Flammkuchen with Pear, Blue Cheese and Red Cabbage

Hormones. Wow. I don’t even know how to write about it. Let me start by telling you about myself. I am a morning person, at least Tomasz says so. If you ask me to get up at 5 am and do something early, I’ll be more than happy to do so. I’ll be smiling and I can even bring some sandwiches and hot coffee with me.

I do get up quite early on everyday basis. I make breakfast, sing in a kitchen, chase my cats and enjoy a morning light. But going back to the hormone subject. Wow! This is something. I’ve met with a friend yesterday and I told her how cool it is to be pregnant – no pains, no disadvantages, no hormonal roller coaster. Well… today I was punished for it. Or Tomasz was. I got up, started to make a breakfast, asked my boyfriend to help me (he’s not a morning person really but he’s sweet enough to agree each time I ask) and then it has started. There was so many unique/strange/scary emotions in me that I was flying above my kitchen – taking pictures, laughing, then screaming on poor Tomasz, crying, then being totally satisfied, then again hitting the sad tune. What is going on with these emotions! I’m caring around few kilograms of a human inside me and I think that it should be enough. Why my body messes up with my head and heart? I will never know. But send some good vibes to poor Tomasz, because it’s much harder for him than for me 😉

But out of this unique morning a delicious Fammkuchen came out. Do you know it? I fell in love with it when I moved to Berlin. I remember having it in a cosy little cafe next to my apartment and thinking that Germans have cool food ideas. It’s super easy to prepare, even easier than pizza. Dough doesn’t need to rise or at least not in this recipe. And on top spread some thick sour cream, season with salt and pepper and add whatever you like. I chose pear, blue cheese and red cabbage and yes, it goes well together 🙂

You will need for a dough (1 big or 2 smaller):

• 1 & ½ cup flour (200g)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• ½ cup of water
• pinch of salt

For a topping:

• sour cream (small package)
• 1 pear, cut in slices
• blue cheese, cut in small pieces
• a bit of red cabbage, cut in small pieces

As I’ve mentioned it is a very easy recipe. Heat an oven to 250*C and prepare the dough. In a bowl mix all the ingredients – water, flour, salt, oliva oil and knead it for about 5 minutes. Divide dough in two if you want two small Flammkuchen or roll one big dough. You want it to be thin, otherwise it won’t have this nice breakable texture. Place dough on a baking paper on a HOT tray.

Spread sour cream over your dough, place pear, cabbage and blue cheese on it and bake for about 10 minutes.

Eat still hot 🙂

Enjoy, Marta