Next, in the series of flatbread, I have a fusion dish from the Alsace region called the flammekueche (flatbread pizza). The original dish is not a fusion, meaning flammekueche is a thinly rolled bread dough spread with crème fraîche, onion, and bacon and traditionally baked in wood-fired ovens. However, the recipe I referred was a fusion by including spud or the potato. In fact, when I checked around, there is an Italian version of the Potato Pizza / Pizza con Patate that's traditional.
I stuck to this recipe as it's easier to do and not bother about proofing the dough. The dough used is a regular one with just salt and olive oil and rolled out thin.
Depending on the region, this dish can be called Flammekueche, Flàmmeküeche, Flàmmaküacha or Flammekuechle in Alsatian, Flammkuche in Lorraine Franconian, Flammkuchen in German, which means "flame cake", or in French tarte flambée, which translates as "pie baked in the flames." Contrary to what the direct translation would suggest, tarte flambée is not usually flambéed, but cooked in a wood-fire oven. Source Wiki
I am giving the original recipe as such, though I made with 1 cup flour and got an 8*8 square pizza.
Flammekueche a la Spud | Potato Flammekueche with Rosemary
The dough
300g plain flour
3 tbsps olive oil
120ml warm water
pinch of salt
The Topping
2 medium potatoes (about 400g)
1 small onion (about 100g)
200g crème fraîche or sour cream
3 tbsps olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
25g parmesan grated
approx 2 tbsp of chopped fresh rosemary leaves or fresh thyme leaves
How to make:
Wash and peel the skin off the potatoes. Rinse the sliced potatoes in several changes of water to remove the starch. Drain in a colander. Toss the potatoes with salt and keep it aside.
Preheat the oven to 220C
In a bowl, take the flour, add salt, olive oil, and warm water and just mix into a dough. Knead the dough for a minute or two, just to bring it all together.
Roll out the dough into a thin disc on a floured surface. Grease the baking pan with olive oil, place this disc on it and make sure your pan is fully covered.
Remove the potatoes from the colander and pat dry.
Slice the onion thinly, then toss the onion slices with the potato slices and 1 tbsp of olive oil.
Season the sour cream with a little salt and black pepper and then spread onto both dough bases, spreading it right out to the edge of the dough.
Top this with the potato and onion mix, again spreading it out to the edge of the dough.
Sprinkle with the herbs and another tbsp of olive oil.
Bake for about 15 minutes, then scatter with the grated parmesan and return to the oven for about another 5 minutes. The edge will be well browned and crispy and the potato slices cooked through.
Allow cooling a little before slicing and serving.
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Recipe
Flammekueche a la Spud | Potato Pizza with Rosemary
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vaishali sabnani says
his potato pizza sounds fantastic, looks nice and flaky and potatoes, butter and cheese is a combo made in heaven. The only thing I am wondering is about the taste of sour cream after baking..how does that taste?..Loved the pizza Valli.
Priya Suresh says
U know what, i was waiting to see this flammekueche in ur space as you are blogging with potato recipes, and here you are, fantastic job Valli.
Gayathri Kumar says
That is a nice variation to pizza. As we love potato, will try to add them in my next pizza recipe.
Kalyani says
interesting pizza there ! u got some real goegraphy interest to pull out unusual recipes 🙂
Usha Rao says
Potato pizza is inviting and the red pepper flakes are popping out and even more tempting. Cheese, potatoes and herbs, a winning combination!!
Suma Gandlur says
That is an interesting variation of pizza using potatoes, without the tomato based pizza sauce.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
This is a great variation to the regular pizza and never heard this before. great share.
Harini-Jaya R says
Very interesting potato pizza. I bet my kids will be happy if I m ake this at home 🙂
Sapana Behl says
Very interesting pizza with potatoes.Looks like treat for potato lovers.
Ritu Tangri says
Loving your series valli. Since I'm new to blogging and generally confined to Indian cuisine and some common dishes around the world. I wonder how you collect so much information, coming out with a different version of flatbread with almost the same ingredients. some times I haven't heard the name of the region to which it belongs. well done!! Would love to try this potato pizza.
Pavani N says
Yummy looking potato pizza Valli. This has been on my list to make for a very very long time. Will have to make it for the kids some time.
Sowmya :) says
Love this potato pizza...it is simple and totally delicious
Anonymous says
Bookmarking this will be great for the daywhen 1 pot meal is fine.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
What a lovely recipe Valli! Hats off to you for coming up with all these interesting potato dishes from around the world 🙂
Priya Srinivasan says
This is an amazing recipe valli, the dough has no raising agent is it? very interesting! Bookmarking this to try!!