Best 6 Tartiflette Alpine Melted Cheese Bacon And Potato Gratin Recipes
In the heart of the French Alps, a culinary masterpiece awaits - Tartiflette, a dish that embodies the essence of Alpine comfort food. This tantalizing gratin seamlessly blends the richness of melted cheese, the smokiness of bacon, and the earthy flavors of potatoes, creating a symphony of textures and tastes.
Our comprehensive guide delves into the intricacies of preparing this iconic dish, offering a classic recipe alongside variations that cater to diverse preferences. Explore the traditional method of using Reblochon cheese, a semi-soft cheese with a nutty flavor, or venture into experimentation with other delectable cheeses like Beaufort, Comté, or Abondance. For bacon lovers, we provide options ranging from traditional pork belly to turkey bacon, ensuring that every bite is infused with smoky goodness.
Furthermore, we unveil the secrets of achieving perfectly cooked potatoes, whether you prefer them thinly sliced or diced, and guide you through the art of creating a flavorful onion layer that adds depth to the dish. Discover the significance of white wine in enhancing the overall taste profile and learn how to incorporate herbs and spices to elevate the gratin's complexity.
Whether you're a seasoned cook or just starting your culinary journey, our detailed instructions and helpful tips will empower you to recreate this Alpine classic in the comfort of your own kitchen. Indulge in the warmth and satisfaction of Tartiflette, a dish that captures the spirit of the mountains and promises to delight your taste buds.
TARTIFLETTE
This Alpine potato and bacon casserole bakes up golden and gloriously gooey thanks to the slices of soft, pungent rind cheese nestled on top. More traditional recipes call for boiling the potatoes separately in one pot, browning the onion and bacon in a skillet, and then combining everything into a casserole dish for baking. This streamlined version accomplishes it all in one large sauté pan. Serve this with a leafy salad of peppery, bitter greens to cut the richness.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, casseroles, main course
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Add bacon to a cold (10- to 12-inch) skillet and place the pan over medium heat. Let bacon cook until some of the fat renders and the edges turn golden, about 7 to 10 minutes. (You're not looking to crisp the bacon.)
- Add onions to the pan and raise the heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and soft, about 10 minutes longer. Stir in garlic, thyme and nutmeg, and cook for another minute until fragrant.
- Add potatoes, wine, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and toss until well combined. Cover the pan and cook, stirring every once in a while so nothing sticks, until potatoes are just tender and the liquid has mostly evaporated, 20 to 25 minutes. If the pan dries out while the potatoes are cooking, add a splash or two of water.
- Leaving the rind on, cut the cheese into slices or wedges. Stir crème fraîche into the potatoes, then nestle the cheese in evenly. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake, uncovered, until the cheese melts and the potatoes are very tender, 25 to 35 minutes. Serve hot or warm.
TARTIFLETTE - ALPINE MELTED CHEESE, BACON AND POTATO GRATIN
Fast becoming a classic, Tartiflette is the perfect palliative supper dish for chilly autumn and winter evenings. This delicious, rich and hearty dish hails from the Alpine Haute Savoie region of France. For authenticity's sake, try to get hold of a whole Reblochon cheese. Reminiscent of Camembert or Brie in flavour, texture and shape, Reblochon has the perfect melting quality for Tartiflette. In addition, as this dish can be prepared a day or so ahead, it could make the ultimate Bonfire Night or Halloween centrepiece! This is a truly indulgent dish, which is best appreciated after a strenuous morning on the ski-slopes - or at least a brisk winter's morning walk. It is important to use a ripe Reblochon, preferably bought a few days in advance and left to reach maturity out of the fridge. For this to happen, it should be uncategorised. Of course, if you have a good cheese monger you will be able to buy one ripe and ready to eat. Serve the Tartiflette hot and straight from the gratin dish with fresh salad, crusty bread and assorted pickles. Edited to add: One reviewer made a comment that you should fry the bacon and discard the fat - it IS stated in the main instructions to do just that! Also, if your potatoes are not cooked after 15 minutes plus 25 minutes in the oven, you have not cut them thin enough - try to cut them quite thinly, as shown in all the photos. Reblochon cheese is a very STRONG cheese - do not try this recipe if you are not a lover of strong cheese! Merci:-)
Provided by French Tart
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 1 Tartiflette, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 5.
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the potatoes whole, in their skins, for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook the onion and bacon in the butter in a heavy frying pan over a medium heat; they should sweat but not brown. When they are cooked, discard the fat and add the glass of wine and the creme fraiche and mix well.
