Indulge in the rich flavors and textures of Alsace, a region in northeastern France, renowned for its exceptional cuisine. Embark on a culinary journey as we uncover the secrets of Alsatian cheese tart, a savory delight that showcases the region's love for cheese, cream, and flaky pastry. This delectable tart is a staple in Alsatian homes and a symbol of their culinary heritage. Let's explore the origins, variations, and step-by-step guide to crafting this masterpiece.
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ALSATIAN CHEESE TART
Alsatian Cheese Tart
Categories Onion Appetizer Bake Cocktail Party Quick & Easy Lunch Bacon Cottage Cheese Sour Cream Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough Gourmet Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 36 hors d'oeuvres
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 12-inch square, then transfer to a large baking sheet.
- Blend cottage cheese, sour cream, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth.
- Cook bacon in a 10-inch skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until it just begins to brown, about 5 minutes. (Bacon should be tender, not crisp.) Remove from heat.
- Spread cheese mixture evenly over pastry, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Scatter bacon and onion on top, then sprinkle with parmesan. Bake until pastry is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into 36 pieces and serve warm.
ALSATIAN TART
Maybe this is how "white pizza" got its start? Alsace is a former province in NE France in the mountains. This tart is a hardy meal in itself; (and probably where comfort food got its name) :) Easy and I love it! And hopefully, so will you.
Provided by Gingerbee
Categories Pork
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pastry dough can be purchased in either your supermarket in the freezer section, or in a bakery which makes their own.
- Defrost pastry dough; roll out on lightly floured board to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut out 4 circles (using a 7" diameter salad or cake plate as a template).
- Prick dough with fork and refrigerate while preparing the filling.
- Cook bacon; drain and crumble; set aside.
- In one tablespoon of canola oil, saute sliced onion until golden.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cheese, creme fraiche, flour, salt and pepper and mix by hand until combined thoroughly.
- Remove pastry rounds from refrigerator, spread each round with cheese mixture.
- Sprinkle top with sauteed onions and arrange crumbled bacon.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Bake 15 minutes until done.
- Very rich and filling served with a salad and a glass of white wine.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 984.8, Fat 75.2, SaturatedFat 23.9, Cholesterol 64, Sodium 698.9, Carbohydrate 61.3, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 2.2, Protein 16.6
ALSATIAN CHEESE TART
Make and share this Alsatian Cheese Tart recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Lambkyns
Categories Pork
Time 50m
Yield 36 appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 12-inch square, then transfer to a large baking sheet.
- Blend cottage cheese, sour cream, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth.
- Cook bacon in a 10-inch skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until it just begins to brown, about 5 minutes. (Bacon should be tender, not crisp.) Remove from heat.
- Spread cheese mixture evenly over pastry, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Scatter bacon and onion on top, then sprinkle with parmesan. Bake until pastry is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into 36 pieces and serve warm.
- Makes 36 hors d'oeuvres.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 62.5, Fat 4.8, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 3.8, Sodium 79.4, Carbohydrate 3.4, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 1.4
TARTE FLAMBEE (ALSATIAN BACON & ONION TART)
While this is a pizza almost everywhere else, in certain places on the German/French border, it goes by the totally dessert-sounding name of tarte flambée. Here we're using bacon, onions, and a creamy cheese mixture as toppings.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Bacon Appetizers
Time 40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place bacon in a skillet and cook over medium-high heat until cooked but not crisp and fat has rendered out, about 8 minutes. Drain in a strainer; reserve the fat.
- Place skillet back over medium heat. Add sliced onions. Cook briefly just until they lose their raw edge and soften up slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Add a teaspoon or 2 of bacon fat if pan seems too dry. Remove skillet from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Mix fromage blanc, creme fraiche, nutmeg, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a mixing bowl.
- Place 1 ball of pizza dough on a well-floured surface. Flatten and roll out to a 10- or 12-inch thin circle. Transfer to a cold cast iron pan. Heat over medium-high heat to pre-cook the bottom of the crust. As dough heats and bubbles appear, deflate them with the tines of a fork so crust ends up thin and crisp (not chewy). When bottom is nicely browned and just about to start getting charred, 5 to 7 minutes, remove from heat. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Spread a generous amount of cheese mixture over the crust. Top evenly with some onions and then the bacon. Broil 5 or 6 minutes until edges are browned and starting to lift. Repeat for remaining tartes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 656.6 calories, Carbohydrate 71.7 g, Cholesterol 68 mg, Fat 26.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 27.7 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 1637.2 mg, Sugar 11.3 g
ALSACE ONION TART
For decades, the restaurant Lutèce-with chef André Soltner behind the stove-was the pinnacle of French cuisine in New York City. Soltner's Alsace onion tart, one of the best we've ever tasted, was the inspiration for this version.
