Fig and Pancetta Flatbread

August 9, 2021
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This is an amazing appetizer, and also can be a great dinner pizza as well. The combination of the salty pancetta with the sweet fig and the savory cheese on a flat crispy pizza crust is hard to resist! Its a nice change to traditional pizza, because it is savory, and somehow seems more elegant. 

TIPS: I sometimes use store-bought pizza or flatbread dough (thin crust) and sometimes I make my own thin pizza crust. I often use gorgonzola cheese instead of goat cheese, and occasionally chopped prosciutto instead of pancetta. When serving as a party appetizer, I make it a long rectangular shape and slice it into small squares.

Fig and Pancetta Flatbread

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 3-4 oz pancetta chopped
  • 1 thin crust pizza dough store-bought or homemade
  • 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1/2 C fig preserves or high quality fig jam
  • 3/4 C crumbled goat cheese or blue cheese or gorgonzola
  • 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. (If using a pizza stone, put in the oven while preheating).
  • Combine the oil and garlic in a small saucepan and heat just until the garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds, then quickly remove from heat. (Be careful garlic does not burn).
  • Brown the pancetta in a skillet over medium heat until brown and crispy, about 10 minutes. Remove and drain onto a paper towel on a plate to reduce grease.
  • Roll out dough (or unroll pre-made dough) onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a round or oblong rectangular shape, whichever you prefer. If not using a pizza stone, place dough onto a greased baking sheet. If using pizza stone, place on parchment paper.
  • Brush dough with garlic oil, then sprinkle rosemary over dough. Spread fig preserves over dough and sprinkle with cooked pancetta and the cheese crumbles. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Transfer pizza on sheet pan into the oven. (If using pizza stone, lift pizza using parchment paper and place on hot pizza stone, then carefully slide out the parchment paper). Bake for 15 minutes or until crust is brown and crisp. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting and serving.
  • Enjoy!