This happens to everybody I guess – you make yourself some delicious wraps with chicken and salad for dinner and because the package has more tortillas inside than you needed you got some leftover tortillas. What can you do with them? More wraps? Hmm… is there another option maybe? Absolutely! Delicious Wheat Tortilla Tarte Flambée, for example – savory or sweet. A great option to use leftover tortillas.
With ever-dwindling resources on our planet, food waste and recycling have been an important topic for a long time already – something that should not be ignored. Of course, it would be easier if you just throw food leftovers in the trash and then forget about it, right? Well… that’s definitely something that should be avoided. Most leftovers can easily be transformed into something new and delicious – „Eat it! Don’t waste it!” is something my mom would say ;)
For this recipe today I used leftover tortillas and made some very simple tarte flambée with it. For a pizza, the tortillas would probably be too thin and would not be able to carry many toppings, but for tarte flambée, with some sour cream, bacon, and onions the leftover tortillas are just perfect.
I baked the tortilla tarte flambée inside a large (33cm) pizza tray made from recycled aluminum –which you can currently get at PENNY supermarkets all over Germany through the current loyalty points program*. The Flammkuchen (as we call them in Germany) become beautifully crispy when you use a pizza tray like that and you can easily serve the tarts with it – no need to handle an oversized baking tray. However, you should not cut the tarte flambée inside the pizza tray. As you probably all know – trays, pans, etc. with non-stick coatings should not be approached with sharp knives if you want to have fun with them for a long time ;P
Anyway. In case you ever have some leftover tortillas you know what to do now: Flammkuchen! The topic of recycling and food waste has already been addressed in a post here some time ago. Together with my collab partner PENNY, I created some delicious bakes for their current loyalty points program* – great recipes that can help fight food waste. You probably know that from your own experience already… sometimes you buy stuff to eat and for some reason you end up with leftovers. Instead of throwing food into the waste bin, in most cases, you can use the leftovers to create something new and delicious.
The “recycling” recipes that have been published on the blog so far as part of the campaign (and the ones that are still to come) are all suitable for the baking pans you can get as a reward for the PENNY loyalty points campaign*. Five different baking pans, all made from 100% recycled aluminum cans (excluding the non-stick coating). There’s also a handy mixing bowl and oven mitt – both also made from recycled materials. For a full booklet with 60 loyalty points (you get one point for every 5 euros of purchase value) you can then take one of the premiums home with you for a small additional payment (you save over 80% compared to the price without loyalty points)… and immediately convert one of the recipes.
You can win something!
From March 12th to 19th you have the chance to win something. PENNY is giving out 10 booklets (with all points collected already) plus a 25 Euro PENNY coupon* so you can get one of the baking pans or the pizza tray from the PENNY supermarkets. The question you have to answer for that is super easy – the answer might even be hidden here in the text somewhere ;)
+ the baking pans are all made with 100%* recycled aluminum cans (*excl. non-stick coating).
+ the mixing bowl has a minimum of 50% recycled material
+ the oven glove is made of at least 40% recycled cotton
+ the packaging of the products is made with FSC-certified recycled paper
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
2 large wheat tortillas
4.4 oz. (125g) bacon, diced
1 onion, cut into rings
2-3 tbsp. sour cream
2-3 tbsp. crème fraîche
some lemon juice
salt, pepper
some chives, chopped
2 große Tortilla Fladen
125g Speck, gewürfelt
1 Zwiebel, in Ringe geschnitten
2-3 EL Schmand
2-3 EL Crème fraîche
etwas Zitronensaft
Salz, Pfeffer
etwas Schnittlauch, gehackt
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
2. Fry the diced bacon briefly in a pan without fat so it can brown slightly and get crisp. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Peel the onion and cut it into thin rings. Set aside.
4. Mix sour cream with crème faîche and some lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Spread the cream on top of the tortillas to cover them, edge to edge. Sprinkle evenly with the bacon onion rings. Place the first tortilla carefully in the hot baking pan and bake for 5-7 minutes. The edges of the tortilla should be crispy and the cream should bubble a bit. Remove from the oven. Season with more salt and pepper, if you like, and then sprinkle with some chopped chives. Serve immediately.
6. While enjoying the first tarte flambée, the next one can already be baked.
2. Den gewürfelten Speck in einer Pfanne ohne Fett kurz anbraten und etwas Fett auslassen. Vom Herd ziehen und zur Seite stellen.
3. Die Zwiebel schälen und in dünne Ringe schneiden. Zur Seite stellen.
4. Schmand und Crème faîche mit etwas Zitronensaft verrühren. Mit Salz und Pfeffer würzen.
5. Die Tortilla Fladen bis zum Rand mit der Creme bestreichen. Speckwürfel und Zwiebelringe darauf verteilen. Den ersten Fladen vorsichtig in die aufgeheizte Backform legen und dann für 5-7 Minuten backen. Der Rand des Fladens sollte knusprig geworden sein und die Creme etwas blubbern. Aus dem Ofen holen, nach Belieben noch einmal mit Salz und Pfeffer würzen und dann mit etwas gehacktem Schnittlauch bestreuen. Sofort servieren.
6. Während man den ersten Flammkuchen genießt, kann der nächste schon gebacken werden.
By the way, you can find all recipes I made on the PENNY recipe website. This tarte flambée is available there as well… plus the sweet version with cream and apples* you won’t find here. Tastes like apple strudel ;P Check it out if you’re interested in the sweet version.
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Wheat Tortilla Tarte Flambée
- Prep Time: 00:10
- Cook Time: 00:07
- Total Time: 00:20
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Tartes
- Cuisine: International
Description
It could not be easier to make Tarte Flambée – just use wheat tortillas as a base and you’re done in no time! Easy and delicious!
Ingredients
2 large wheat tortillas
4.4 oz. (125g) bacon, diced
1 onion, cut into rings
2–3 tbsp. sour cream
2–3 tbsp. crème fraîche
some lemon juice
salt, pepper
some chives, chopped
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 445°F (230°C). Place a large round baking dish (approx. Ø 13 inches / 33cm) in the oven and allow to heat up with the oven.
2. Fry the diced bacon briefly in a pan without fat so it can brown slightly and get crisp. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Peel the onion and cut it into thin rings. Set aside.
4. Mix sour cream with crème faîche and some lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Spread the cream on top of the tortillas to cover them, edge to edge. Sprinkle evenly with the bacon onion rings. Place the first tortilla carefully in the hot baking pan and bake for 5-7 minutes. The edges of the tortilla should be crispy and the cream should bubble a bit. Remove from the oven. Season with more salt and pepper, if you like, and then sprinkle with some chopped chives. Serve immediately.
6. While enjoying the first tarte flambée, the next one can already be baked.
Notes
Enjoy baking!
*I have partnered with PENNY Markt GmbH (Domstraße 20, 50668 Köln) to bring you this delicious recipe. That’s why I have to declare this here in Germany as Advertising. All I wrote in this article is still based on my own opinion and has not been affected by anybody.
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I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
