I’m such an Italian girl at heart.
And by that, I of course mean, I’m such an Italian eater at heart.
I don’t think I have any of that Jersey Shore Italian in me… but put me on a reality show with fist pumping dudes and foul mouthed ladies and ya never know. (Yes… I finally watched my first episode on the elliptical yesterday and I can’t decide if I’m intrigued or completely offended. )
But back to the food! You guys know I adore pasta – and that will always be true – but pizza is another great love of mine.
I mean, really, is there anyone who doesn’t just friggin’ love pizza? I find myself obsessing over a slice on the daily. Maybe it’s a New York thing?
Last week I ran out of red sauce (tsk tsk), so I took an adventurous road to pizza land by making a sauce free pie, pimped out with home fries, bacon, and sunny side up eggs.
I also tossed some parsley and sriracha on at the end, for color and personality, ya know.
It was an epic dinner experience, and if you’re a beer drinker, I can’t recommend cracking one open while you devour a few slices enough.
I normally make my own pizza dough, but this time I used a store crust I had in the freezer to save on time. If making dough isn’t your thing, I know Trader Joe’s makes a pretty decent one that is so stinking cheap you can beat it.
Once you’ve figured out your dough situation and formed it into the shape you desire (I know a lot of people are fierce when it comes to the whole square vs circle thing, so that I leave up to you), you can move onto the fun part: toppings!
Because the home fries and bacon take the longest, you should get crackin’ on those first.
Once we’ve got that covered all you need to do is grate your cheeses, and put the pie together.
The eggs get cracked and carefully placed on top of the pizza right before it enters the oven to do it’s baking business. And when it comes out…
BOOM! Look-at-that!
Try and tell me your face doesn’t want to get all crazy with that slice! I wouldn’t believe you if you did.
Note: If you’re a vegetarian I think swapping fried mushrooms for the bacon might be a nice way to make this pizza your own.
Breakfast Pizza – Baker by Nature
Serves 4 (assuming you eat 2 slices a piece)
Ingredients:
1 pizza dough, store bought or homemade
4 strips of bacon, slightly undercooked
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 ounces potatoes (I used red ones I had leftover from another recipe, but I think any will work fine), cut into 1/4 – inch cubes
2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
1 small clove of garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
3 large eggs
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
Directions:
Bacon and Potatoes:
Fry your bacon in a large skillet, cooking until just crisp, then transferring to paper towels to cool. Be careful not to overcook your bacon!
Chop your potatoes, onion, and garlic. In a large skillet over medium high heat melt butter, then add potatoes. Stir to coat evenly, then cook for about 8 minutes, only stirring occasionally. Add onion, and cook for another minute before adding garlic, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cook for an additional 2 minutes before removing from heat. Set skillet aside until needed.
For the dough: On a well floured counter top, work the dough into a round disc, then stretch into a 12 inch – circle, or large square, if desired. Transfer the dough onto a large baking sheet that has been lightly oiled.
Putting it together:
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees (F).
Sprinkle the pizza dough with half of the cheeses, then add the home fries, then the rest of the cheese and the bacon. Carefully crack the three eggs on top of the pizza, and lightly sprinkle it with freshly ground black pepper.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, rotating the pan after 8 minutes. Once the crust is golden brown, the cheese is gooey and melted, and the eggs look set, your ready to remove your pie!
Sprinkle the pizza with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
I LOVE breakfast pizza. I try to make it at least once a month. I think your swap idea of mushrooms sounds amazing.
This is seriously exceptional! Gorgeous!!!
Thank you, Carol! Lovely words to wake up to 🙂
I just had my breakfast, but I sure could eat a slice or two of this breakfast pizza right now!
Ashley,
I’m pretty sure that discovering your blog has been both a blessing and a curse to me. Breakfast pizza with real breakfast food on the crust? Love this idea!! Holy expandable waistlines, I am doomed! Is truly sounds amazing, especially on a lazy weekend morning. Thanks for the great idea!
Ha, I’d say sorry… but breakfast pizza!!! Let’s just say yes to it 😉
This looks SO good. Way better than what I had for breakfast.
There’s a restaurant near us that does a breakfast pizza which my boyfriend is totally obsessed with – can’t wait to give this homemade version a try!
I’m an Italian eater myself and this breakfast pizza looks FAB!
I’m am such an italian eater! these are great toppings (and I would definitely eat this for breakfast!)
that looks sooo good. wow ! xO!
