Tarte Flambee

Name: Tarte Flambee
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, cut into lardons; 118 milliliters creme fraiche; 1 teaspoons dry yeast; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus a little more for dusting; 1 bunch fresh chives, finely chopped; 4 servings Kosher salt; 118 milliliters fromage blanc or high quality ricotta; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 3 larges Spanish onions, thinly sliced; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 1 teaspoons sugar; 59 milliliters lukewarm water

Tarte Flambee requires approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 621 calories, 12g of protein, and 46g of fat each. If you have salt, creme fraiche, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

For the dough: Activate the yeast by combining the lukewarm water, yeast and sugar. Stir together and let sit until the mixture becomes frothy and foamy and smells very yeasty, about 10 minutes.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

Put the flour in a mixing bowl and make a well in the center.

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All Purpose Flour

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Mixing Bowl

Add the olive oil, salt and the activated yeast mixture. Stir until the dough comes together and forms a ball.

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Olive Oil

Dough

Yeast

Salt

Dust a clean work surface with flour and knead the dough until it is tight and firm, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Place the dough back in the mixing bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Mixing Bowl

For the topping: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

Place the bacon in a large, wide pan and give it a couple drops of olive oil. Bring the pan to a medium heat and cook the bacon until it is brown and crispy.

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Olive Oil

Bacon

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Frying Pan

Remove the bacon from the pan and reserve on paper towels.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Add the onions to the pan, season with salt, cover and cook until the onions have wilted and are very soft, about 10 minutes.

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Onion

Salt

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Frying Pan

Remove the lid and cook the onions until they are very soft and caramelized. This will take awhile, maybe up to 45 minutes. Stir the onions occasionally paying attention not to let them burn, but don't rush it! When the onions are really brown and sweet, remove them from the heat and reserve.

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Onion

Combine the creme fraiche and fromage blanc.

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Creme Fraiche

Divide the dough into 4 even balls and roll them out until they are 1/8 to 1/16-inch thick.

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Roll

Place them on a sheet tray and bake them in the oven for 4 minutes.

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Remove the dough from the oven. Schmear each dough evenly with the cheese mixture, place an even layer of the caramelized onions on the cheese and sprinkle the bacon on top of the onions.

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Onion

Cheese