Bacon, Blue Cheese, & Caramelized Onion Flatbread
The use of storebought flatbread makes for a quick and delicious appetizer that can be cut into small bite-sized pieces. The flatbread is topped with bacon, blue cheese crumbles, caramelized onions, garlic, and parmesan cheese, baked in the oven, and finished with crème fraiche, fresh chives, and a drizzle of honey. The recipe can easily be scaled up if you are trying to feed a large group.
Ingredients
- 5 slices of thick-cut bacon
- 2 Tbsp salted butter
- 1 white onion, (cut into 1/8” thick slices)
- 3 cloves of garlic, (roughly chopped)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 large flatbread, (or 2 smaller flatbreads)
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¼ cup freshly-grated parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup crème fraiche, (as garnish)
- 2 Tbsp fresh chives, (finely sliced, as garnish)
- 1 Tbsp honey, (drizzled on at the end as garnish)
- Freshly-ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Cook bacon in a saute pan until cooked through but before it is crispy.
- Remove bacon from the heat and allow to drain on paper towels.
- Add 2 Tbsp salted butter to the saute pan, along with the sliced white onion.
- Cook onions over medium heat for 25-30 minutes, or until lightly caramelized.
- *You can add a spoonful or two of hot water to the saute pan as the onions are cooking if they start to take on too much color or start to cook unevenly. This will help to ensure you have a more consistent golden color.
- Add garlic and olive oil, and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Spread the onions, garlic, and oil mixture on the top of the flatbread.
- Chop the bacon you cooked earlier into bite-sized pieces.
- Add the cooked bacon to the flatbread, topped with the crumbled blue cheese and freshly-grated parmesan cheese.
- Bake in the oven at 375F on parchment on a sheet tray or preheated pizza stone for about 15-20 minutes until the flatbread is hot and the parmesan cheese has melted.
- *If using a pizza stone, make sure to place some foil on the rack below the stone to catch any oil or drippings that might fall from the flatbread as it cooks.
- Remove from the oven, and allow to cool for 3 minutes.
- Cut the flatbread into squares, and garnish each slice with a small spoon of crème fraiche, some chives, and a small drizzle of honey.
- Finish each slice with a sprinkling of freshly-ground black pepper.
Notes
You can buy fresh flatbread bases at the supermarket, or frozen flatbread will work great here as well. If you are using frozen flatbread or a frozen pizza base, cook according to package instructions.