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Breton Pie

Name: Breton Pie
Prep time: 24 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 9 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g onion; 50 g butter; Salt; Pepper; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 200 g small pieces of bacon; 2 tablespoons cream; 30 g grated cheese; 6 buckwheat pancakes

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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Duration

1 hour 9 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 25^th 2015

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 9 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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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.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	9 g RDI=4 %	18 g RDI=25 %	224 kcal RDI=11 %	939 kJ RDI=11 %
Per person	8 g RDI=14 %	18 g RDI=7 %	34 g RDI=48 %	420 kcal RDI=21 %	1,760 kJ RDI=21 %
Whole recipe	53 g RDI=82 %	108 g RDI=41 %	208 g RDI=286 %	2,522 kcal RDI=126 %	10,560 kJ RDI=126 %