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Three Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbreads with red onion, blue cheese, and fresh rosemary.

Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 32 minutes
Course Appetizers & Snacks
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 415 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the flatbread:

  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup semolina flour
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoons salt

For the topping:

  • 1 medium red onion
  • 1 Tablespoons fresh rosemary
  • 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon red chile flakes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, sprinkle the yeast over 1 cup of lukewarm water (about 100 degrees).
    Fine dry yeast in a white bowl, ready for baking bread or pastries.
  • After about 5 minutes, it should look like this. It should look foamy.
    Light-colored yeast mixture in a white mixing bowl for baking bread or pizza dough.
  • Add the oil, salt, and flours.
    Adding salt to a bowl with water and olive oil for Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread.
  • Stir until the dough comes together. You might have to knead it in the bowl a few times. This dough will be pretty stiff. See, it comes together.
    Stirring the stiff dough for Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread in a white mixing bowl.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit in a warm place until one and a half times its original size, about 1 hour..
    Covering the Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread dough in a blue bowl with plastic wrap to rise.
  • While the dough is rising, slice your onions and mince some of the rosemary. Toss them in a bowl with the olive oil, balsamic, salt, and chile flakes.
    Sliced red onions with herbs and spices in a mixing bowl for cooking or salad preparation.
  • Cover the mixture and set aside.
    Marinated red onions for Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread.
  • Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth. Cut the dough into 32 balls. Roll out as thinly as possible.
    Dough for Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread on a floured surface.
  • Put the dough on a semolina lined baking sheet.
    Putting Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread dough on a semolina-lined baking sheet.
  • Top with about 1 Tablespoon of the onion mixture and top with some crumbled blue cheese.
    Topping dough pieces with onion mixture and crumbled blue cheese for Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread.
  • Bake in a preheated 450 degree oven until brown and the cheese has melted, about 12 minutes.
    Blue cheese and onion flatbreads on a baking sheet, with melted cheese and red onions.
  • Grab yourself a glass of wine, a trashy magazine and enjoy life for awhile.
    Blue Cheese and Onion Flatbread with red onion, blue cheese, and rosemary, on a plate.

Nutrition

Calories: 415kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 12gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 999mgFiber: 3g
Keyword blue cheese, customizable snack, easy recipe, flatbread, onion,
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