Grilled Corn & Berry Hummus Flatbread Recipe

This summer-inspired hummus flatbread is topped with grilled corn and fresh berries, then finished with a roasted garlic-parsley pesto — a perfect pre-dinner bite.

Last week I shared sweet potato crostini and mentioned our new patio was almost done, ready for entertaining and relaxing outdoors.

Well, that turned out to be a little optimistic.

What I didn’t account for was all the small tasks left after the contractors finished: landscaping around the patio (digging holes in ground that’s been driven over by heavy equipment is no fun), repairing and reseeding the lawn, removing the old deck railing, power-washing the deck, building stairs to the patio, furnishing the space, and planting containers.

It’s an endless list.

We spent every daylight hour that weekend working on it, and at this rate we might have a finished space by August.

I’m exhausted, a bit poorer (composite decking is shockingly expensive), and my type-A brain is anxious to check everything off the list.

But I forced myself to pause for a bit, made this grilled corn and berry hummus flatbread, and pretended the to-do list didn’t exist for a few blissful minutes.

Truthfully, nobody else cares that the patio isn’t finished — especially when there’s delicious food involved.

I’m thrilled that berries are finally tasting like real summer berries again, and the corn I picked up recently was some of the best I’ve had in a long time. Those two ingredients inspired this flatbread.

Imagine a grilled flatbread spread with hummus, piled with charred corn, sweet blackberries and cherries, and finished with a drizzle of roasted garlic-parsley pesto — it’s bright, fresh, and unmistakably summery.

I considered calling it a hummus flatbread pizza, but without cheese that term felt misleading. It’s pizza-like in spirit: light, rustic, and perfect for summer snacking or a vegetarian lunch.

You can make this year-round by substituting frozen corn kernels and frozen berries when fresh produce isn’t available. It’s a flexible, crowd-pleasing snack that works as an appetizer or a light meal.

For me, it was the perfect reward after a long day of work. Next time, I hope we can enjoy it on a finished patio.