This delicious ratatouille flatbread pizza is loaded with grilled summer vegetables, whipped goat cheese and topped with a drizzle of basil oil. Perfect as an appetizer or a casual dinner.
When summer is in full swing, so many beautiful vegetables are ripe and ready to harvest! Long green zucchini, shiny aubergine eggplants, and juicy tomatoes just begging to be plucked from the garden! Ratatouille is one of the best recipes to use these veggies together, but I’ve been craving something a little lighter and more summery.
Lauren over at Hunger Thirst Play makes the most amazing flatbreads. She has flavors like honey fig flatbread and cranberry brie flatbread, and it inspired me to create this ratatouille flatbread pizza recipe.
This recipe makes the most of summer’s bountiful produce while using the traditional flavors of a classic French ratatouille . So glad for the inspiration because this flatbread pizza is so pretty and so simple, but also so satisfying!
How to make ratatouille flatbread
For the cheese, I made a simple whipped goat cheese with fresh garlic and olive oil. It adds a lovely tang to the flatbread but it also acts as the sauce.
It’s super easy to make in the food processor, basically, just drop the ingredients in and let it whip! I don’t even bother to chop the garlic, but it does take about 15 minutes to go from oily and grainy to a perfectly smooth whipped cheese. I just let it run while I cut up the veggies and grill them.
Speaking of grilling, you can do this outside on the grill, or use my favorite trick, using a grill pan in the oven. I turn up my oven to about 450 and put in my grill pan. This method makes the kitchen less smoky than using the grill pan on the stove top. Plus it heats very evenly.
Grilling the veggies is super easy. Just a little oil, salt and pepper and about 3-4 minutes per side. I like them to be just fork tender so when they cook a second time on the flatbread they don’t turn to mush.
For these photos I used cherry tomatoes, but I’ve also used sliced tomatoes. You can use whatever tomatoes you have on hand. And they can be any color too! It’s a great way to show off heirloom varieties since the tomatoes don’t get cooked before adding them to the pizza.
For garnish I used both basil oil and fresh basil. But you can use either or. Since all these vegetables are available year round in the supermarket, you can use just basil oil if fresh isn’t available. Kevin and I started testing this recipe during the winter and trust me, a summery pizza was a welcome addition to winter!
Really you can eat this any time of year, but for me, it’s extra special when I can make it with home grown veggies and basil. Homegrown always tastes more delicious! Yard to table is how my summers roll!
Finally, let’s talk flatbread! Sometimes flatbread isn’t available at our grocery store, so we have used frozen pizza dough as well. So, if you can’t find flatbread, roll out pizza dough, oil it and grill it just like I do with my strawberry dessert pizza. Both ways are great!
I’ve been tempted to make pizza boats with a french baguette which I also think would work really well. But for ease, a precooked flatbread wins every time!
You’re going to love this flatbread pizza recipe! It’s fresh and bright at the same time it’s savory. The whipped goat cheese is my favorite part, with the garlic coming through pungent and flavorful. But the whole thing is a winner! And it’s perfect with a glass of wine to wind down on a busy weeknight! Hope you love this recipe as much as we do!
Grilled Ratatouille Flatbread Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
Whipped Goat Cheese
- 8 oz goat cheese
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- salt to taste
Grilled Vegetables
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 small zucchini , sliced
- 1 small eggplant , sliced
- 1 small red onion , sliced into 4-5 rounds
- 1 sweet bell pepper , cut into large pieces
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes , sliced in half
Flatbread
- 2 large flatbreads
- 1 tablespoon basil oil
- fresh basil
Instructions
Whipped Goat Cheese
- Preheat your grill or grill pan.
- Place goat cheese and garlic in a food processor and pulse.
- Add the oil and process until goat cheese is smooth.
- Season with salt to taste.
Grilled Vegetables
- Place oil in a large bowl and add a generous pinch of salt and pepper.
- Add the zucchini, eggplant and sweet pepper and toss.
- Use a basting brush to oil the red onion slices.
