Tarte Flambée, the flat bread of Alsace ☺
Preparation time: Approx. 90 minutes
Preparation
You'll need:
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A large bowl
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A Chamotte stone
- Important!
-> Lowest setting in the oven, and it should heat up for at
least 1 hour, so at least about half an hour before you make the dough.
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Ingredients for 2 Tarte Flambée
The dough
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290 g wheat flour
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ca. 140-160 mL water
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15 g yeast
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A pinch of sugar
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1 Tbsp. sunflower oil
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a bit more than 1 tsp. salt
The cream layer
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200g to 250g Crème Fraîche
Attention: No Crème Fraîche needed for the "Alsatian"
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Nutmeg
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2 to 3 pinches of salt (depending on the toppings)
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Ground pepper
For the toppings, see at the end of the recipe
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The dough
Now at the latest, the pizza stone should be placed in the oven (lowest setting) and heated up at 300℃.
Put 290 g flour in a bowl, make a well in the middle and crumble
15 g of yeast into it and sprinkle some (powdered) sugar on top. Mix the
yeast with a little of the
140-160 mL water and a little of the flour to make a sponge
mixture and set aside in a warm place for 10 minutes.
Then add a good 1 tsp. salt, 1 Tbsp. oil and the rest of the water
in several stages and knead into a smooth dough until the right firm
consistency is reached.
Cover the dough again with a damp cloth and put it aside - for about half an hour to an hour at the most.
In the meantime you can prepare the other ingredients for the topping.
If you're doing the "Alsatian", remember to thaw the snails!
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The cream layer
Add the spices to the Crème Fraîche: The salt (2 to 3 pinches of
salt - depending on the toppings), the pepper (not too little!) and the
nutmeg.
Mix well. This I always do the same no matter what kind of
toppings I chose (Exception: "The Alsatian" - with snails).
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The topping
In general put all the toppings before baking cut in small pieces
on top of the tarte. Exception: Onions and spring onions should be
divided into two parts and one part should be
put on top before baking, the other afterwards.
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Baking the Tarte
Cut the dough in half and roll out the first half to a thin flat
cake. Spread with the cream Fraiche, and the topping
and spread it over it. If you like, you can sprinkle a little
flour on the hot stone before the first Flammkuchen. Then place the
Flammkuchen on the stone.
If you have a chamotte stone, leave the heat at 300℃. Otherwise bake it normally at around 250℃.
Keep a close eye to it!
The second Flammkuchen is best made when the first one has been eaten.
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Different variations:
The Spicy Spaniard:
1/2 yellow small bellpepper, 1/2 small onion, some slices extra
hot Chorizo (let out a bit of the fat in a pan first), 1 chilli, also
fresh chives (put these on after baking!).
The Greek:
With olives, 3 small tomatoes 2, spring onions and 100 g of feta
cheese (feta cheese directly on the crème fraîche, then the rest on
top):
The Hunter:
Mushrooms (if herb mushrooms, 3 medium, sauté them first), 150 g of the Crème Fraîche, 3 to 4 slices Serrano and parsley:
The Fisher:
175-200 g smoked salmon and leek (medium, blanched!), also for everyone half a lime to squeeze out:
The Levantine:
2 medium figs, 75 g soft goat cheese, approx. 50 g dry-cured ham
(smoked or not, thin slices), 1 medium-large red onion, some half
walnuts, a bit of rucola, 1 Tbsp. brown sugar,
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar, fresh thyme.
First slice the onion, melt some butter, add onion and sugar, sauté
until sugar dissolved, deglaze with 2 Tbsp red vine vinegar, simmer
gently for 5 to 10 minutes until
liquid gone.
Put crème fraîche on dough, add onion, goat cheese, then figs in
quarters and bake. Afterwards add ham, a bit of fresh thyme and (if you
want) walnuts and rocket salad.
The Alsatian:
18 to 24 escargots and herb butter (no Crème Fraîche, remember to
thaw the snails in advance and cover them in lots herb butter before
putting them on the dough, otherwise they will be dry and hard!):