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Tartiflette
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schedulePrep 0 min
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Ingredients
Scale
- 1¾ pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (5 or 6 medium-sized ones, all the same size) or waxy boiling potatoes
- 5–6 ounces slab bacon or salt pork, cut into lardons about 1 x ¼ x ¼ inch
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 ea. (about 6 ounces) medium onion, finely chopped
- ¼ cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
- 6 tablespoons (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) heavy cream
- ½ tsp salt, or to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- ½ pound reblochon cheese
Directions
- Boil potatoes in their skins for exactly 20 minutes, until they’re just beginning to get tender. Do not overcook! Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.
- While still warm, peel the potatoes with your fingers, then use a large, very sharp knife to cut them into slices about ⅓-inch thick. Then cut the slices into rough cubes.
- While the potatoes are cooking, slice the slab bacon or salt pork into slices about ¼-inch thick. Then cut into lardons about ¼-inch across.
- Melt the butter in a large sauté pan, then cook the lardons over medium-high heat until crisp and golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the bacon fat in the pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
- Cook the onions in the bacon fat over medium heat, stirring often, until wilted and slightly golden. Drain in a strainer, pressing with a spoon to remove as much fat as possible, and leave them there.
- Pour off the fat in the pan, return the bacon and onions, and add the wine. Cook over high heat until the wine is nearly evaporated.
- Add the diced potatoes and cook for a minute or so, stirring constantly until all the ingredients are well mixed together.
- Add the cream and salt and pepper to taste. Try using a little more salt than you might think is necessary, at least ½ teaspoon. Stir all the ingredients together for a minute.
- Lightly butter the inside of an 10–11-inch earthenware baking dish. Add the potato mixture and smooth the surface.
- Cut the Reblochon in two down across the top so that you have two pieces in the shape of a half-moon. Put one of the pieces away for another use. Use a sharp knife to lightly score the crust of the remaining half-cheese about every inch, including its side. Then, carefully slice horizontally through its center so that you now have two half-moon pieces.
- Place the two pieces of cheese crust-side-up on top of the potatoes so that they form a circular cheese again.
- Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
- Remove the foil and stir the cheese, including the crust, into the potatoes, mixing well.
- Place 5–6 inches under the broiler and cook until golden brown on top.
Notes
Use potatoes that are all the same size so that they will cook evenly.
