Wednesday, September 11, 2013

menu descriptions 9.11.13


a.       Tarte Flambee

                                                               i.      This is a classic Alsatian Pizza (Alsace is in Eastern France, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland) particularly from Strasburg which borders Germany. The German name for this pizza is Flammenkushen.

                                                              ii.      It is made with crème fraiche, bacon lardons and onions lightly sautéed in rendered bacon fat. Lardons are small strips or cubes of fat.

                                                            iii.      The base of the pizza is the garlic-crème fraiche base.

1.       Crème fraiche is French sour cream. It is less sour than US sour cream and has a higher fat content.

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