Perfect Friday Dinner: Goat Cheese, Caramelized Onion, and Prosciutto Flatbread Pizza

So you get home from work, and you want to have your significant other over for dinner, drinks, and a movie.  The only problem is time right?  Not with this recipe!  I made this tasty concoction this past friday after joe and I had a helluva week, and wanted to simply enjoy each others company and a nice glass of wine (by the way may I recommend the Stellina di Notte Chianti, was extremely well priced and very smooth).

not a pic of my ACTUAL pizza but looks pretty darn close.  Mine used basil instead of arugula.

Goat Cheese, Carmalized Onion, and Prosciutto

Flatbread Pizza


Ingredients (serves 2-4 people)

• 1 medium sized pre-made flat-bread, or for individual sized pizzas get the gyros pita bread.
• 16 oz goat cheese
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 8 halved/quartered cloves of ROASTED garlic (see below how to make)
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 1/2 cup of fresh basil
• 1/4 lb of thinly sliced prosciutto (make sure when you order it from the deli that you ask them to place paper between each slice)
• 3 medium white onions, chopped
• granulated white sugar
• olive oil
• seasoning salt (or creole seasoning)

The night before you plan on making this (or you can make a couple days before)  take your goat cheese and bring to room temp.  Then in sealable container mix together the lemon zest, garlic, and goat cheese. Cover and store til needed.

In medium to large pan add a couple tbl spn of olive oil.  Chop your onions so that they are in hearty strips.  Add to pan over medium heat.  Sprinkle about 3 tblspn of sugar over the top.  Cover, and cook for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Set temp of oven to 400 degrees F.  Place your halved/quartered fresh garlic, tblspn of olive oil, and a dash of salt, on a large enough piece of tin foil so that you can scrunch the sides together so no steam can escape.  Put in oven for about 20 minutes, open up tin foil and bake for additional 15 minutes. Take out of oven and place to the side.

Once your onions and garlic are done; flip over your flat-bread or gyros pita breads and lightly oil with pastry brush on the bottom, season with seasoning salt or creole seasoning. Place on cookie sheet oil side down.

Make sure your goat cheese has been brought to room temp, you can even put in microwave for 20-30 seconds to make sure it is easily spreadable.  Spoon over bread (s) evenly.  


Add your onions, along with your roasted garlic. Then make wide strips out of your prosciutto and add them as well, sort of scrunched up all over the top.  Drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the pizza (s), and bake for 20 minutes or until proscuitto is browned.

After pulling pizza out of oven, sprinkle with the basil, and serve immediately.  

    I served this with a very simple salad (tomatoes, onions, iceberg lettuce, and some fresh basil, tossed in balsamic vinegar and olive oil).  Was the perfect end to a not so perfect week....Next week get ready for another cooking lesson adventure as Daniel and I plan on making Baked Macaroni and cheese! mmm mmm good....

ENJOY!