Yesterday morning, I put some pizza dough in a bowl, covered it with cling film and let it go about it’s yeasty business. By nightfall, the dough had risen and was at it’s peak, however, due to unforeseen circumstances, my plans to make a pizza dinner that night fell through. So when I woke up this morning, I looked into the bowl of risen dough and found my inspiration. Breakfast pizza! Everyone likes a slice of re-heated pizza in the morning once in a while, so why not go the extra distance and create one from scratch with a breakfast twist.
breakfast pizza
I oiled up my cookie sheet, making sure my hands got nice and olive oily in the process and set to work stretching the dough to all four corners of the pan. If I was a bit more practised in the art of taming the sticky dough, I most certainly would have tried to create a bit more of a raised edge. A little bit more olive oil on top for a nice glisteny finish, some cut up scallions and sundried tomatoes were scattered about the top of the dough. Then I threw on some fresh basil leaves and fresh spinach and popped the whole thing into the oven for about 5 minues to get the dough a bit crusty and the toppings wilty. Meanwhile, I took 3 eggs and beat them in a small bowl, seasoning them well with kosher salt and pepper. I also sliced some leftover smoked Mennonite farmer’s sausage into disks. Out of the oven came the pizza and I immediately laid out the sausage into a pleasing pattern right on top. Then I slowly pored the beaten eggs over top. You can imagine why I wish I was more skilled in the art of spreading out the pizza dough….as a raised edge works wonders for keeping the runny eggy goodness on the dough and off of the cookie sheet. Oh well. I popped the pizza back in the oven for a couple of minutes and then went back in to scrape off the slightly firmed up egg off the sheet and back onto the pizza. I then covered the whole thing with some grated Cheddar cheese and put the whole shebang back into the hot oven. When the cheese became nice and melty and bubbly, the breakfast pizza was ready.
And oh, what a breakfast it was! Savory and rich and melty and crisp. It was the most perfect breakfast for a rainy Saturday morning and I can’t wait to try a new breakfast pizza variation soon. With a breakfast like this to look forward to, there is no need to sleep in.
Oh, yum yum! That looks so tasty – what genius! And you can come up with so many great variations – bulk sausage, summer sausage, ham, Canadian bacon…different cheese, different veggies. Did you use the pizza dough from Trader Joes?
Very clever!
One of these days, kickpleat! One of these days…I too will enjoy your ingenious/delicious/hearty “breakfast pizza”…:)
That is ther kind of breakfast I neede this AM ( well, afternoon really). I will try this one. BTW I made your chocolate / salt toast things last night for dessert, and it was great…a big hit! Thanks.
Great site and great pics! I made a program to help people eat healthy at http://www.bitesoftware.com and wondered if you would like to contribute! I want to add a selection of healthy sandwiches – would you be interested?
I wouldn’t mind some of that right now!
you’re my husband’s new favorite food blogger. :)
A few years ago I was totally addicted to fruit pizza: slice thinly some peaches, pears, plums, bananas (whatever you like, I even used tinned pineapple), put them in a bowl; add few drops of freshly squeezed orange juice and orange zest. Spread the fruit on your pizza dough, sprinkle with a mixture of demerara sugar and crushed nuts (the choice is yours). Sometimes I would put a pinch of cinnamon or cardamom (depending what fruit I was using) in the sugar/nuts mix! Divine!
All I can say is YUMMO!!!!
cyndi, i just used pizza dough from a local bakery. no trader joe’s in canada!
thanks, rachel!
thanks joanne, i think it should be the first recipe you try when you’re back on the wheat and dairy wagon!
glad you loved the chocolate toasts, hag! and this pizza is pretty much perfect.
brilynn, me too! too bad it went so fast that no leftovers exist!
awww shucks, darlamay (+ husband)!
fruit pizza sounds lovely, lunarossa!
jenn, yummo is dead on!
Good lord, what a marvelous idea….