How Tarte Flambée or Flammekueche is made in Alsace

Bread dough, a crème fraîche-based cream, bacon and onions - that's all you need to make THE national dish - alongside the sauerkraut platter - of Alsace, France. Okay, actually a wood-fired oven is also essential, as this is the only way to give the tarte flambée - aka German pizza, Flammekueche, or Flammkuchen - its typical crust. Even if there are variations with Munster cheese, mushrooms or ham tarte flambée is a simple dish. And a social one. Traditionally, you order several, place them in the middle of the table and then everyone simply helps themselves with their hands. Here's all you need to know.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:53 Alsace, capital of tarte flambée
01:14 The wood-fired oven
01:34 The dough
02:52 The cream
03:10 The toppings
04:15 Burned bread?
04:42 A social dish
05:21 Outro

CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Cédric Tacussel
Edit: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus

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