I must be dreaming of all things French lately, because what I’ve been making to eat is très français! This lovely baked flatbread is a version of pissaladière, a Provençal tart made with olives, onions, and anchovies. Caramelized onions are super easy to make without butter or added fat; all you need to do is get a good non-stick pan, spray a little cooking oil on it to start, and then add a whole slew of thinly sliced onions and start stirring. Once the onions start to look dry, add a bit of water to deglaze the pan, stir the onions around some more, and repeat the process of adding the water, stirring, and deglazing until everything is caramelized and delicious looking.
Anchovies are power houses of fishy flavor, but rarely do I use up a whole tin of them at a time. Usually I forget that I have them and they disappear into the recesses of my refrigerator, only to be dumped out weeks later. This is a nice way to use a leftover tin after making a Caesar salad or puttanesca sauce. Of course, no one will stop you if you decide to use a whole tin and make two or three of these flatbreads for a little happy hour at your house, either…just a suggestion.
The onions make a moist and rich-tasting base for this flatbread, so there’s no cheese (read: extra calories) needed. All you need to do is find a friend or two who loves anchovies as much as you do, and invite them over. And ask them for a bottle of rosé, if they ask you what they might bring. We all need a little more rosé in our lives, after all!
-Amy at Flatout
South of France Flatbread
Ingredients
- 1 Flatout flatbread, Light Original
- 1 large yellow onion, peeled and sliced thin
- 6 anchovies in olive oil, drained
- 9 black olives, pitted, sliced in half
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 1 cup water
- Non-stick cooking spray
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F. Place Flatout flatbread on a cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F for two minutes, then remove from the oven. In a non-stick skillet on medium to high heat, treat the pan with non-stick cooking spray and add the onions, stirring frequently, adding small amounts of water occasionally, allowing the onions to brown and caramelize in between water (about 10 minutes.) Season the onions with salt and pepper, then arrange them evenly over the flatbread. Next, add the anchovies and olives over the onions. Bake at 375°F for four minutes. Remove from the oven, scatter fresh thyme over the flatbread, and serve immediately.
Suggested Flatout: Light - Garden Spinach, Light - Italian Herb, Light - Original
Pizzaladiere ! Oh, yum !