- Drain the potatoes and as soon as they are cool enough to handle peel them - the quicker the better. Slice thinly across.
- Choose an ovenproof earthenware dish and rub it well with the cut halves of garlic. Layer half the sliced potatoes across the base, season them with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then scatter over half the onion and bacon mixture.
- Cut the Reblochon cheese in half through the centre of the cheese, leaving you with a cut edge and a skin/rind edge, then lay one half of the cheese on top of the potato, bacon and onion mixture. Add the remaining bacon and onion mixture followed by the rest of the potatoes and more seasoning.
- Place the remaining half of cut Reblochon cheese skin/rind side up on top of the potatoes. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180C/350'F/gas mark 4 for a further 20-25 minutes. The Reblochon should melt within its skin and the cheese drip down throughout the dish, while the potatoes will become crispy and golden brown.
- Tartiflette is a filling dish and all you really need to go with it is a mixed green salad, crusty French bread and a selection of pickles.
TARTIFLETTE
A very easy recipe to make, perfect for a winter's day. I first tried tartiflette whilst in a small cafe in Lille. I had to ask for the recipe as I enjoyed it so much! It originates from the Savoie region of France - a fairly new French dish, created by the makers of Reblochon cheese during the 80's. Reblochon cheese can be hard to get hold of so I've recommended substitutes which work equally well. However, if you can get hold of Reblochon it's well worth it.
Provided by girl-razor
Categories Pork
Time 45m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Peel the potatoes and boil in salted water until just tender. Drain them and when they're cool enough, slice.
- Heat half the butter and oil together in a frying or saute pan and fry the potatoes until golden. Season with salt and pepper and put them into a shallow ovenproof dish.
- Heat the rest of the butter and oil in the same saute pan and cook the lardons over a fairly high heat to colour them well. Turn the heat down, add the onion and cook it until soft and just beginning to colour. Throw in the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes. Whilst cooking add white wine, normally about 1/2 a glass is sufficient.
- Cut the reblochon into slices and trim the rind. Dot spoonfuls of creme fraiche all over the potatoes and cover with the slices of reblochon. Bake in an oven, pre-heated to 190 C, for 15 minutes. The cheese should be melted and bubbling. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 501.9, Fat 25, SaturatedFat 12.3, Cholesterol 50.4, Sodium 132.2, Carbohydrate 63, Fiber 7.9, Sugar 4.3, Protein 7.5
TARTIFLETTE (FRENCH POTATO, BACON, AND CHEESE CASSEROLE)
This striking looking dish is basically a potato, onion, and bacon casserole, topped with Reblochon cheese.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Side Dish Potato Side Dish Recipes Potatoes Au Gratin Recipes
Time 1h25m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil unpeeled potatoes with salt in water over high heat; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are easily pierced with a knife but are not too soft, 15 to 25 minutes depending on size. Remove potatoes from water to cool.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Cook bacon in a skillet over medium to medium-high heat until cooked but not quite crisp and most of the fat is rendered out, 5 to 7 minutes. Push bacon to one side of the pan and blot up some of the fat with a wadded paper towel. Add onion slices. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and cayenne. Cook and stir over medium heat until onions are soft, sweet, and golden, about 6 minutes. Add white wine; cook for 2 minutes and deglaze pan. Remove from heat.
- Cut wheel of cheese into 2 semi-circles. Place each half cut side down and split in half to form 2 more semi-circles, each with a rind side and creamy cheese side.
- When potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel off the skin. Slice into fairly thick slices, about 1/3 inch thick.
- Place a little over half the potato slices onto bottom of a 2-quart shallow baking dish. A little overlapping is fine. Sprinkle with a bit of salt. Pour in bacon/onion/wine mixture and spread over potatoes in an even layer. Arrange the remaining potato slices over the top, overlapping as needed. Spread creme fraiche over the potatoes. Place down cheese pieces, rind side up. Transfer pan to a baking sheet. Bake in center rack of preheated oven until browned and potatoes are tender, 45 to 50 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 497.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36 g, Cholesterol 90.6 mg, Fat 29.6 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 21.3 g, SaturatedFat 16.9 g, Sodium 1120.2 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
TARTIFLETTE
This potato-cheese gratin may sound like some ancient Alpine classic, but it's rather more modern than you'd expect.
