This delicious flatbread is perfect for an appetizer for entertaining guests or for a delicious lunch. Gourmet and yummy..... yes, please!
Pear & Aged Gouda Flatbread (serves 8)
1 For the Dough*
1 package active yeast� teaspoon sugar
1� cups all-pur?pose flour
1 teaspoon kosher? salt� cup war?m water
1 teaspoon extr?a-vir?gin olive oil
In a standing mixer? bowl, combine yeast, sugar?, flour?, and salt. With the mixer? r?unning, add war?m water? slowly until a ball for?ms. (If sticky, add mor?e flour? until it doesn�t stick and a ball for?ms. If too dr?y, add mor?e water?.) Knead ball until fir?m. Coat lar?ge bowl with oil and set dough ball inside. Cover? with plastic wr?ap and allow to r?ise at r?oom temper?atur?e for? about 1 hour?. Dough should double in size. Tur?n dough out on a flour?ed sur?face and knead lightly into a
smooth ball.
*As an alter?native, you can use stor?e-bought dough. For? this ?recipe, you�ll need 1 package.
2. For the Flatbread
5 ounces aged Gouda cheese
sliced 2 r?ipe pear?s
cor?ed and thinly sliced leaves fr?om a few spr?igs of fr?esh thyme
1 tablespoon honey
1 ounce fr?esh ar?ugula leaves
juice of � lemon
salt
fr?esh-cr?acked black pepper
pr?osciutto (optional)
Pr?eheat oven to 500�. Roll ball of dough into a thin cir?cle. Place on a war?med pizza stone or? in a cast-ir?on pan. Top with sliced cheese, sliced pear?s, picked thyme leaves,
and a dr?izzle of honey. Bake in oven for? about 6 to 8 minutes, or? until edges of the dough ar?e dar?k br?own and edges of the pear?s ar?e showing color?. Remove fr?om oven and allow to r?est for? about 2 minutes. Slice into wedges and top with ar?ugula
tossed in lemon juice, salt, and pepper?. If desir?ed, add pr?osciutto just befor?e ser?ving
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Recipe by Chef Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Catering & Events {LISTmember on WEDDING}
Blackbelly Catering & Events is a full-service catering and events company that offers private custom dining experience parallel to none. From intimate multi-course wine dinners in your home, to outdoor farm dinners, to full-blown corporate events, farm dinners and weddings, our mission is to provide a perfect event experience. Thier services include unique catering experiences with custom menus prepared by celebrity chef Hosea Rosenberg, event planning, menu consultation, drop-off cuisine, and beyond. They specialize in �farm-to-table� cuisine. In fact, they source all of our ingredients locally from the Blackbelly Farm where they raise our own Pigs, Lamb, Chickens, and Rabbits, and also tend to our greenhouse. What they can�t get from our own farm, they source from other local Colorado farms. Their menus are all very seasonal, so they are in constant communication with all the local farms to see what is growing well and at it�s peak when we design our menus.
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