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Italian flatbread with pear, walnut and gorgonzola

Italian Flatbread Recipe with Pear, Walnut and Gorgonzola

Italian flatbread with pear, walnut and gorgonzola

Name: Italian flatbread with pear, walnut and gorgonzola
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 8-10
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 red-skinned pears cored and cut into thin wedges; 15 walnuts roughly broken; 150g without rind gorgonzola dolce diced; to serve (optional) fig jam or chutney; 300g strong bread flour plus extra for dusting; 1 tsp caster sugar; 1 tsp sea salt flakes; 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast; 1 tbsp natural yogurt; olive oil

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: August 1, 2019 at 4:01 PM

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Serves 8-10

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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The combination of gorgonzola, pears and walnuts is usually found in a salad but works brilliantly on this molten cheesy bread. It’s great hot but equally good for lunchboxes the day after

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 red-skinned pears

cored and cut into thin wedges
15 walnuts

roughly broken
150g without rind gorgonzola dolce

diced
to serve (optional) fig jam or chutney

FLATBREAD

300g strong bread flour

plus extra for dusting
1 tsp caster sugar
1 tsp sea salt flakes
7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
1 tbsp natural yogurt
olive oil

Nutrition: per serving

kcal328
fat15.9g
saturates4.9g
carbs33.5g
sugars5.3g
fibre2.9g
protein11.2g
salt0.9g

Method

step 1

To make the flatbread, combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix together the yogurt, 1 tbsp olive oil and 175ml warm water, then gradually mix into the flour to form a soft dough. Tip onto a lightly floured worksurface and knead for 8-10 minutes until smooth and springy (try not to add too much extra flour when kneading). Put the dough in a bowl, cover and leave it to rise for 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.
step 2

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 6. Tip the dough out on to a worksurface, press and roll out to a large rectangle (roughly 25cm x 35cm), then put on a large baking sheet. Brush all over with olive oil then push in the pears and walnut halves all over. Dot with the gorgonzola and bake for 15-20 minutes until puffed and golden. Drizzle with a little more oil, then serve with fig jam or chutney, if you like.

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