The recipe of the Matafan (or matefaim) with lardons

"Watching the hunger"
A simple recipe (kitchen from the cupboard)

A dish that was eaten at my grandparents' (a Savoyard grandfather), then at my parents' and now at home (my children love it). When cooking is a family affair! This is a very simple recipe, a kitchen of the cupboard par excellence: a big thick salted pancake with cheese and lardons. A rustic dish (it's an old peasant recipe) to be made in the evening, accompanied by a green salad. Perfect to satiate your hunger (Matafan, meaning to quench the hunger).

THE INGREDIENTS OF THE MATAFAN:

For 4 to 5 people

20 cl milk
150 gr of flour
4 eggs
about 100 gr grated cheese (comté, emmenthal beaufort)
about 150 gr of bacon
1 pinch of nutmeg, salt, pepper

THE MATAFAN RECIPE:

Mix the flour, the eggss and milk (into a very thick pancake batter). Then grated cheese
Add a pinch of nutmeg (optional) . Salez (be careful if your bacon is smoked) and pepper
Blanching bacon a few minutes in boiling water
Do heat up some oil (or duck fat) in a non-stick frying pan, and pour the preparation into it
Cook over low heat without stirring the preparation (just peel off the edges with a spatula) and let it set.
When it comes off the pan and the underside is golden, sprinkle with bacon on top of the dough (which is not yet set and is a bit runny)
Put the pan in the oven at 180° (or the cake on a baking dish) and finish cooking
Enjoy it hot with a salad

TIPS:

1 - You can replace the bacon with small pieces of white or raw ham.
2 - You can also continue cooking in the pan with the preparation turned over, but it will be less swollen than in the oven.