Cheesy Vegetable Grilled Flatbread
A crusty cheesy bread that is so easy to make.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Italian American
Servings: 4 -6
Author: Sonal Gupta @ simplyvegetarian777
- Bread - a loaf of ciabatta or french baguette or any artisan bread. You may also use whole loaf of home baked bread.
- Onions - 1/4 cup chopped fine
- Tomato - 1 large and firm, chopped into small pieces
- Vegetables - 2 cups finely chopped. The vegetables may include - broccoli, zucchini, bell peppers/capsicum, olives (sliced) etc.
- Cheese - 1 cup shredded. It can be a mix of cheddar, mozzarella and parmesan. You can also use any 1 kind of cheese or Pizza Cheese.
Oils & Spices
- Olive Oil - 1&1/2 tbsp
- Salt & Black pepper to taste
- Basil - 1/4 tsp dry or 7-8 leaves fresh chopped fine
- Rosemary - fat pinch dry or a small twig fresh
You can also use 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning mix in place of basil and rosemary.
Preheat the oven at 425*F / 215*C.
Preparing the vegetables
Take a saute pan and heat 1/2 tbsp olive oil in it. Add onions and sweat them for about 1 minute till soft on medium high heat.
Now add all the other vegetables except Tomatoes. Add salt and other spices. Stir.
Cook the vegetables on high heat for about 2 minutes. Switch off the heat. Add tomatoes and mix.
Take off the gas stove and let cool for few minutes.
You may do this step in advance also and keep it handy in the fridge.
Making Cheesy vegetable grilled flatbread
Take the loaf of bread. Slice it into 2 halves horizontally so that we have 2 long halves and each half has crust.
Now oil the 2 halves of the loaves from the bottom crust side and top with olive oil. For crustier bread, oil the bottom part generously.
Lay them on the baking sheet with crust side down.
Now take the rested cooked vegetables and spread a layer of them on top of each bread.
Sprinkle the top with cheese.
Bake for about 8-10 minutes till the cheese turns slightly golden at the top.
Take it out. Slice the bread either into thin slices or big slices and serve it hot.