An easy-to-make flatbread topped with a flavorful lemon artichoke pesto, diced grilled chicken and smokey gouda cheese then baked until it’s golden brown and gooey, cheesy delicious.
Today’s posted is sponsored by Red Star Yeast. I created this fantastic Lemon Artichoke Pesto Chicken Flatbread recipe using their Platinum Yeast in the flatbread dough. It’s a wonderful quick rise yeast with dough enhancers so your dough rises faster, higher and lighter. Flatbread can really be any shape, so this is a great recipe to try if you’ve been hesitant to bake with yeast.
There’s a local restaurant, Blue Lemon, that makes a pesto chicken flatbread that I’m crazy about. Last time I was sharing it with my daughter, she said that since I liked it so much I should recreate it at home.
When I was shopping for ingredients, I decided instead of using a traditional basil pesto, I would use the lemon artichoke pesto I posted with my zoodles recipe. It has a bright lemon flavor, with garlic, marinated artichoke hearts and Parmesan cheese.
Using the lemon artichoke pesto was a great decision. I liked this flatbread even better. My family devoured it. It’s so flavorful. The smoked gouda cheese melts easily and the crust is crisp and golden on the bottom and edges yet still tender in the middle – flatbread perfection.
You can serve this Lemon Artichoke Pesto Chicken Flatbread as an appetizer, or it would also make a great main course served with a salad.
Lemon Artichoke Pesto Chicken Flatbread
Ingredients
- 2 ½ – 3 cups bread flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoon 1 package Red Star Quick Rise or Platinum Yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water 120° to 130°
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup cooked chicken diced
- 2 cups shredded smoked gouda cheese
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
Artichoke Lemon Pesto
- 6.5- ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts drained
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 ½ cups flour, yeast, and salt. Add warm water and oil to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 1 minute at medium speed. Switch to the dough hook and gradually mix in remaining flour to make a smooth dough, add more or less flour as necessary. Knead for 5 minutes.
- Place dough in lightly oiled bowl and turn to grease top. Cover; let rise until dough doubles, about 45 minutes.
- While dough is rising, preheat oven to 450° with a pizza stone on the center rack.
- Punch the dough down, and divide dough in to 2 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball. Let dough rest five minutes covered. Use your hands to flatten each piece of dough in to large oval shape about ¼ inch thick on a piece of parchment paper.
- Spread 3 tablespoons pesto on each oval. Top with chicken, gouda and Parmesan cheeses.
- Bake each flatbread on the pizza stone until the bottom is golden brown and the cheese is melted and starting to brown about 10 minutes. Garnish with fresh parsley when you remove the flatbread from the oven.
- Artichoke Lemon PestoPulse all ingredients in a small food processor until well blended.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Red Star Yeast, but all opinions expressed are always my own. You can also find Red Star Yeast on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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marcella
Just recently found your blog and saw this recipe. Tried it for dinner last night and we really enjoyed it! Our smoked gouda didn’t melt as beautifully as yours but it was still very tasty. The artichoke pesto was delicious and we’re happy to have some of that left to try in other recipes. Thanks for sharing your creation.
andrews
correction to my type….” couldn’t be happier” with the recipe 🙂 Amazing stuff!!
andrews
Woooow! Wonderful artichoke pizza. Eating it right now and could be happier with the recipe. Thanks so much! We love it!
Foodiewife
The reason I keep up on your blog, Barbara, is that you make so many recipes that I absolutely love. I live 20 minutes from the Artichoke Capitol of the World– Castroville. I could eat ‘chokes for dinner alone (well, I have). I’ve been wanting to make flatbreads, and this recipe is rocking my taste buds. Just watch… I’ll be making this one in the very near future because I have ALL the ingredients!
Nicole
I. Am. Drooling. This looks amazing, Barbara! I love the flavor combo. I’m just getting back into baking with yeast so I will have to add this to my recipe to do list.
Julie Blanner
Definitely making this for our next pizza on the grill night!
TidyMom
oh how we love flatbread pizza! I think this will need to be on our dinner table next week!! looks fabulous Barb!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
I can’t wait to try this. Holy cow it looks good. That’s a beautiful photo too.
Jessica @ Sweetest Menu
Making bread from scratch has got to be one of my favourite things to do. This looks incredible Barbara, I can’t wait to try it!
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl
I only use Red Star!! I get too scared to use other brands – haha!
Barbara Schieving
They really do make the best yeast.
Jessica - The Novice Chef
Oh man! YES! This sounds amazing. I make a pasta dish very similar and I love the idea of making it as a flatbread!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
This is so attractive! I saw it here and there online, and each time I am stopped in my tracks. I WANT A PIECE!
Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books
This sounds so good! I love the combination of flavors!
Pinned!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
That looks so amazingly good mum! I love flatbreads and you’ve shown how easy they are to make. I also made your pita too and it turned out really well! 😀
Annamaria @ Bakewell Junction
Barbara,
This looks delicious. My hubby would love it.
Annamaria
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles
This sounds wonderful. Love the lemon and pesto with the chicken!
Liz
Ooh, this cheesy chicken flatbread would be devoured at my house, too! Looks so tasty!!
Maria
I love flatbread!! This one looks perfect!
Vickie S.
How wonderful! I love baking with yeast and this will be a great addition to my appetizers when I have friends over; thank you so much!
Rosa
Fantastic! Now I’m craving pizza…
Cheers,
Rosa