Description
Gourmet breakfast pizza blends morning classics with Italian-style charm. Crispy crust, sunny-side eggs, and savory bacon create a delightful morning meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 oz (1 link) sweet italian sausage
- 3 eggs
- 2 oz shredded pecorino romano
- 3 oz shredded fontina
- 0.5 recipe artisan pizza dough (1 15 oz dough ball)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 0.5 onion, finely diced
- 0.33 cup pizza sauce
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 500°F (260°C), positioning pizza stone or steel inside for 30 minutes to achieve optimal heat retention and crispy crust texture.
- Meat Preparation: Cook ground sausage in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, breaking into small crumbles until browned and crispy. Drain excess grease on paper towels while reserving pan drippings.
- Onion Technique: Using the same skillet, slowly caramelize thinly sliced onions, stirring periodically until they develop a rich golden-brown color and soft, sweet consistency.
- Dough Handling: Stretch pizza dough on a floured surface into a 12-inch circular shape, maintaining uniform thickness and creating a slight raised border.
- Sauce and Cheese Layer: Spread a thin, even tomato sauce across the dough, leaving a small margin. Completely cover sauce with shredded cheese to ensure full coverage.
- Topping Distribution: Evenly scatter sausage crumbles and caramelized onions across the cheese-covered surface. Create small wells in the topping landscape to cradle whole eggs.
- Egg Placement: Carefully crack fresh eggs into prepared wells, keeping yolks intact and positioned centrally.
- Baking Process: Slide pizza onto preheated stone and bake for 8-10 minutes, watching until egg whites set completely and crust edges turn golden brown.
Notes
- Preheat Precision: Heat pizza stone or steel for 30 minutes at 500°F to guarantee crispy, perfectly cooked pizza crust.
- Sausage Preparation: Cook ground sausage until browned and crispy, then drain excess grease on paper towels to maintain a clean, concentrated flavor profile.
- Onion Transformation: Slowly caramelize onions to develop deep, sweet flavor that enhances the overall taste of the breakfast pizza.
- Egg Placement Strategy: Create shallow wells in the toppings to prevent egg yolks from spreading, ensuring beautiful presentation and even cooking.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Lunch
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 370
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 640 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 210 mg