Flammenküche with smoked bacon and tangy onions

Serves 2

This Alsatian take on a pizza from Upper Crust: Homemade Bread The French Way is the perfect dinner for a chilly autumn evening. This flammenküche – known as tarte flambée in French – comes with the traditional toppings of smoked bacon and tangy onions, but why not experiment? Add a handful of gruyère or saute some garlicky mushrooms for extra pizzaz.

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Flammenküche

This Alsatian take on a pizza is the perfect dinner for a chilly autumn evening. Add a handful of gruyère or sauté some garlicky mushrooms for extra pizzaz.

Prep Time2 hours hrs 50 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: French

Keyword: Alsatian Pizza, Alsatian tarte flambée, Flàmmeküeche

Servings: 2 people

Calories: 1070kcal

Author: Marie-Laure Fréchet

Ingredients

Pizza dough (makes 250g)

• 300 ml water
• 2 tsp salt
• 15 sugar
• 500 g bread flour T65
• 10 g fresh yeast or 100g refreshed levain + 5g fresh yeast
• 50 ml extra-virgin olive oil

Toppings

• 3 yellow onions
• 150 g smoked bacon
• 100 g fromage blanc
• 100 g crème fraîche
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• Ground nutmeg

Instructions

• Prepare the pizza dough: Place the water, salt, sugar, flour, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Knead for five minutes on speed 1, followed by five to six minutes on speed 2. Two minutes before the end of the kneading time, drizzle in the olive oil with the mixer running.
• Continue kneading until smooth. Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for two hours. Fold the dough once, after an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 450° F (240° C/Gas Mark 8). Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface, shape it into a ball, and let it rest for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel the onions and slice them very thinly. Cut the bacon into thin strips. If your onion and bacon slices are a little thick you can sauté them together in a skillet for five minutes to soften and cook them a bit before adding them to the flammenküche. Let cool completely on a plate lined
• with paper towel to absorb excess grease before using.
• In a bowl, stir together the fromage blanc and crème fraîchee until smooth. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Place the dough on a baking sheet, either non-stick or lined with parchment paper. Using your fingertips or a rolling pin, press or roll the dough out into as thin a circle as possible.
• Spread the cheese mixture over the dough in an even Iayer, then scatter the onions and bacon over the cheese.
• Bake the flammenküche for 10 minutes, without letting it brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Recipe extracted from Living France Magazine

Originally from Upper Crust: Homemade Bread the French Way: Recipes and Techniques by Marie-Laure Fréchet. Photographer: Valérie Lhomme