Tartiflette au Reblochon: Stinky Cheese and Potatoes

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions — in fact that resolution is the only one I’ve ever kept. However, a year ago I decided to eat less meat. I was prompted by a couple of factors, first I wanted to simply eat less meat simply because I decided I was eating too much meat and second because when I did eat meat I wanted to take more care in sourcing it from local producers — and at those prices I can’t afford to eat a lot of meat.

As a consequence I’ve become more sensitive to main-dish recipes that include little or, well, little meat. Somehow I just can’t quite get to the point of going completely meatless. However, there are loads of dishes such as stir fries, casseroles, soups, and so on that, while they include some meat, it doesn’t hold center place. When I saw a recipe for Tartiflette, a potato and cheese casserole form the Savoy region of France that contains a bit of bacon I immediately had to learn more.

• Kristina:

  January 22, 2010 at 10:39 pm

  Kevin, where do you buy your cheeses here in Knoxville? I’ve been fairly happy with Earthfare but was wondering if there was a better place.

  My New Year’s resolution this year was to eat more duck fat. :-)