German
Flammkuchen (Alsatian-Style Onion and Creme Fraiche Tart)
Flammkuchen (Alsatian-Style Onion and Creme Fraiche Tart) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
How to cook it
- Preheat the oven to 475 F and combine the flour, olive oil, warm water, and salt in a bowl; knead briefly into a smooth dough, about 3 minutes, then let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll the dough out on a floured surface into a very thin large rectangle and transfer it to a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Spread the creme fraiche evenly over the dough all the way to the edges, then season with the nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
- Scatter the sliced onions evenly over the top.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the edges are crisp and browned and the onions are lightly caramelized.
- Scatter the chives over the top, slice into rectangles, and serve hot, the meatless version of Flammkuchen that has become genuine everyday vegetarian home food, not the classic version topped with Speck.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Flammkuchen (Alsatian-Style Onion and Creme Fraiche Tart), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Flammkuchen (Alsatian-Style Onion and Creme Fraiche Tart) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice) |
| Gluten | Yes | Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Dairy, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Flammkuchen (Alsatian-Style Onion and Creme Fraiche Tart) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
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From the same kitchens
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Does the same job on the plate
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Cook this with your whole family
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