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Flamiche

Name: Flamiche
Prep time: 34 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 1 h 16 min
Yield: 1 Flamiche
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g flour; 100 g butter; 30 g lard; 1 egg; 5 g fine (or table) salt; 1 shallot; 300 g endives (head of chicory); 1 leek; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 300 ml liquid cream; Salt; Pepper

Flamiche is a savoury tart from the Picardy region of northeasten France.

It is a cousin of quiche lorraine, but the pastry is characteristically made with lard and the filling has neither bacon nor eggs.

This version contains a mixture of endives and leeks (white part only).

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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 30^th 2017

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 1 Flamiche, you will need:

1 250 g flour
2 100 g butter
3 30 g lard
4 1 egg
5 5 g fine (or table) salt
6 1 shallot
7 300 g endives (head of chicory)
8 1 leek
9 3 tablespoons olive oil
10 300 ml liquid cream
11 Salt
12 Pepper
Total weight: 1,325 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 20 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Make the flamiche pastry

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 250 g flour, 100 g butter, 30 g lard, 1 egg and 5 g fine (or table) salt.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Knead for a few minutes until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Gather the dough into a ball and flatten this into a "cake", then place on a sheet of cooking parchment.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Lay a second sheet of cooking parchment on top and roll out the pastry between the two sheets of paper with a rolling pin...

Stage 5

...until it is the right size for your tart dish or tin.

Refrigerate the pastry (still between its sheets of paper) for at least 1 hour.

Note: the pastry can be made to this stage the day before.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare the filling

Prepare and chop 1 shallot.

Prepare and chop 300 g endives (head of chicory).

Prepare and chop 1 leek, keeping just the white part (you can use the green leaves in another recipe).

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan on medium heat.

When hot, add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Add the endives and leek, mix well and cook for 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 7 min.

Pour in 300 ml liquid cream, salt and pepper again, then turn down the heat and leave to reduce gently for 5 minutes.

Check the seasoning, then leave to cool.

Note: this filling can be prepared the day before.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cook the tart

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Line the tart tin or dish with the circle of pastry.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the filling into the pastry case.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 30 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Do watch the colour of the top, which should just be nicely browned.

Serve either warm or cold.

Remarks

For a quicker version of this recipe, you can use normal shortcrust pastry, or even puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée). However, do try this authentic lard-based version if you can.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Based on a recipe by Joël Robuchon.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	3 g RDI=5 %	17 g RDI=7 %	19 g RDI=26 %	256 kcal RDI=13 %	1,074 kJ RDI=13 %
Whole recipe	46 g RDI=72 %	229 g RDI=87 %	254 g RDI=349 %	3,400 kcal RDI=170 %	14,237 kJ RDI=170 %