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the dish a cheese cartel invented in the 1980s to sell more reblochon.
means A hearty French alpine gratin of potatoes, lardons, onions, and melted Reblochon cheese, baked until bubbling.
from The name comes from "tartifle," a regional (Savoyard/Arpitan) word for potato, itself a cousin of the same root behind Italian "tartufola" and ultimately tied to the family of words around "truffle" and the Latin "terrae tuber" (earth-tuber). The dish draws on old peasant cooking from the Savoie region, but the essence isn't wrong to be suspicious: the modern recipe as we know it was popularized in the 1980s in a promotional push by the union of Reblochon producers — folk tradition reheated, quite literally, for cheese sales.
- marketing origin
- Promoted by Savoie cheesemakers to boost reblochon sales
- key ingredient
- Whole reblochon wheel split and melted on top
- caloric reality
- Potatoes, bacon, cream, cheese, repeat
- ski fuel
- Alpine resort staple after a day on slopes
- ancestor dish
- Based on older Savoyard pela recipe
tartiflette reblochon aop — protected dish from haute-savoie france made specifically with reblochon cheese from the alps