Make this breakfast pizza with scrambled eggs, colourful veggies, and melty mozzarella. It’s a brunch-ready recipe that’s straightforward to customise and prep forward!
So there’s a vendor at our native farmers market that sells these superb breakfast pizzas topped with scrambled eggs and veggies. The steaming slices scent completely unimaginable, so I made a decision it was lastly time: time to create my very own model of this recipe!
This breakfast pizza is ideal for a weekend brunch. You may make it with selfmade or store-bought pizza dough (I adore it with our skinny crust pizza dough), however you may as well take shortcuts like pita pizza or naan pizza. Whether or not you’re feeding a crowd or simply making Saturday really feel particular, this recipe won’t disappoint.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Enjoyable brunch thought: I’ve discovered this recipe is extraordinarily crowd-pleasing for everybody from children to adults
- Vegetarian with sausage-inspired taste. A teaspoon of fennel seeds provides this pizza a satisfying depth with none meat.
- Completely customizable. Swap in numerous veggies, add shredded cheese varieties, or toss on precise breakfast sausage if that’s what you like.
- Make-ahead pleasant. The dough and sauce could be prepped upfront, so meeting isn’t too laborious: or you possibly can strive my cheater strategies!
Make Breakfast Pizza
Right here is the essential thought for breakfast pizza, or bounce to the recipe under in case you’re able to get began!
- Begin with a preheated pizza stone. Place your stone within the oven and let it warmth at 500°F for no less than half-hour earlier than the pizza goes in. This makes that crispy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside crust.
- Scramble the eggs recent, and pull them early. Whisk the eggs, warmth olive oil in a small skillet over medium warmth, and fold the eggs slowly into gentle curds. Take away them from the warmth simply earlier than they give the impression of being executed.
- Prep the sauce and toppings. Make the selfmade pizza sauce (you’ll thank me later) and chopped the veggies.
- Use a lightweight hand with the sauce. A skinny, even layer of pizza sauce is all you want. Unfold it utilizing the again of a spoon into a skinny layer.
- Assemble and slide. Mud your pizza peel generously with semolina or cornmeal. Stretch the dough onto the peel, then layer the toppings. Slide it onto the new stone and bake 5–7 minutes till the cheese is effervescent and the crust is golden.
For particulars on stretching and shaping, go to my full information to selfmade pizza dough and find out how to use a pizza stone.
Dough Choices & Substitutions
This breakfast pizza recipe is customizable based mostly in your wants and tastes:
Dough & Crust
- Do-it-yourself pizza dough is my best choice: it makes use of Tipo 00 flour, which creates a supple, stretchy dough with a lightweight texture. A stand mixer makes it straightforward, however you may as well knead by hand.
- Skinny crust pizza dough is one other prime contender: that is the sort closest to my unique farmer’s market pizza inspiration. This model rolls out thinner and is barely simpler to deal with.
- Sheet pan pizza is nice for feeding a crowd! It makes the equal of three medium pizzas and could be very straightforward to work with: you additionally don’t want a pizza stone.
- Pita pizza or naan pizza are nice for faster morning pizzas, particularly excellent for serving children.
- Retailer-bought pizza dough works nice in a pinch: search for it refrigerated at most grocery shops. Let it come to room temperature for no less than half-hour earlier than stretching.
Topping Swaps
- Add Parmesan cheese sprinkled excessive
- Add crumbled breakfast sausage or plant-based sausage
- Swap mozzarella for cheddar cheese
- Add sautéed mushrooms or spinach for additional veggies
- Add a garnish of recent herbs like basil or chives earlier than serving
Make-Forward & Meal Prep Suggestions
There are some things you are able to do upfront to make meeting faster: particularly in case you have hungry mouths to feed within the morning:
Pizza dough: Make it 1–2 days forward and retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge. An extended chilly relaxation really improves the flavour: the dough turns into extra advanced and barely tangy. Pull it out half-hour earlier than you need to use it so it may well come to room temperature.
Pizza sauce: My selfmade pizza sauce retains within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
Veggies: Cube the bell peppers and slice the purple onion the night time earlier than. Retailer them within the fridge: it makes meeting the subsequent day a lot sooner.
Eggs: I’d suggest scrambling eggs proper earlier than baking. However in case you like, you possibly can strive scrambling the night time earlier than and bringing to room temperature earlier than topping.
