In the late 2000’s, Swiss television ran a cooking show featuring Sibylle Sager, a lady of exceptional culinary talents with a no less exceptional high-pitched voice. We used to jokingly call her “Squeaky” in the family, and when she presented her interpretation of a tarte flambée one night, we couldn’t help but memorize the recipe under the name of “Squeaky’s Tarte”.
Since then, I must have served Squeaky’s Tarte dozens, if not hundreds of times to family and friends, be it as a light lunch or dinner accompanied by a salad or as a snack with apéritif. While I still like the basic recipe very much, I’ve come to add countless twists to it over time. Enjoy inventing your own!
Ingredients
The Constants
- 1 ready-made rectangular tarte flambée dough of approximately 25 x 40 cm
- 150 g crème fraîche
- 2 large spring onions, finely chopped
- 250 g cherry tomatoes, quartered
The Crème fraîche seasonings (choose 1 to 3, or more if adventurous)
- 1 pinch of hot chili powder (I prefer Piment d’Espelette) [original recipe]
- 125 mg saffron [shown in pictures]
- 1 tsp of curry [shown in pictures]
- 1 tbsp fresh herbs like parsley, chives, …, chopped
- 1 tbsp dill (to combine with salmon topping), chopped
The Toppings (choose 1 to 3, or more if adventurous)
- 20 black olives [original recipe]
- 75 g bacon, in small cubes [shown in pictures]
- 75 g ham, in small cubes [shown in pictures]
- 100 g pumpkin or carrots, in small cubes
- 100 g chanterelles or other mushrooms, coarsely chopped
- * 100 g Munster cheese, in small chunks
- * 100 g parmesan, shaved
- * 50 g gorgonzola, in small chunks
- ** 100 g smoked salmon, in patches
- ** 50 g arugula
Method
- Preheat oven to 220° Celsius.
- Place dough on baking sheet lined with paper.
- Mix crème fraîche with seasoning thoroughly, spread thinly over the whole surface of the dough.
- Sprinkle with tomatoes and spring onions. Salt lightly.
- Add non-starred toppings.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Add * toppings.
- Continue baking for approximately 20 minutes until the dough is golden brown.
- Add ** toppings.
- Serve immediately.