Bacon & Fig Jam Flatbreads

🥘 Ingredients

• Monterey Jack cheese
  ½ cup
• bacon
  8 oz
• black pepper
  1 tsp
• chili flakes
  1 tsp
• fig jam
  2 unit
• flatbreads
  4 unit
• mozzarella cheese
  2 c
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• onion
  2 unit
• paper towels
• salt
  1 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• oven
• large pan
• large pan
• baking sheet
• cutting board

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon ; cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy ⏱️ 6 minutes to ⏱️ 10 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper towels -lined plate. Carefully discard all but a thin layer of bacon fat from pan. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, roughly chop.

   bacon: 8 oz, paper towels
2. 

   2

   While bacon cooks, halve, peel, and thinly slice onion .

   onion: 2 unit
3. 

   3

   Heat large pan with bacon fat over medium-high heat (if pan seems dry, add a drizzle of olive oil ). Add onion and season with salt and black pepper ; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened ⏱️ 3 minutes to ⏱️ 4 minutes . Turn off heat.

   olive oil: 2 tsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
4. 

   4

   While onion cooks, brush or rub each flatbreads with a drizzle of olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Place flatbreads (dimpled sides down) on a baking sheet . (For 4 servings, divide flatbreads between two sheets.) Toast on top rack until golden brown and crisp ⏱️ 3 minutes to ⏱️ 4 minutes . (For 4, toast on top and middle racks, swapping rack positions halfway through.)

   flatbreads: 4 unit
5. 

   5

   Once flatbreads are toasted, flip (dimpled sides up) and top evenly with mozzarella cheese , onion, bacon, and Monterey Jack cheese . Bake flatbreads on top rack until cheese melts ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes . (For 4 servings, bake on top and middle racks, swapping rack positions halfway through.) TIP: Watch carefully so flatbreads don't burn!

   mozzarella cheese: 2 c, Monterey Jack cheese: ½ cup
6. 

   6

   Transfer flatbreads to a cutting board ; drizzle with as much fig jam as you like. Slice flatbreads into quarters; divide between plates and serve with chili flakes on the side.

   fig jam: 2 unit, chili flakes: 1 tsp