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Root Vegetable Tartiflette

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Root Veggie Tartiflette | This happy accident came to be when I was trying to use up a few extra root vegetables. It's not a stew. It's sort of a casserole. But it is comfort food: homey and rustic. This tartiflette (a traditional French dish) includes root vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, fiber, and essential minerals. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

I love comfort food. Being from the South, biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, fried okra, and stick-to-your-ribs casseroles have been part of my life since before I was born — until I realized those foods were slowly killing us and decided to change my family’s Southern ways. I have yet to attempt a biscuits and gravy or fried chicken that I feel good about serving my family, but I can confidently say that I have created a completely satisfying, healthy stick-to-your-ribs dish.

I wasn’t sure what to call it at first, since it was a happy accident when I attempted to use up a few extra root vegetables from my fridge. It’s not a stew, although it has some similar ingredients. It’s sort of a casserole, but not really. It’s definitely not traditional Southern fare, but it is comfort food: homey and rustic.

If you want to get fancy and impress your friends, you can call it legumes racines en cocotte (French for ā€œroot vegetables in a Dutch ovenā€). šŸ˜‰

A tartiflette is what I settled on. Tartiflette is a French dish, traditionally made with potatoes, reblochon cheese, onions, white wine, and lardons (strips of pork fat). Variations of the traditional tartiflette can be made with bacon, creme fraiche, or even mushrooms. Wardee’s Hamburger Tartiflette is absolutely delicious! This version sticks with a few of the traditional ingredients, but adds a healthy dose of root vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, fiber, and essential minerals.

Oh, did I mention that this is the perfect fall and winter dish?!

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Root Veggie Tartiflette

Tartiflette is a French dish, traditionally made with potatoes, reblochon cheese, onions, white wine, and lardons (strips of pork fat).Ā This version sticks with a few of the traditional ingredients, but adds a healthy dose of root vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, fiber, and essential minerals.

It is pure comfort food! Serves a family of 4 at least two or three times.

Course Main
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • 1 to 1-1/2 lbs ground beef bison, or venison (preferably wild and grass-fed)
  • 1/2 large yellow onion finely diced
  • 1/4 cup grass-fed butter ghee, coconut oil, or a combination
  • 5 carrots peeled and diced into 1/4-inch cubes
  • 1 rutabaga peeled and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 large sweet potato peeled and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 large Russet potato peeled and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme each of finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • sea salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • 1/3 cup tapioca starch or arrowroot flour
  • 1-1/2 to 2 cups bone broth unsalted beef or chicken
  • generous splash heavy cream or milk (optional)*
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese grated (optional)*

Instructions

  1. In a large Dutch oven over medium heat, melt the butter, ghee, and/or coconut oil.Ā 

  2. Add the diced carrots, rutabaga, sweet potato, and Russet potato.Ā 

  3. Saute for about 20 to 30 minutes, until softened.

  4. Meanwhile, in a separate skillet, brown the ground meat and diced onion.Ā 

  5. When browned, add the meat and onion to the Dutch oven with the root vegetables.Ā 

  6. Mix well.Ā 

  7. You can use a fork to see if veggies are tender.Ā 

  8. Cook a few minutes longer if they need to be softer.Ā 

  9. Add minced garlic, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper when veggies are tender.

  10. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.Ā 

  11. While you wait for the oven to heat, sprinkle tapioca starch or arrowroot flour over the meat/veggie mixture in the Dutch oven.Ā 

  12. Stir to coat, then slowly add stock and continue stirring.

  13. The mixture will thicken to a gravy-like consistency.Ā 

  14. Adjust the amount of stock if you want a thinner or thicker gravy.Ā 

  15. You can also add a generous splash of heavy cream or milk.Ā 

  16. Top with grated cheese and place in the oven for 15 minutes.Ā 

  17. Turn the oven's broiler on high and broil until the cheese is slightly browned.

  18. You can store leftovers right in the Dutch oven or transfer to a glass dish.Ā 

  19. Reheat in the oven until warmed through.

Recipe Notes

*If avoiding dairy, skip the cream and cheese and broiling, and serve immediately after the flour and stock have thickened to your desired consistency.

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Variations, Substitutions, and Tips

Feel free to adapt this recipe to suit your needs. Leave out the Russet potato and use an extra rutabaga or a turnip instead if you're avoiding nightshades or high-starch foods.

Skip the cream and cheese for a truly Paleo dish or if you're avoiding dairy.

Add a few parsnips for even more variety.

Use fresh herbs if at all possible. The flavor is unbeatable. If you must used dried herbs, substitute 1 teaspoon thyme and 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence.

This recipe is already gluten- and grain-free and can be dairy-free with no effort!

This is an extremely economical meal as root vegetables are among the most inexpensive produce items you can buy — even organic!

Since this is already meat and veggies, I rarely serve a side dish. But a fresh, green salad would stretch it even further and give you an extra serving of vegetables.

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Root Veggie Tartiflette | This happy accident came to be when I was trying to use up a few extra root vegetables. It's not a stew. It's sort of a casserole. But it is comfort food: homey and rustic. This tartiflette (a traditional French dish) includes root vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, fiber, and essential minerals. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

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Do you enjoy the bounty of root vegetables in the fall and winter? How do you serve root veggies to your family? What healthy comfort foods do you like to eat?

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Posted in: Allergy Friendly Beans, Grains, & Vegetables Beans, Grains, & Vegetables (Gluten-Free) Food Preparation Main Dishes Main Dishes (Gluten-Free) Recipes Soups & Stews Soups & Stews (Gluten-Free)

About Lindsey Dietz

Native Texans, Lindsey and her family now live in the northern Minnesota wilderness on their dream property, where they are attempting to raise chickens and a few of their own veggies. In her free time, she enjoys food photography, flipping through cookbooks, and tackling home improvement projects. She also serves on the board of her local food co-op. Lindsey has dedicated much of her time over the past several years to unlearning conventional practices and implementing Traditional foods and natural remedies in her home. This has radically changed her and her family's health. Lindsey now loves to share her knowledge and recipes through her blog All The Nourishing Things and her eBooks: Nourishing No-Bake Treats and Sweet Without Sugar.

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  1. Jenny says

    October 2, 2014 at 6:09 pm

    I have beets, sweet potatoes, and even a few rutabagas coming on this fall. I’d like to try this. We enjoyed Wardee’s version with the hamburger.

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  2. Joanne says

    November 10, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Wardee, I have been reading your blog along with several other ladies for a long time now. Why is it that you say the old southern foods like buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken, etc is slowly killing us? What I’ve learned I would have thought using the proper oil such as coconut oil, organic chickens or at least the ones that are foot loose and fed properly, using a good flour and egg mixture to coat the chicken would be all the changes we needed to have good fried chicken and so on with the rest of southern cooking. I believe I am missing something here. Would you explain when you have time? Joanne

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    • Lindsey Dietz says

      November 22, 2014 at 5:16 pm

      The way these foods have been prepared in the past, using Crisco or rancid vegetable oils, was slowly killing us. If biscuits are made with soaked or sprouted flour, the chicken fried in a healthy fat like tallow or palm oil, they can be nourishing foods. Growing up, my mother fried in Crisco, used bleached flour for baking and dredging, and then made the gravy out of white flour and already-rancid oil. I am a big fan of fried foods — when they are cooked in healthy fat. Unfortunately, made Southern fried dishes are still made with the old junk that has contributed to obesity and heart disease.

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