Recipe

Apple And Cream Cheese Flatbread

Apple And Cream Cheese Flatbread

Serves: 4-6

Crisp Apple Reàl blends pure cane sugar with Red, Golden, and Granny Smith Apples into one easy-to-use, high-quality culinary ingredient. Chefs appreciate the fruit-forwardness and rich texture of this tart and sweet infused syrup.

These dishes are made for conversation, and so is Reàl. Serve these starters with pride.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Crisp Apple Reàl
  • 2 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup dark rum
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup Crisp Apple Reàl
  • 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
  • Frozen pizza dough (or fresh dough, recipe follows)
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 500ºF. Sauté the apples with butter, rum, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt for 2 minutes. Add Crisp Apple Reàl and continue simmering for 5 minutes, until apples are just tender.
  2. Bake dough on a sheet pan for 3 minutes. Spread cream cheese onto pizza dough and top with apple mixture. Bake another 3 minutes. Top with walnuts before slicing.

The crisp, sweet flavor of Red, Golden and Granny Smith Apples offers a unique sweetness and flavor that is the perfect counterpart for rich proteins and more. From Fall desserts to a summery grilling marinade, the possibilities are endless.