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Breton Pie

This unusual pie from Brittany is made with piled-up layers of buckwheat pancakes (galettes), sandwiched with a filling of onion and bacon mixed with a little cream.

The whole thing, assembled in a baking tin, is then browned in the oven.

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Last modified on: October 25^th 2015

For 6 people, you will need:

1 500 g onion
2 50 g butter
3 salt
4 pepper
5 1 tablespoon olive oil
6 200 g small pieces of bacon
7 2 tablespoons cream
8 30 g grated cheese
9 6 buckwheat pancakes
Total weight: 1,125 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	45 min.	1 hour 9 min.

Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Peel 500 g onion.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Slice thinly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Melt 50 g butter in a frying pan on medium heat, then add the sliced onions, salt and pepper.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Fry until just starting to brown.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Using the same pan, pour in 1 tablespoon olive oil.

When very hot, add 200 g small pieces of bacon and fry as you like it.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

When the bacon is cooked, add the onions and mix well.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Add 2 tablespoons cream, mix well, leave for a few minutes to thicken, then check the seasoning.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Use a round tin, preferably spring-form or loose bottomed. Scatter a little grated cheese in the bottom.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Lay a pancake in the tin, trimming the edges if it doesn't fit.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Spread a little of the onion-bacon-cream filling on top.

Stage 11 - 7 min.

Add another pancake and repeat the operation until you have used up all the pancakes and filling.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Finish with a little grated cheese.

Stage 13 - 30 min.

Bake for about 20 to 30 minutes...

Stage 14

...until the top pancake is nicely browned.

Stage 15 - 1 min.

Turn out upside down and serve hot, cut into portions like a pie.

Remarks

You can make the pie deeper by using more than 6 pancakes. If you do this, remember to make more of the onion-bacon-cream filling.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 8.92 €
Per person : 1.49 €

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Source

Home made.

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