Provided by Tom Parker Bowles
Categories HarperCollins Side Christmas Casserole/Gratin Easter Potato Cheese Pork Bacon Garlic Milk/Cream Dinner Soy Free Peanut Free Wheat/Gluten-Free
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook the sliced potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water for 10-12 minutes, until just tender but not breaking up. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large, ovenproof frying pan (or an ovenproof dish), then add the onion and cook for 8-10 minutes until translucent. Add the pancetta and cook for another 5 minutes, then stir in the garlic. Continue on the heat, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is cooked through and the onions turn lightly golden.
- Drain off any excess fat. Raise the heat, then pour the white wine into the pan and add the bay leaf. Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring to deglaze the pan, until the wine has reduced by about a third. Add the cream and simmer until that has reduced by about a third too. Remove the pan from the heat and add the potatoes, stirring carefully to coat them with the creamy mixture - it doesn't matter if they start to break up a little. Remove the bay leaf and season the mixture to taste.
- Nestle about two-thirds of the chunks of cheese in among the potatoes and onions, then scatter the rest over the top. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for about 15 minutes at 180°C/Gas Mark 4, until golden brown and bubbling.
- Leave to settle for a few minutes, then serve with a salad of vinaigrette-dressed Little Gems and a few cornichons to cut through the creaminess of the Reblochon.
- Enjoy with a Burgundian oaked Chardonnay such as St Véran.
MOLTEN FRENCH CAMEMBERT POTATO GRATIN WITH BACON AND ONIONS
Pure indulgence & total comfort food! Melted Camembert cheese baked au gratin with potatoes, bacon, onions, wine & creme fraiche! This is my own adaptation of a recipe called Tartiflette; an Alpine Savoy dish which uses Reblochon cheese which I find a bit overpowering in flavour, so I made my own recipe up using Camembert and cutting out butter and full fat cream too! This is a truly lovely meal which is served with crisp green salad and a selection of charcuterie - such as salamis, sausages, pates & terrines. Bring the Poele, the little cooking pot to the table, have everything set out, add some wine & invite friends and family over.......... oh, and don't forget to light the log fire too!
Provided by French Tart
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h10m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 210C,425°F.
- Grease an ovenproof dish, I use a French Poele, a small pan like earthenware dish with a handle, but any oven proof dish which is fairly deep will be okay!
- Peel and boil the potatoes whole; cook for about 20-25 mins or until JUST tender but still holding their shape well.Plunge them into cold water to stop them cooking and set them to one side.
- Meanwhile, heat up a frying pan and cook the lardons or bacon cubes together with the diced onions. Cook them over a medium heat, pouring away any excess fat. Fry them until the bacon is crispy but not too brown and the onions are tender.
- Mix together the creme fraiche and glass of wine. Season the mixture very well with black pepper and just a touch of salt, as the bacon will be salty.
- Take your Camembert cheese and very carefully slice it into two pieces horizontally.
- Drain the cooled potatoes and cut them into 1/4" thick slices. Layer half of them in to the greased oven proof dish and then cover with half of the onion and bacon mixture.
- Pour over half of the wine and creme fraiche mixture. Place one half of the whole Camembert on top. Repeat the layer in the same order: potatoes, bacon and onion mixture, wine and creme fraiche mixture and end the layers by placing the last half a Camembert cheese on top.
- Season with black pepper again and just a pinch of salt if you wish.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for about 45 minutes or until the gratin is brown and bubbling.
- Set to one side for about 3-5 minutes, it firms up a bit and is easier to serve then!
- Serve with a big bowl of crisp green salad, assorted Charcuterie such as cold meats, salami, terrine and sausage AND not forgetting crusty bread to mop all those juices up with!
- Great with a well chilled and dry white wine such as Chablis or Chardonnay.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients for the best flavor. Look for waxy potatoes that will hold their shape during cooking, such as Yukon Gold or Red Bliss potatoes.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the potatoes. They should be in a single layer so that they can brown evenly.
- Season the potatoes well with salt and pepper. This will help to bring out their flavor.
- Cook the potatoes until they are tender but still slightly firm. They should be able to be pierced with a fork, but they should not be falling apart.
- Use a good quality cheese that melts well. A semi-hard cheese like Beaufort or Gruyère is a good choice.
- Don't overcook the cheese. It should be melted and bubbly, but it should not be browned.
- Serve the tartiflette immediately with a side of crusty bread or baguette.
Conclusion:
Tartiflette is a hearty and satisfying dish that is perfect for a winter meal. The combination of potatoes, cheese, bacon, and onions is irresistible. With its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, this dish is sure to become a favorite in your home.
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