Tarte Flambee

Creates 1 Tarte Flambee for 1 to 2 people

Ingredients
1 2.5 Inch diameter ball pizza dough (see earlier post for pizza dough recipe)
2 tbsp cream cheese, labne or creme faiche
1 small onion sliced
2/3 cup cheese (Mozzarella or Gruyere)
4 Slices bacon cut into little lardons (if you can get real lardons, use them)
1 ts butter

Directions

Place dough on a floured surface and roll to about 7" in diameter












It will be a rather thin dough.












Once the the dough is rolled out, spread a teaspoon of softened (but not melted) butter on the top.












Then, after spreading the butter, fold the entire dough into a quarter size. (As shown below)








Complete this step of folding 4 to 5 times, but only add the butter the first time around. This will create a crust that will be flakier that pizza for the Tarte flambee as the butter will steam when the dough is baked creating fine layers in the crust.

Next, roll the dough back out to about 7" inches in diameter and bake on a greased baking sheet on the bottom rung of the oven at 450 degrees F until the bottom of the dough begins to brown. The top does not need to brown.














Remove the dough from the oven and spread 2 tbs of labne, cream cheese, or creme fraiche on the top of the dough.













Also add your bacon. (before I added my bacon I tossed it in this bowl with a little bit of sugar)













And add your caramelized onions (mine were browned and then simmered off with about 1/4 cup of water and a ts of balsamic vinegar before being put on the Tarte Flambee. This makes them softer and more flavorful)













Lastly, add your cheese over the top.













The Tarte then goes into the top rack of the oven at 450 degrees until the cheese is melted and brown. It will probable take about 7 minutes. You may prefer to turn the broiler on at the very end.


Once you remove the Tarte Flambee from the oven, you are ready to eat!