Storing & Reheating Leftovers
Breakfast pizza shops hermetic within the fridge for as much as 2 days.
To reheat, place slices on a baking sheet in a 375°F oven for a couple of minutes till warmed via and the crust crisps again up. You can too use a skillet over medium-low warmth with a lid.
Dietary Notes
This breakfast pizza recipe is vegetarian.
Steadily Requested Questions
Load up on veggies: bell peppers are a superb supply of vitamin C, and including spinach or mushrooms boosts vitamins additional. You can too cut back the mozzarella cheese barely for a lighter spin. Utilizing the Skinny Crust Pizza Dough additionally helps, for the reason that quantity of dough is much less per serving.
Apparently breakfast pizza has sturdy roots in Midwest diner and college cafeteria tradition: individuals who grew up in states like Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin have reminiscences of it on a cafeteria tray or at a weekend diner. It’s typically made with a crescent roll dough base, scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage, and cheddar cheese.
For a full brunch unfold, I like pairing it with a easy arugula salad or recent fruit. A pitcher of juice, a pot of excellent espresso, or a strawberry smoothie and also you’re set.
If it’s extra of a breakfast for dinner state of affairs, strive serving it with a easy aspect salad recipe.
Breakfast Pizza
Make this breakfast pizza with scrambled eggs, colourful veggies, and melty mozzarella. It’s a brunch-ready recipe that’s straightforward to customise and prep forward!
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook dinner Time: 7 minutes
- Complete Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
- Class: Major Dish
- Technique: Baked
- Delicacies: American
Substances
- 1 ball Finest Pizza Dough (or Meals Processor Dough or Skinny Crust Dough)
- ⅓ cup Finest Do-it-yourself Pizza Sauce
- 2 eggs
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 handful thinly sliced purple onion
- 2 tablespoons diced inexperienced bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons diced purple bell pepper
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- Kosher salt
- Semolina flour or cornmeal, for dusting the pizza peel
Directions
- Make the pizza dough: Comply with the Finest Pizza Dough recipe to arrange the dough. (This takes about quarter-hour to make and 45 minutes to relaxation.)
- Place a pizza stone within the oven and preheat to 500°F. OR preheat your pizza oven (right here’s the pizza oven we use).
- Make the pizza sauce: Make the 5 Minute Pizza Sauce.
- Put together the toppings: Finely cube the inexperienced pepper. Thinly slice the purple pepper. Thinly slice the purple onion.
- Scramble the eggs: In a medium bowl, crack the eggs and whisk them collectively till well-beaten. Add 1 pinch kosher salt. In a small skillet, warmth the olive oil over medium warmth. Tilt the pan to make sure your complete pan is coated within the oil. Pour within the eggs. Preserve the warmth on medium. When the eggs simply begin to set, use a flat spatula to slowly scrape sections of eggs, creating folds. Scrape often till the eggs kind gentle folds, and take away them from the warmth simply earlier than they’re absolutely hardened. Break the eggs into smaller crumbles with the spatula.
- Bake the pizza: When the oven is prepared, mud a pizza peel with cornmeal or semolina flour. (Should you don’t have a pizza peel, you should use a rimless baking sheet or the again of a rimmed baking sheet. However a pizza peel is properly definitely worth the funding!) Stretch the dough right into a circle; see Stretch Pizza Dough for directions. Then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
- Unfold the pizza sauce over the dough utilizing the again of a spoon to create a skinny layer. Add the mozzarella cheese. High with the, peppers, purple onion, and scrambled eggs. Sprinkle with fennel seeds and some pinches of kosher salt.
- Use the pizza peel to rigorously switch the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake the pizza till the cheese and crust are properly browned, about 5 to 7 minutes within the oven (or 1 minute in a pizza oven). Slice into items and serve instantly.
Notes
- No pizza stone? Use a baking sheet. A pizza stone provides the perfect crispy crust. Or, make sheet pan pizza as a substitute.
- Skinny crust possibility: Use the Skinny Crust Dough recipe for a lighter base that’s simpler to work with.
- Retailer-bought dough shortcut: Refrigerated pizza dough from the grocery retailer works high quality. Let it come to room temperature for half-hour earlier than stretching.
- Make it meaty: Add cooked and crumbled breakfast sausage or plant-based sausage earlier than baking.
