Tartiflette
Potatoes baked with bacon, onion, and melting cheese.
Ingredients
- 1000 g Potatoes
- 200 g Bacon
- 2 Onion
- 250 g Camembert
- 100 ml Creme fraiche
- ½ tsp Salt
- 100 ml White wine (optional)
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F); boil the potatoes until just tender, then slice.
- Cook the bacon in a pan over medium heat until its fat renders out, add the onions and cook until soft, then pour in the wine and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Layer the potatoes, bacon-onion, and crème fraîche in a dish and top with the cheese.
- Bake until golden and bubbling, about 25 minutes.
- Rest a few minutes, then serve.
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About Tartiflette
Tartiflette is a mountain dish from the Savoie region of the French Alps, a gratin of potatoes, bacon, and onion blanketed with melting cheese. Though it feels ancient, its modern form was popularized in the twentieth century to promote Reblochon cheese, and it belongs squarely to the tradition of hearty après-ski food built to refuel after cold days outdoors. What makes it so rich is the layering of tender sliced potatoes with rendered bacon and soft onions, bound with crème fraîche and topped with cheese that melts into the whole thing as it bakes. Deglazing the bacon pan with white wine pulls up the browned bits and threads a little acidity through the fat.
It eats exactly as indulgent as it sounds: creamy, savory, and deeply comforting, the potatoes soaking up bacon fat and wine while the cheese forms a golden, bubbling crust on top. The Camembert here stands in for the traditional Reblochon, oozing across the surface as it bakes. This is cold-weather food, meant for a group and a green salad alongside to cut the richness, ideally with the same white wine used in the pan. Resting it a few minutes after baking lets the layers settle so it holds together on the spoon.
Tartiflette: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Tartiflette?
A serving has about 669 calories — 25g protein, 51.3g carbs, 40.2g fat, 6.2g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 25g of protein, roughly 15% of its calories.
Is Tartiflette gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Tartiflette has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Tartiflette dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Camembert, Creme fraiche. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Tartiflette take to make?
About 60 minutes start to finish, but only around 18 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Tartiflette?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out white wine — it's optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Tartiflette make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.