Tarte Flambée (French) or Flammekueche (German)
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
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Starter for the Dough
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄4 cup moderately hot water, about 110 degrees
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
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Dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup beer
- 6 tablespoons milk
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Alsatian Tarte Flambee (Traditional)
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (3 ounces)
- 1 cup creme fraiche
- 6 ounces soft white cheese (fromage blanc)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 pinches nutmeg
- 3 ounces bacon, chopped
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Arugula Tarte Flambee (Variation)
- arugula
- lemon vinaigrette
- shaved gruyere or shaved parmesan cheese
- good quality olive, sliced (or chopped)
- sliced grape tomatoes or chopped roma tomato
directions
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Dough:
- Mix the starter ingredients together in a small bowl, cover tightly, and set aside in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- When the starter is light and bubbly, mix the beer and milk into the mixture.
- Put the flour and salt into a food processor, then, with the motor running, add the yeast mixture through the feeding tube. Process the dough until it forms a ball. Add very small amounts of additional flour or milk if necessary.
- Process the ball until it is smooth, elastic, and warm, about 45 seconds to 1 minute.
- Butter a medium-sized bowl, roll the ball around in the butter, then cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled. Punch down and let rise a second time.
- Heat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Oil a 14 x 16 inch baking sheet. Roll the dough until slightly smaller than the baking sheet. Place it on the sheet.
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Alsatian Tarte Flambee:
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a nonstick skillet. Add the onion and cook, stirring, over low heat for 5 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool.
- Combine the crème fraîche, fromage blanc, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the cooled onion.
- Heat the remaining oil in the skillet and fry the bacon until lightly browned, stirring constantly. Remove and drain through a strainer.
- Spread the onion mixture over the dough, leaving a very small raised rim all the way around, then dot with the bacon.
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Baking:
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until the tart is lightly browned.
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Variation - Arugula Tarte Flambee:
- Instead of preparing the traditional Alsatian topping, proceed with baking the crust. Once the crust is baked, toss 2-3 handfuls of arugula with lemon vinaigrette. Top with shaved gruyere, olives and tomato.
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