Breakfast Pizza With Scrambled Egg

We talk about pizza a lot around here. Do we eat it for breakfast? Well, not really. But, because breakfast pizza is a thing and because it would be perfect for a brunch, we thought we’d create a recipe for it. Our local farmers market has a vendor who sells breakfast pizzas: this one is similar to the one I’m always jealous of seeing people with! I don’t eat pizza for breakfast, just copious amounts of coffee, so I prefer to save it for lunch or even dinner. It’s seriously delicious and perfect for whatever meal you eat it at! Keep reading for our recipe.

How to make breakfast pizza

So, what constitutes a great breakfast pizza? There are a myriad of ways to make one, of course. As I mentioned earlier, I modeled this breakfast pizza off of one I’ve seen a grilled pizza vendor have at our local farmers market. It’s a loose interpretation, of course! Because Alex and I eat a mostly whole food plant based diet, we don’t often include meat on a pizza. So for this breakfast pizza, we decided to add a flavor that would mimic sausage. If you know us well, you’ll know it’s dried fennel seeds! Since fennel is used in sausage, eating fennel automatically makes your brain think it’s eating meat. (That is, if you grew up eating sausage like we did!) We’ve used this technique in our breakfast pizza to give it a meaty flair. For our breakfast pizza sauce, we’ve used our famous Easy Pizza Sauce. It takes just 5 minutes to make in a blender, and we’ve had people tell us they’ll never make another pizza sauce again. Fire roasted tomatoes, garlic, oregano, olive oil, and salt come together in a way that’s distinctly magical. Of course, no breakfast pizza is complete without scrambled eggs! We used our best scrambled eggs method and then broke it up into some crumbles that we sprinkled onto the pizza. Top that with a handful of diced green and red bell peppers and thinly sliced red onions, and you’re in business. It’s hands down the best breakfast pizza we’ve ever made.

How to make pizza dough

Now, we can’t talk about making a breakfast pizza without a note on dough. To make the best breakfast pizza, you’ve got to start with a great pizza dough. One of our tips for for next level pizza dough is to use great flour! The flour we uses is called Tipo 00 flour and it makes for a beautiful, supple and fluffy dough. We buy our Tipo 00 flour online. But our best tip: use a pizza stone! A pizza stone is what makes pizza crust crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Here’s the best pizza stone we recommend, and a bit more on pizza stone care. And to pop the pizza dough right onto that blazing hot stone, we use a pizza peel! We recommend this Standard pizza peel or this Conveyor pizza peel. You can also use the bake of a baking sheet (or a rimless baking sheet), but it’s a little bit trickier. The pizza peel is the best tool for the job! We have a few pizza dough recipes that you can make depending on your tastes and equipment. Our Best Pizza Dough is what we used for this breakfast pizza: as you can see, we shaped it into a rectangle shape. We make it using stand mixer, but you can also knead it by hand. Our Easy Thin Crust method is similar but makes a thinner dough that you roll out. The thin crust dough would actually also be perfect for breakfast pizza, and it makes it a little lighter too.

Looking for more pizza recipes?

Outside of this recipe, here are some of our favorite pizza recipes:

Best Margherita Pizza Recipe Pesto PizzaMushroom Pizza with Fresh HerbsHomemade Cheese PizzaMediterranean PizzaVeggie Supreme Pizza Best Ever Taco Pizza Perfect Neapolitan PizzaItalian Pizza with PestoSpicy Vegetarian Diavola PizzaLoaded Mexican PizzaOur Best Vegan PizzaEgg Pizza with PecorinoWhat’s the Best Pizza Oven?Homemade Pizza for BeginnersAll Homemade Pizza Recipes!