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Flatbread Pizza with Beef, Mushroom, and Caramelized Onions

December 9, 2016 by Lori 4 Comments

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Flatbread pizza is everywhere lately.  This particular recipe is my take on a flatbread pizza served at Seasons 52.  That is a restaurant where our local chapter of the Association for Financial Professionals would meet for continuing education lunches.  Back before I became a refugee from the corporate world.  I don’t get out to Seasons 52 as often as I once did.  So, I had to try and recreate this little gem myself.  Because it is seriously delicious.  I mean like amazingly good.

My guess is that Seasons 52 uses sliced steak on their version.  But I wanted an explosion of beefiness, I opted to make mine with a good quality, well-seasoned, sliced, deli roast beef.  And boy, does it do the trick!  Add the caramelized onions (which develop their own beefy, umami splendor when they become golden) and the earthy mushrooms, and you have a flatbread pizza to die for.  Well, at least to drool over.  Dying may be a little extreme.

I chose this recipe for today because, while we are in the swing of the holiday season, you may be cooking for family, hosting a party, or contributing to a potluck.  So, I’ve been trying to share recipes lately that are versatile enough for either a family meal or as party food.

Let’s see what goes into the Beef, Mushroom, and Caramelized Onions flatbread pizza

Bread for flatbread pizza, homemade and ready-made lavash

For a flatbread pizza, there must be some sort of flatbread.  I’ve struggled making flatbread pizzas because my pizza dough recipe would get tough when rolled out very thin.  So, I started using store-bought lavash.  It works beautifully, especially if you like clean lines for presentation.  But I like things to look a little more rustic and homemade.  Instead of looking for a pizza dough recipe that would work better, I went in search of a lavash recipe.  Thanks to Joe Pastry, I found one.   One caution.  I used half the salt that he has in his recipe because it was a little salty for me.

For comparison purposes, I featured my homemade bread on the right and the store-bought lavash on the left.  I par-bake the bread so that I have room for it to get crispy once I bake the flatbread pizza in the oven.  That’s why it looks a little bit pale.  I actually made these yesterday and then sealed them in plastic after they cooled.  And they performed beautifully in the pizzas today.  So, if you are going to make your own flatbread, you can always make it ahead of time to shorten the process for making the flatbread pizzas.

Oh, and because I really do love my readers, I have included a little bonus.  Although I’m going to post only one recipe with steps today, at the end of the post I will include ingredient pictures for two other flatbread pizzas.  Once you know one recipe you will easily be able to adjust the steps for different flatbread pizza varieties.  I thought I would share some that are popular with my family to give you some ideas on what others you can try.

Ingredients for the beef mushroom and caramelized onion flatbread pizza

Not much to it, huh?

Make sure your sliced roast beef is at least medium rare.  It needs to retain its tender and juicy mouth feel when the pizza is baked, so give it some room to cook by starting out with something that is not already well done.

Let’s look at the steps for assembling the Beef, Mushroom, and Caramelized Onions flatbread pizza

Caramelizing the onions

Start by caramelizing the onions in butter.

You’ll use more butter than you think you need, but what is left is going to be used to caramelize the mushrooms too, so you want some leftover butter in the pan after the onions are done.

Caramelized onions draining on paper towels

Then remove the onions using tongs and transfer them to a paper-towel-lined dish to drain a bit.  Using tongs ensures that most of the butter is left behind for the mushrooms.  The paper towels help ensure that your finished flatbread pizza is not too greasy.

Cooking the mushrooms with thyme

Using the same pan, brown your mushrooms.

There was some butter in the pan when I first added them, but you can see there is not much butter left in it now.  Mushrooms are spongy little things.  They soak stuff right up.

Once the mushrooms are browned, add the thyme and stir just to heat.  I like to leave the thyme fairly fresh because it adds a beautiful hint of lemony goodness to the finished product.

Olive oil and garlic bottom layer

This is a white flatbread pizza, so no tomato sauce.  Just a nice coat of olive oil and freshly diced garlic.

Adding caramelized onions and mushrooms to the toppings

After the olive oil and garlic, layer first the mozzarella, then the caramelized onions and mushrooms.

I recommend sticking with the recommended amount of cheese.  Flatbread pizzas are more about the flavor combo of the non-cheese toppings.  Too much cheese makes the pizza top heavy on that thin little bread crust.  It then becomes sloppy to eat and more cheesy than savory.

Adding the roast beef to the toppings

Next, drop half slices of the roast beef in little mounds.  You don’t want a flat pizza.  Dropping it by the half slice in little raised piles adds a visual texture to your finished flatbread pizza.