Categories Egg Onion Appetizer Bake Dinner Lunch Bacon Spring Party Gourmet Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 6 main-course or 10 first-course servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make pastry:
- Blend together flour, butter, shortening, and salt in a bowl with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) just until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Drizzle evenly with 4 tablespoons ice water and gently stir with a fork (or pulse in processor) until incorporated.
- Squeeze a small handful: If it doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until just incorporated, then test again. (Do not overwork mixture, or pastry will be tough.)
- Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 6 equal portions. With heel of your hand, smear each portion once or twice in a forward motion. Gather dough together with pastry scraper and press into a ball, then flatten into a disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a 14-inch round and fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then fold overhang over pastry and press against side to reinforce edge. Lightly prick bottom with a fork and chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Line chilled shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake until pastry is set and pale golden along rim, 15 to 20 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until golden all over, 10 to 15 minutes more. Transfer shell to a rack. (Leave oven on.)
- Prepare filling while shell bakes:
- Cook bacon in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer bacon with a slotted spatula to paper towels to drain and pour off bacon fat. Add butter to skillet and cook onions with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper over moderate heat, stirring, until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Cover surface of onions with a round of parchment or wax paper (or cover skillet with a tight-fitting lid) and continue to cook, lifting parchment to stir frequently, until onions are very soft and pale golden, about 20 minutes. Stir in bacon, then remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
- Whisk together crème fraîche, eggs, nutmeg, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl, then stir in onions.
- Fill and bake tart:
- Pour filling into tart shell, spreading onions evenly, and bake until filling is set and top is golden, 25 to 35 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
ALSATIAN POTATO PIE
This stunning, savory pie is made of puff pastry wrapped around a potato, leek, and Comté-cheese filling. Perfect as a hearty appetizer or vegetarian main, it is made to win the hearts and warm the stomachs of your party guests.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cover potatoes with water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add a pinch of salt; cook until just tender, 13 to 15 minutes. Drain. Let cool.
- Bring 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons cream, garlic, and nutmeg to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until mixture is reduced by half. Season with salt and pepper.
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add leek; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk egg yolk and remaining 1 table- spoon cream in a small bowl; set aside. On a lightly floured surface, divide puff pastry into two 6-by-13-inch rectangles. Set one rectangle on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Top with half of potatoes, leaving a 1/2-inch border all around and overlapping slightly, then half of leek mixture and 3/4 cup cheese; season with salt and pepper. Repeat layering with remaining potatoes, leek mixture, and cheese. Brush edges of pastry with egg wash. Cover with remaining pastry rectangle; gently press edges with a fork to seal. Cut 2-inch slits lengthwise in center of crust, 2 inches apart. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with parsley sprigs. Refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.
- Bake until golden brown and puffy, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven; pour cream mixture into pie vents with a funnel. Bake 10 minutes more. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
ALSATIAN BEEF AND MUSHROOM TART
Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, main course
Time 45m
Yield Six or more servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Prepare the tart shell and set it aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat two teaspoons of the butter in a skillet and add the onions. Cook, stirring, until they are wilted. Add the beef and cook, stirring and breaking up any lumps with the side of a heavy metal spoon. Cook until the meat has lost its raw look. If any fat has accumulated, drain it off in a sieve and discard it.
- Add the remaining butter, the mushrooms, green pepper, celery, marjoram, salt and pepper.
- Combine the whole egg, egg yolk, cream, milk and chives or scallions in a mixing bowl and beat thoroughly. Add the meat mixture and stir to blend.
- Pour the mixture into the tart shell. Place a baking sheet in the oven. Put the filled tart shell on the sheet and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until the custard is set.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 403, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 16 grams, Fat 29 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 21 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 547 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- For a richer flavor, use full-fat cream and cheese.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can grate the cheese by hand.
- Be careful not to overmix the batter, as this can make the tart tough.
- Prick the bottom of the tart crust with a fork before baking to prevent it from puffing up.
- Bake the tart until the crust is golden brown and the filling is set.
- Let the tart cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.
- Serve the tart with a dollop of crème fraîche or sour cream.
Conclusion:
The Alsatian cheese tart is a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as an appetizer, main course, or dessert. It is easy to make and can be customized with a variety of different cheeses and toppings. Whether you are looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a special occasion dish, the Alsatian cheese tart is sure to please.
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