Appetizer

Grilled Pesto Flatbread with Pancetta and Egg

Grilled Flatbread topped with pesto, melted cheese, Crispy Pancetta and fresh organic Pete and Gerry's Eggs. A great appetizer for a party!

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Yummy flatbread with pesto and eggs
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Throw this easy flatbread on the grill and top with crispy Pancetta and soft eggs!

Yummy flatbread with pesto and eggs

This must be the easiest and tastiest appetizer I've made in a long while because who doesn't love minimal ingredient recipes? I suppose you could call this a breakfast flatbread but it could be eaten at any time of the day, it's that good. This is also a recipe for keeping things real and being okay with not making dough from scratch or even fresh pesto, though if you have a recipe you love and some extra time, go for it. But, my point is that there are so many great fresh pesto brands available, as well as pizza dough which I use for the flatbread. It's okay to cut yourself some slack on a hot summer’s day or when you have a bunch of friends over for dinner.

Grilled Flatbread

Is there a difference between a regular pizza and flatbread? You could probably argue this for days but I don't think so. Whether its pizza or flatbread, it's not going to last for more than five minutes. You’ll need a pizza stone to place on the grill or you can even grill pizza right on the grill! I have a rectangle pizza stone which gives you those nice squares, but you’ll get the same, delicious grilled taste without the stone as well.

grilled Flatbread with soft yolk eggs

Have you ever had flatbread with eggs on top? You might think that only a few people would get to taste the egg because it's not all over the surface of the bread but once you start slicing and those golden yolks pop open, everyone should end up with some egg to taste. I always use Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs because the yolks are bright yellow and they taste like an egg should taste, delicious! They are sourced from small family farms and the quality shows. That's one of the benefits of buying organic eggs, Pete and Gerry's farmers let their hens roam free in a relaxed environment and this plays a huge part in how good the eggs will taste. It's a no-brainer if you think about it. A hen cooped up in a cage all day long just won't produce the same high-quality egg as a Pete and Gerry's egg. Eggs on grilled flatbread- It's a must do for this summer!

Grilled Flatbread with Pancetta
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Recipe

Throw this easy flatbread on the grill and top with crispy Pancetta and soft eggs!

Course:
Appetizer
COOKing TIME:
10 minutes
Total TIME:
20 minutes
CUISINE:
American
PREP TIME:
10 minutes
SERVINGS:
8

Ingredients

  • 1 pound store bought pizza dough or your favorite recipe from scratch
  • 4 oz fresh pesto
  • 8 oz pancetta diced
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated
  • 1 cup Cheddar Cheese shredded
  • 3-4 Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs

Ingredient Swaps

Instructions

  1. (For those using a pizza stone) Preheat your grill to high and place your pizza stone on the grill, let the stone heat up for at least 10 minutes.
  2. (For those grilling directly onto the grill) Preheat your grill on high and let heat up for at least 10 minutes.
  3. Dust a large baking sheet lightly with flour and place the dough onto it.
  4. Open your grill and carefully slide the dough from the baking sheet to the pizza stone or right onto the grill
  5. Grill for about four minutes until the dough starts to puff up.
  6. Quickly place the dough back onto the baking sheet making sure to flip it over onto its other side. (This makes sure your dough is strong enough before adding other ingredients!)
  7. Spread the pesto over the flatbread and top with both kinds of cheese.
  8. Sprinkle the diced Pancetta onto the flatbread
  9. Crack each egg gently onto the flatbread and slide back onto the pizza stone or directly onto the grill.
  10. Grill for another 4-5 minutes or until you see the egg white start to set. Slice into squares and serve

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