Hot Pastrami Flatbread
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This Hot Pastrami Flatbread can be enjoyed for lunch, a light dinner, or cut up into smaller portions and serve as an appetizer. Pastrami, dill pickles, and Swiss cheese lay on top of flatbread smeared with Caesar dressing and baked until melty and golden. It’s so easy to make and such a circus of flavors!
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Easy Hot Pastrami Flatbread Recipe
The combination of Caesar salad dressing, pastrami, pickles, onion, and Swiss cheese might sound really odd, but it’s so good. So very good.
This flatbread is so easy to make and can be enjoyed for lunch or a light dinner. Or simple cut it into wedges and serve as an appetizer. Great for game day, too!
Ingredients Needed
You only need 6 ingredients to make these flatbreads.
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Flatbread – I use my wonderful homemade naan and just forgo basting the garlic-herb butter at the end. Store-bought plain naan works, too!
- Caesar salad dressing – Rich, creamy, with so much flavor from garlic, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, mayonnaise, Parmesan, salt, pepper, and a pinch of cayenne. Our homemade Caesar version is amazing, but store bought is fine.
- Pastrami – This deli meat has a rich, smoky, salty, and savory flavor. It also has notes of spicy black pepper, coriander, and a bit of mustard for balance.
- Dill pickles – Adds a little texture plus a bit of briny flavor.
- Red Onion – We love red onion for its mild yet spicy flavor.
- Swiss cheese – If you can shred your own cheese, I recommend it. It will melt so much better.
How to Make Hot Pastrami Flatbread
This hot pastrami flatbread comes together in just 3 simple steps!
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Prep the ingredients. Dice the pickles, slice the onions, and shred the cheese.
- Top the flatbread. Place equal amounts of dressing, pastrami, pickles, onions, and cheese on top of each flatbread.
- Bake. Bake at 425F for about 10 minutes or until cheese is very bubbly.
Proper Storage
Hot pastrami flatbread should be served immediately, it’s not a make ahead meal or something that can sit for too long because the naan will get soggy. However, leftovers can be stored tightly wrapped in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in an oven, toaster oven, or air fryer for best results.
More Flatbread Recipes To Try
- Strawberry Balsamic Flatbread
- Turkey Cranberry and Brie Naan
- Peach and Coppa Flatbread
- Air Fryer Breakfast Pizza
- Margherita Pita Pizza
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Hot Pastrami Flatbread
Ingredients
- 2 naan flatbreads
- 1/4 cup Caesar salad dressing
- 4 ounces thinly sliced pastrami
- 1/4 cup chopped dill pickles
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1 cup shredded swiss cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place equal amounts of dressing, pastrami, pickles, onions, and cheese on top of each flatbread.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until cheese is very bubbly.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
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We should form a dill pickle club. Obsessed with them since I was a small child. My dad used to go to the pickle factory after school (awesome!!) and get one most days… Lucky!
OMG, now you’ve come out with a recipe for a pastrami sandwich for the truly lazy, throwing sliced pickles on top instead of on the side, and basically making a pizza out of something that has a tradition going back to Moses and the time of the pharaohs (a little deli on the lower eat side of Giza called “Tut’s”). But look who I’m talking to! A McMommy who snuck out of the house so she could eat Mayo on a hamburger. I think you’re a secret Michigander or Cheesehead, probably Velveeta at that.
Having consumed some of your more yummilicious stuff, and then read about eating pickles from the inside out, I think perhaps there are Jeckyll-Hyde or Fieri-Julia sides to you. On the other hand, having now heard from your readers – and knowing a few of them – this must be the first generation whose taste buds are made from bubble wrap.
That said, Mom says we’re having this for dinner without the pickles, but I do have to pick up some dessert. Hey, Kitchensink, what ice cream goes with pickles?
You had me at hot pastrami.
I’m not a fan of pastrami… but oooo this looks yummy. Pickle chips eh? You guys sure know your food. Will have to look that one up.
DILL PICKLE CHIPS ARE AMAZING. I have never tried Old Dutch though. :( They had Lay’s out here in Sac for a while, but that short-lived. BASTARDS.
Oooh…I’ve been outed. Ame, this looks and sounds very yummy.
Good thing Paul didn’t see how you treated a pickle (by eating the skin off) BEFORE he fell in love with you. He would have feared for his safety and run away (if ya know what I mean). ;)
That flatbread looks GOOOOD!
My love for dill pickle is err.. hmm… “work in progress” I can stand a few but not too much of them! and did u say dill pickle chips? Man, would love to taste that one for sure!
ps- lucky paul for a wife who goes the mile to find the chips for him!
Mmm…looks pretty perfect to me! How can you go wrong with dill pickle and pastrami. I love dill pickle chips too! ;-)
I used to do that with pickles. Haha! And Steve, standing behind me, said your flatbread looks good. :P
Everything is better with dill pickles…maybe they will be the new bacon?
Oh my, that looks amazing to me! Reminds me of Montreal smoked meat sammies served with a giant dill pickle. Classic Montreal dish. Now you made a pizza out of it!
I love Miss Vickie’s salt and vinegar chips.. :)
The point of the pickle story is that it makes your recipe post even better. Two for the price of one! Yay! That looks delicious. I like when there’s a picture. Let’s me know how far off I am. Which would be a bad thing, but I have a sense of humor when it comes to cooking.
You and Paul are SO cute! The perfect pair right from the start, I must say. And if Paul is willing to run coconut cream pie errands for you, I’m guessing the love affair is still going strong. ;-) This recipe looks delicious! I love pastrami and the list of ingredients sounds like a dynamite combination. I never would have thought to use flatbread. Can’t wait to try it.
Haha cute story about Paul. I can’t believe that after the first date you bought him a whole CASE of pickles. It’s a good thing he called you again. With my luck, I would have bought the case only to have the guy disappear off the face of the earth. But at least I would have gotten a box of chips out of the deal.
That flatbread looks fantastic. A random combination of things but I trust you that it’s fabulous :p
I’m totally loving this flatbread with pastrami and pickles! We eat quite a lot of flatbreads and this would sure be a big hit with my family!
I proclaimed my undying love for Amy with little bits of pickle chips flying out of my mouth. Ate the whole bag right there in front of her. Had little dill and pickle dust all around my mouth. I looked like I had a green goatee.
The best part about these little flat pies from heaven is that Amy doesn’t have to travel 2,000 miles to make it. Of course, if she did, I’d follow her there.
Now I have The Proclaimers’ “500 Miles” in my head. And now I have a headache.