This makes 4- 8 inch pizzas or one sheet pan

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2-4 Tblsp olive oil (more makes the dough smoother)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water

Topping
*1 cup sour cream or similar
1/4 tsp Nutmeg

about 1//2 grated parmesan
about 1/2 cup grated Gruyere, Swiss, or Emmenthaler cheeese

1/4 lb Westphalian Ham, Prosciuto, salami, or other sliced cured meats.
1 medium red onion sliced

garnish
caraway seeds
chopped parsley

* You can use other white creamy bases like creme fraiche, Quark, or I used a blended low fat cottage cheese base

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Measure out your dry ingredients, 2 -4 tblsp oil and and the 1/2 cup water. Everyonce in a while I will add 1 teaspoon of baking powder to give it a little rise.

Add the oil and the water....

......and mix well into a dough, and knead well to make a smooth dough.

Divide into 2 balls to make 2 nice 12 inch crusts or make 4 balls and you can make 4- 8 inch ones.

 

 

Getting all the ingredients together before I assemble the Flammenkuchen.
You can use just sour cream, but I make a blend of cottage cheese and sour cream. Greek yogurt, or whatever I have on hand. I made a low fat cream topping here.

Pre-heat the oven to 500 degrees or as near that as possible.

In order to get that crispy cracker like texture for your crust you need to roll it out 1/8 inch thick, I rolled it out
and trimmed it so it would fit in the air fryer tray.

This is what the top looks like after cooking in the air fryer. for 7 min at 400 degrees F

I flipped it over and now I will load this side that hasn't browned much yet.

 

Spread the base onto the crust leaving a bit of edge. Then grate some white cheese if you want, and for the air fryer I saute the bacon and onions first until slightly tender then spoon them on to the crust. I finish it with a little Asiago or parmesan. Keep the toppings light. You can weigh down this crust and overwhelm it too easy.

 

I baked this for another 5 minutes on 400 in the air fryer and then I used my little torch to put a little char on the edges. It really is flavorful and dosen't taste burnt.

 

I topped this with a little Arugula microgreens. Any green shredded will be fum I also will add a lttle grating of Parmesan or Asagio and a drizzle of olive oil Maybe some cracked black pepper.

The crispiness of the Flammenkuchen is so tantalizing, just writing this makes me want to run and make one.

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My lower Fat Blend Topping

Here is one way I make a creamy blend of cheeses. To cut down on calories I blended low fat cottage cheese and laughing cow cheese in a food processor. I will often use what ever I have on hand, cream cheese, sour cream or regular cottage cheese.