This easy caramelized onion flatbread recipe is perfect for a quick and simple weeknight meal. The onions are caramelized to perfection and add a delicious sweetness to the bread.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
This flatbread is a delicious combination of caramelized onions and crisp bacon, topped off with olives. Who does not like anything that includes bacon? You will love that this flatbread is:
If you use a pre-made pizza dough ball (Trader Joe's sells them!) than you can have this delicious caramelized onion flatbread ready in about 30 minutes.
- Effortlessly Versatile: Customize with different cheeses, herbs, spices, or meats for endless flavor combinations.
- Quick & Easy to Make: Ready in 30 minutes, perfect for busy weeknights or last-minute gatherings.
- Ideal for Sharing: Share the joy with friends and family at potlucks, parties, or any casual gathering.
If you like to make your pizza dough from scratch, then be sure to try our Authentic Neopolitan Pizza Dough recipe. It's prefect for a crispy, slightly chewy flatbread crust also!
Ingredients You'll Need
- Pre-made pizza dough, or use our Neopolitan Pizza Dough recipe
- Onion, sliced.
- Bacon, crisp and crumbled.
- Garlic, minced.
- Olive oil
- Mozzarella cheese, grated.
- Black olives, sliced.
- Fresh Basil leaves, chopped.
Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
How To Make Caramelized Onion Flatbread
Start with the ball of pizza dough and shape it for the pizza pan or pizza stone you plan to use. Preheat your oven and either place the stone inside to preheat or grease a pizza pan.
Prepare The Toppings
- Prepare the toppings for your flatbread. You don't have to use bacon, but it will add more 'meat' to the flatbread. You can use sausage, pepperoni, or even skip the meat portion entirely.
- Slice the onions thin and sliver the garlic.
- Dice the bacon up into rough sizes.
Caramelize the onions
- Use a cast iron skillet, as it gets really hot and caramelizes the onions while crisping the bacon at the same time. You can cook both in the same pan at the same time. Start with the bacon first, cook until half crisp. Then add the onions and garlic.
- Cook onions until they are soft, translucent, and fragrant. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
- Drizzle a little olive oil on the shaped pizza dough. Sprinkle on some seasonings if you wish.
Load the dough with toppings and bake
- Transfer the caramelized onions, garlic, and bacon (again optional, but who can say no?) to the olive oil drizzled flatbread dough. Spread the toppings evenly.
- Top with mozzarella cheese, herbs, and black olives if desired.
- Bake on a pizza pan or transfer to the hot pizza stone. Remove and serve when browned and crispy.
Substitutions and Variations
There's a million ways to top a flatbread, and when you make your own you have creative license to make any combination of topping that you please.
Try Canadian Bacon & Pineapple, or Roasted Garlic and Italian Sausage, or a little red sauce with fresh basil and mozzarella for a Margherita Flatbread.
Serving Suggestions
Serves six as a nice appetizer, or four as a main meal. Serve with a green salad, pasta, or another type of flatbread if you have a hungry bunch.
You can top the flatbread with some Fig Preserve for a naturally complimentary sweet & salty pairing, your favorite toppings, or just enjoy it plain. Either way, it's sure to be a hit!
Tips for Success
- If you are in a hurry, use a premade pizza dough ball.
- Use a pizza stone for a nice crisp bottom crust.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, but reheat it in a preheated oven for about 5 minutes. Don't use a microwave as it will ruin the texture of the crust.
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Caramelized Onion Flatbread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough
- 2 med onions, sliced thin
- ¼ pound bacon, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 oz Mozzarella cheese, grated
- 2.5 oz can of sliced black olives
- ¼ cup cut fresh Basil leaves
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 500 degrees F. Grease a pizza pan, or set a pizza stone on the middle rack of the oven.
- Cook the diced bacon in a heavy skillet until half crisp. Then add in the thin sliced onions and the slivered garlic. Cook until the onions are tender, translucent, and fragrant. Remove from heat.2 med onions, sliced thin, ¼ pound bacon, diced, 3 cloves garlic, minced, salt, pepper
- Shape the pizza dough to fit the stone or the pan. If cooking on a stone, prepare the dough on wax paper on a cutting board, so you can easily slide it onto the stone to bake.1 pizza dough
- Drizzle the prepared pizza dough with the olive oil. Spread the caramelized onion and bacon mixture evenly over the dough. Add the grated mozzarella cheese, the basil leaves, and the black olives.3 tablespoon olive oil, 8 oz Mozzarella cheese, grated, ¼ cup cut fresh Basil leaves, 2.5 oz can of sliced black olives
- Transfer to pizza stone, or put pizza pan in the hot oven. Bake for 14 minutes, checking at 12 minutes. Remove from oven when browned and crisp on the edges. Serve immediately.
Notes
- If you are in a hurry, use a premade pizza dough ball.
- Use a pizza stone for a nice crisp bottom crust.
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