Day 20: Flatastic

Didn't think I was gonna make it, did you, reader? You were all like "It's 11:00 pm, how's she possibly gonna slip one under the wire?" Normally, I'd agree with you, but tonight, I have something so splendid, so dilectable, I couln't resist. Allow me, if I may (You may not!...Rocky Horror?..no?) to introduce you to the Truffle Pumpkin Flatbread.

Adapted from this Shoprite Recipe:


Lump Crab and Pumpkin Flatbread

Ingredients for the dough:
1 cups spelt flour
1 cup whole wheat flour + extra flour for kneading
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
2 tsps Kosher salt
1 cup hot water

Ingredients for the topping:
1 cup ShopRite canned pureed pumpkin
1 cup canned lump crab meat
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cup skim milk
3 TBS salted butter
3 TBS all-purpose flour
2 TBS Paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups argula or spring mix, rinsed
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese to top

Directions
1. Preheat your oven (hopefully equipped with a pizza stone) to 500 degrees. Allow the oven to preheat with the stone in there. And allow it to heat for about 30 minutes.
2. In a medium sized bowl, combine all of the dough ingredients. Knead for about 5 minutes until well combined. Allow the dough to rest for about 15 minutes.
3. In a large sauce pan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour until well combined. Add the milk while whisking and bring to a boil. Add the pumpkin and cheese and stir until melted and combined. Add Paprika, salt and pepper.
4. Roll out the dough, place onto a prepared pizza peel (using cornmeal or whole wheat flour), place fork holes throughout the dough.
5. Top with 1 to 2 cups of the pumpkin sauce , arugula, crab, and a touch more cheese!
6. Place onto the pizza stone, turn down the heat in the oven to 375 and bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes.

Now, I'm a lazy ass and can't be bothered to make my own flatbreads. So, I used Flatout Bread and topped it with Crabmeat, Romaine,and Parmesan. I also cooked the flatbread in truffle oil, which makes anything better. You name it--pop-corn, fries, bologne--truffle improves it. This dinner was truly fantastic, and I recommend using a healthy heaping of pepper in your pumpkin-cheese mix to spice it up. You won't be sorry. And if you are, you can stuff those sorries in a sack, mister! And then maybe sell them at consignment! Or maybe thrift, if they won't take them at the first place! Goodwill? Ah, hell. Just throw them out.