In late May my husband and I met friends in Germany to take a bike ride along the Mosel river. It was so beautiful-green, green and green. So green I had to take two Claritins a day. It was just great fun rolling along the river listening to all the birds and admiring the Riesling vineyards.
At the end of each day we really looked forward to a shower and a wonderful dinner. One of those dinners involved Flammkuchen which is German pizza. This pizza had tomato sauce, red onions, black olives, mush- rooms, pepperoncinis and a sprinkling of chives on top.I guess you would say this was a veggie pizza but what we found so interesting was the crust. It was thin and crispy and felt like we were eating a light pizza—not heavy. So we recreated it but added meat and cheese and made it slightly heavier and delicious!!
Mosel River, Germany
Bike path and vineyards along the Mosel River.
PIZZA CRUST RECIPE
The pizza crust recipe was from “Cracker-Crust Mushroom Pizza Recipe /My Recipes” I only used the crust recipe and added our items to it.
After cooking the crust for 5 minutes we spread the pizza sauce over the crust leaving a 1/2 inch border. Then we put crumbled goat cheese, sliced artichoke hearts (leaving a bit of the oil they are soaked in), pepperoni, sliced grape tomatoes, sliced olives. Place it back in oven for another 4 to 5 minutes or until crust is golden. Top off with fresh basil.
Have a slice!!!