Tarte Flambée with Chorizo and Onions

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Mouthfeel: How Texture Makes Taste

By Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbæk

Published 2017

  • About

Tarte flambée is a dish from Alsace that has a crisp bread base covered with fresh cheese, onions, and bacon. In this recipe, chicken chorizo replaces the bacon. It is similar to a pizza, but the base is much thinner and made without any leavening agents. As implied by the name, it is usually baked in a wood-fired oven and it should be so crisp that it crackles. But it can be baked very successfully in a stone oven, especially one that is wood-fired, as this will impart fantastic tas