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I was just thinking the other day about how good a breakfast pizza would be! This pizza looks fantastic!
delicious! and PERFECT timing. my birthday is saturday, but my husband’s running in a spartan race that day so we’re doing the birthday dinner thing a day early…and i decided i wanted breakfast pizza. i <3 breakfast so much. so i'll pass this recipe on to him! yummo!!
Yay! Happy (early) Birthday, lovely!
We are huge pizza fanatics in this house, but not for breakfast, unless you count my husband eating cold slices out of the fridge at 5AM. His birthday is coming up soon so this might be a great breakfast in bed surprise!
Hellooooo beautiful. Where was this when I was searching for the perfect breakfast this morning?!
Great idea–pizza is awesome and breakfast pizza sounds amazing! Also, it’s the ultimate hangover cure 😉 I’m trying to think what a suitable sauce would be to put under it all–maybe hollandais? Breakfast calories don’t count, right?
I keep meaning to try breakfast pizza but I always somehow forget about it when I meal plan. But this! Holy moly I want this right now! Love the sriracha too!
The kind of pizza I usually eat for breakfast is a cold leftover slice right out of the fridge. Not bad, but your version is clearly so much better. 🙂 Love the crispy bacon!
That is one fantastic looking pizza girlfriend! I can go for pizza anytime, anywhere. I haven’t made a breakfast pizza yet because I know the hubs won’t eat it but, I’m thinking I will make myself one soon. He can eat out…ha! 😉
I cant get enough pizza recipes and I am in love with this breakfast version. I feel as if we would be great brunching buddies!
I could have this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. YUM! 😀
Drool. My absolute favorite pizza in the world is DeLorenzo’s in Trenton, NJ – are you familiar? That is a pretty awesome looking pizza girl.
Oh, the breakfast potatoes are what makes this pizza so delicious for breakfast!
I watch almost every trashy reality show under the sun and I have NEVER seen an episode of Jersey Shore. I just….can’t. 🙂 This pizza looks wonderful!
What a great idea making pizza for breakfast using breakfast ingredients. This looks scrumptious!
Wow! This is one heck of a breakfast. Beautifully done.
I can’t believe you did this!! You’re so mean (in a nice way 😉 This looks sooooo good with all the runny eggs and everything else!!
The runny egg was definitely my favorite part! Shall I sneak a slice on the plan to Cali for ya?
Wow, now that’s a fully loaded pizza!
This. is. awesome!! I have never tried “breakfast pizza,” you are so creative and talented 😀
You are such a sweetie! Thanks girl 😉
Brilliant! Egg on pizza is one of the most underrated combinations out there. What a brilliant idea to go even further and put the rest of breakfast on a pizza! Can’t wait to try for myself.
Looks amazing.. I’ve never actually had pizza for breakfast, top it with eggs and it is breakfast. Haha, love your comment about the Jersey Shore.. I know no one wants to be associated with that kind of Italian, especially not true Italians. But yes, being from Jersey myself, once you hear those beats, the fist pumping starts. 🙂
Woah….I love this breakfast pizza. I always loved egg on pizza and adding other breakfast toppings makes it even awesomer!!
Girlfriend, this looks incredible! Just like our weekend breakfasts when The Big Lug treats me with his “Kitchen Sink” with “pools of cheese”. (I demand the pools of cheese.) However, we use sweet potatoes (excellent flavor!) in our scrambles. Now…we will be adding some pizza dough and using your recipe. Thank you! *mwah!* Pinning…
That is one amazing looking breakfast pizza, especially with the runny eggs!
I am so making this on Sunday! So, not only am I pinning, but it’s going through the printer as I type!
First of all, I love that you used the term “pimped out”. Second, this pizza is what dreams are made of. Third, you are quickly becoming one of my very favorite bloggers! Instead of looking at my exploded google reader and slightly dreading the amount of blogs I need to read, I get excited every time you post, and so I just wanted you to know how awesome I think you are! 🙂
OMG this is brilliant. I love this pizza! I would totally eat pizza for breakfast or it’s perfect for brunch menu! You’re genius, Ashley!
A long string of expletives came out of my mouth when I opened this post. I have never seen a pizza look more enticing. This is totally going on my weekend to-make list!
Wow, I really love this idea! And it’s so customizable! I think I’d eat it for dinner, though. I can’t wait to try it out!