Flatbread pizza topped

Finally, top with just a bit more mozzarella for contrast.

Then into a hot, hot oven it goes.  But just for a couple of minutes or so.  Everything is already cooked.  You just want melting, hints of gold, and crispy crusts.

Note:  I use a baking sheet or a pizza stone with parchment paper.  It makes for easier cleanup and lifting the pizza out of the pan.

Flatbread pizza final image sliced

It should look something like this.

And it should smell like you’ve died and gone to heaven.

And then you bite into one and you know you did.

Flatbread pizza sliced

Good stuff, guys.  Really good stuff.

And now, for the bonus part

Ingredient for the pesto shrimp Kalamata tomato and feta flatbread pizza

Here is another version.  Instead of olive oil and garlic, use pesto for the bottom.

Marinade the shrimp in salt, pepper, garlic, olive oil and lime juice for about 15 minutes, then drain and cut the shrimp in half before adding the toppings.

Pesto shrimp Kalamata tomato and feta flatbread pizza

I made this flatbread round, so I cut the flatbread pizza into wedges.

Ingredients for the grilled chicken and oregano flatbread pizza

Or re-purposed grilled boneless, skinless chicken thighs.  Chop into cubes, add the olive oil and garlic base, then cheese and chicken and thinly sliced onion, and more cheese.  Finally, sprinkle a little oregano for a delicious Italian flare.

Enjoy!

 

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Flatbread Pizza with Beef, Mushroom, and Caramelized Onions

Lori
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Servings 2 Personal Flatbread Pizzas

Ingredients
  

  • 2 flatbread or lavash pieces 10-12 inches long
  • 1 large or 2 medium garlic diced
  • 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese plus more for sprinkling
  • 1 cup sweet onion sliced 1/4-inch tick
  • 1 cup sliced mushroom
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme
  • 1 cup thinly sliced seasoned, rare deli roast beef
  • Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 550° F or as high as your oven will go.
  • Over medium low heat, caramelize the onions in the butter until soft and golden brown.
  • Using tongs, remove the onion to a paper towel-lined, leaving as much butter behind in the pan as possible.
  • Add the mushrooms to the hot pan and brown.
  • Then add the thyme to the mushrooms and stir to heat.
  • Turn off the flame and begin assembling the flatbread pizzas on a section of parchment paper.
  • Brush olive oil over the tops of the flatbread pieces, being careful to reach to the edges.
  • Spread half of the diced garlic over each, distributing evenly.
  • Sprinkle 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella over each.
  • Then layer the onion and mushrooms.
  • Drop half slices of the roast beef in small piles.
  • Sprinkle some more mozzarella lightly over the roast beef.
  • Lift the parchment paper with the assembled flatbread pizzas onto a cookie sheet.
  • Place on the middle rack of the pre-heated oven.
  • Bake until the cheese is melted and begins to turn golden brown, and the bread edges are becoming crispy, about 2-3 minutes
  • Remove from the oven and place on a cutting board.
  • Rest for about 3-5 minutes, then slice and serve.

 

Thanks for sharing!

Filed Under: Breads, Brunch, Entrée, Snacks and Party Food Tagged With: Beef, Caramelized Onions, Flatbread, Garlic, Lavash, Mushrooms, Roast Beef, Thyme

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Comments

  1. Mary Tappe says

    December 13, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    OMGosh! I fixed this tonight and it is beyond awesome with the flavors! I really can’t wait to experiment a bit more with the shrimp. Thank you so much Lori. It was even fun to prep and assemble this flatbread pizza. I made it after I got home from work and it moves along quickly and actually relaxed me. The only thing I will do differently next time and it is purely on my part, is I will grate my own mozzarella. I have discovered that using the already grated cheeses, while convenient for some things, they tend to not melt, they just kind of dry & harden. I like the flavorful gooey stringiness of cheese. I also had not cooked using fresh thyme before and oh boy did I LOVE the flavor it gave this. I was very proud of my end result. A quick and easy meal that is homemade.

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  2. Lori says

    December 13, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    What a wealth of feedback for other readers! Thank you so much for taking the time to share, Mary! And I’m tickled you got so much enjoyment from the recipe. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Ziad says

    February 4, 2017 at 2:22 pm

    Would the store-bought lavash be too thin and dry for this though? Your homemade dough seems to have more “legs.”

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    • Lori says

      February 4, 2017 at 5:33 pm

      There are some store-bought lavash crusts that are actually very thin crackers. That might be too thin and fragile. But Sprouts has a package of what they call lavash that is soft and perfect for this. You can also use packaged flat bread pizza crusts as well.

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