Breakfast Pizza

This 4th of July we had friends over at our place to kick off the day, eat some food, and enjoy some drinks. Knowing it was going to be a long day of drinking in the sun the girls planned brunch. Once we were full and satisfied we set out on our bikes and the fun really began. I have been wanting to try making breakfast pizza for quite sometime now, so I though this would be the perfect chance.

 

Breakfast Pizza

• 2 pre-made Trader Joe's raw pizza dough
• Flour for dusting
• Kosher salt
• 6 strips of bacon
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan
• 2 cups grated mozzarella
• 6 large eggs
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons minced chives
• 2 scallions thinly sliced
• 1 shallot, minced

If you choose, or you have the time you can make the pizza dough from scratch but I have always been really happy with the Trader Joe's dough so I decided to use that. Leaving the dough out at room temperature for about 15 minutes prior to prep helps the dough to be a little less sticky and easier to handle and stretch.

Preheat the oven to 375. Lightly dust a pizza stone, or cookie sheet if you don't have a pizza stone, with the flour, as well as rubbing some flour between your hands. Pat the dough into a disk with your fingertips, then drape the dough over your fists and carefully stretch it from beneath to form a 12 inch cirlcle. You can also achieve this with a rolling pin if you haven't mastered tossing pizza dough up into the air! 

Sprinkle the dough with half of the parmesan, mozzarella, and bacon. The bacon should already be cooked and coarsely chopped. Crack three eggs over the top and season with salt and pepper.

Bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes depending on your oven. When the crust is golden, the cheese is melted, and the egg yolks are cooked, sprinkle half of the parsley, chives, scallions, and shallot on top. Let it cook for another couple of minutes, then pull it out of the oven and let it cool for 2 minutes, slice and serve immediatley. Prepare the second pizza the same way.

Even better the next day! We had the leftovers for breakfast the next morning.