To impress your significant other on Valentine’s Day try this simple yet elegant flatbread pizza. Made with Ontario Paisanella Salami, mushrooms and rich nutty Asiago, and topped with peppery arugula, they will be left wanting more.
Beer Pairing Suggestions
Ontario’s Amber or Dark Lagers are the best style for this recipe. Ontario brands are: Gre4at Lakes Red Leaf Lager, Waterloo Dark, Cameron’s Dark 266, Steelback tiverton Dark, or Great Lakes Brewery’s Red Leaf Lager, Trafalgar Brewing Company’s Paddy’s Irish Red.
Wine Pairing Suggestion
Ontario’s Creekside Estate Winery, 2002 Merlot Reserve shows a fine balance between ripe fruit and more subtle, evolving characteristics.
Ingredients
| 1 |
7 oz/ 200 g pre-baked flat bread |
1 |
| 2 tsp |
olive oil |
10 mL |
| 1/2 cup |
tomato sauce |
125 mL |
| 8 |
slices Ontario salami |
8 |
| 1/2 cup |
sliced fresh mozzarella |
125 mL |
| 1/2 cup |
sliced mushrooms |
125 mL |
| 2 tbsp |
fresh shaved Asiago |
30 mL |
| 1/4 tsp |
fresh cracked pepper |
1 mL |
| 1/2 cup |
arugula |
125 mL |
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 F (200 C).
Arrange flat bread on rimmed baking sheet. Brush oil lightly over entire bread.
Spread sauce over pizza. Top with salami, mozzarella slices and mushrooms. Bake in the center of the oven until cheese is melted and golden, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with Asiago, fresh cracked pepper and arugula. Cut into wedges. Serve immediately.