced
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PER SERVING

544 kcalories, protein 20.5g, carbohydrate 51.5g, fat 29.9 g, saturated fat 14.7g, fibre 2.2g, salt 4.65 g

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