Flammkuchen with beetroot and caramelized onion

Rectangular flatbread slices with beet topping, walnuts, caramelised onions, and rocket are arranged on a wooden board, with a few slices on a nearby plate with cutlery.
Foto: Heske Knoppers Fotografie

Flammkuchen originally comes from Alsace, but this dish appears on the snack menu in many a German beer garden. This French-German flatbread tart is topped with beetroot, crème fraîche and rocket. Finger-licking good!

  • Preparation Time: 20 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

Servings: 2
  • 1
    roll of flammkuchen dough
  • 3
    fresh beetroot
  • (plant-based) crème fraîche
  • 1
    sprig of rosemary
  • 3
    white onions
  • 3 tbsp
    agave syrup or maple syrup
  • olive oil
  • 2 tbsp
    (apple cidre) vinegar
  • walnuts for garnish
  • 75 g
    rocket
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to the recommended temperature on the flammkuchen packaging

  2. Peel the beetroot and slice the beetroot into thin slices; use a mandoline or peeler for this. Put the thinly sliced beetroot in a bowl and add the two tablespoons of vinegar and a splash of olive oil and mix together.

  3. Take the rosemary needles off the sprig and chop finely. Roll out the flammkuchen dough, spread the crème fraîche over it.

  4. Lay the beetroot slices on the dough one by one, in an overlapping manner. Sprinkle with rosemary, salt and pepper to taste. Bake the flammkuchen for +/- 15 minutes in the oven.

  5. In the meantime, finely chop the onions, heat a frying pan with oil and fry the onions. When the onions are light brown, add maple syrup and let it caramelize for 7 minutes.

  6. Take the flammkuchen out of the oven, add the caramelized onions, walnuts and the rocket and serve immediately.

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Tags

Type of dish: Pizza & Tray tart
Cooking time: 30-45 minutes
Cuisines: French, German
Season: Autumn, Winter
Difficulty: Level 1 (easy)
Preparation method: Oven
Number ingredients: 10-15 ingredients
Keywords: beetroot, Flammkuchen