Grilled Flatbread Pizzas with Avocado Pesto
How to kick of your summer other than a grilled flatbread topped with all of your favorite pizza toppings . While I’m all for a traditional oven-baked pie, there’s just something about the smoky taste and flame-kissed flavor of a carb cooked over the coals. This quick-fix grilled flatbread replaces standard tomato sauce with an extra-creamy avocado pesto bursting with fresh basil and garlic. The actual star of the show, though, may be summer’s highlight produce: grilled corn on the cob.
Grilled Flatbread Pizzas with Avocado Pesto
This mediterranean flatbread pizza is loaded with fresh vegetables, and perfectly paired with homemade avocado pesto!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large avocado, peeled and pitted
- 2 cup lightly packed fresh basil leaves
- 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 medium cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tbsp unsalted pistachios, toasted
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 large ears corn, shucked
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 4 store-bought flatbreads
- 2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese
- 1 cup sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup thinly sliced red onions
- 1 cup arugula
Instructions
- In a blender, make the pesto by combining the avocado, basil leaves, Parmesan cheese, garlic, pistachios, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
- Pulse until the mixture is roughly chopped, then with the blender running, slowly stream in the olive oil.
- Continue blending the pesto until it is a thick paste, scraping down the sides of the blender as needed. Set the pesto aside.
- Preheat the grill for 10 minutes on medium heat. Spread 1 tablespoon butter on each ear of corn then wrap them in aluminum Foil.
- Place the corn on the grill, close the lid and grill the corn, turning it frequently, until it is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Unwrap the corn, and once it is cool enough to handle, slice the kernels off the cob.
- Brush both sides of the flatbreads with olive oil then grill them for 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
- Remove the flatbreads from the grill and top them with the avocado pesto, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edges.
- Top the pesto with the Gruyere cheese, mozzarella cheese, red onions and corn. Return the flatbreads to the grill, close the lid and grill them until the cheese is melted.
- Remove the flatbreads from the grill and transfer them to serving plates. Top the flatbreads with the arugula