- Grill vegetables about 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Coat cherry tomatoes in the remaining oil, but do not grill.
Ratatouille Flatbread
- Brush each side of the flatbreads lightly with oil.
- Grill one side of flatbread, then with the grilled side facing up, smear with whipped goat cheese and arrange grilled vegetables and cheery tomatoes on top.
- Place the flatbreads back on the grill and cook until hot, about 3-5 minutes.
- Garnish with basil oil and fresh basil if desired.
Notes
- It can take up to 15 minutes to get a smooth whipped goat cheese. Just keep the food processor running while you grill the vegetables. You'll know it's ready when it no longer looks grainy.
- Do not pull apart the onion slices before grilling. It's easier to grill one large slice and separate the onion after cooking.
- If you cannot find prepared flatbread, you can grill pizza dough instead.
Nutrition
Still craving more ratatouille? Check out my friend Kristen’s take on ratatouille! Her ratatouille pies are rustic and so beautiful!
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Camilla Hawkins says
Oh wow, love this idea, so tasty and healthy, I’m sure my family would love these as we’re always eating ratatouille . Thanks for sharing my ratatouille recipe:-)
Vintage Kitty says
You’re welcome Camilla! Did you know that ratatouille was one of the first recipes I made on my own? I made it for a French class potluck! We don’t eat it too often here in the States, but we should! It’s so delish!
Amanda says
This is such a delicious way to use seasonal produce! I love how it’s light yet satisfying. Thanks so much for sharing!
Vintage Kitty says
It’s the perfect little summer dinner! Thanks for stopping by Amanda!
Kylee says
The colors on this flatbread are absolutely GORGEOUS! What a great way to use produce!
Vintage Kitty says
Thanks Kylee! Nature is so beautiful. isn’t it?
Maggie says
This Grilled Ratatouille Flatbread Pizza is superb! I can’t wait to go to my kitchen and make this!
Vintage Kitty says
Hope you love it Maggie!
Leslie says
I love this recipe! It’s so fun, creative, delicious. It’s such a great way to use those summer veggies, too!
Vintage Kitty says
Thanks Leslie! It’s totally what’s in season now!
Sharon says
This grilled flatbread recipe is perfect for using up garden vegetables and getting your grill on!
Vintage Kitty says
It really is! Don’t you love grilling season?
Cathleen says
Unfortunately, I never have any tomatoes on hand because no one in my house likes them! But that just means more for me, right??
Vintage Kitty says
I feel for you. My husband doesn’t like tomatoes either, but I stopped catering to his dislikes in the kitchen. The cook makes what the cook likes! If you don’t like it, starve or eat leftovers! Tomatoes are too good to not eat them in season!
Leanne says
This is definitely my kind of flatbread! Love all those grilled veggies and the whipped goat cheese together! I could probably eat this for dinner every day this week! Such a great way to enjoy so many seasonal summer vegetables!
Vintage Kitty says
It’s an easy recipe to eat every day. I always make extra veggies for that reason.
Claire says
This flatbread looks so fresh and summery with all those delicious, crisp vegetables! Love that you made it on the grill because I sure don’t want to turn on the oven when we’ve been having days as hot as we had.
Vintage Kitty says
We had a heat wave recently that totally kept me out of the kitchen. And yes those are grill out or take out days!
Jacquelyn Hastert says
This looks like one seriously delicious flatbread! I have all the ingredients to make this, so it’s going down this week!
Vintage Kitty says
You slay that flatbread Jacquelyn!
Des says
Any time I can use fresh veggies in a delicious recipe like this I try! I can’t wait to give this a try.
Vintage Kitty says
Enjoy Des! It won’t disappoint!
Daniela says
Yum! Love ratatouille and flatbread and don’t think I’ve ever had them combined! Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing :).
Vintage Kitty says
You’re in for a treat!
Amy says
I love yours spin on traditional Ratatouille and making it into a flatbread. This recipe looks delicious and fresh! I can’t wait to try!
Vintage Kitty says
Thanks Amy. Can’t say it was a completely original idea, but I put me own spin on it!