Tag: breakfast
Ultimate Breakfast Pizza
Ultimate Breakfast Pizza
When I was a young'n, I grew up eating frozen breakfast pizzas on the weekend. So this recipe comes with a bit of nostalgia for me; just much better than Red Baron’s. The sauce is homemade sausage gravy, topped with scrambled eggs, mozzarella, and sharp cheddar. If you want to go a different route, omit the sausage. Make a roux with the butter and flour, pour in the milk and whisk, and add in a couple of cheddar; making a cheese sauce. Top with bacon or ham, along with the scrambled eggs and cheeses.
Equipment
- pizza pan or pizza stone
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 8 oz ground pork sage sausage
- 1/2 cup white onion finely chopped
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 4 large eggs beaten and scrambled
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
- 1 cup sharp cheddar shredded
- 1 pizza dough recipe or half the recipe for thin crust
Instructions
- Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add in the sausage and onion. Cook for 8 minutes.
- Coat the cooked sausage with flour. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the milk. Whisk any lumps of flour out of the gravy.
- Cook until thickened; about 2-3 minutes. Season with black pepper. Turn off the heat.
- Roll out your pizza dough to your desired thickness. Top with the sausage gravy; leaving a 1/4” of crust on the edge. Sprinkle with mozzarella.
- Top with the scrambled eggs and the sharp cheddar.
- Bake in a preheated 475° oven for 12-15 minutes.
Pizza Dough
For the last 8 months, I’ve been trying to perfect the perfect standard pizza dough. Through lots of trial and error, I think I may have done it. This recipe is basic and straightforward, yielding what I consider a really good medium thickness crust for a 14” pizza. If you divide the dough into two, you will have 2 – 12” thin crust pizzas. Once assembled, these pizzas bake at 475° for 12-15 minutes depending on the crust thickness and the type of pan or pizza stone you use. This dough can keep in the refrigerator for 3 days and can also be frozen.
Equipment
- upright standing mixer with dough hook attachment
- plastic wrap
- rolling pin optional
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 tsp dry active yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 2 cups flour plus extra
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Mix together the yeast and sugar. Dissolve in the warm water and let activate until bubbly; about 5 minutes.
- Mix the flour and salt in an upright standing mixer for 30 seconds on low. Pour in the yeast mixture and olive oil.
- Increase the speed to medium and continue to knead for 5 minutes. At this point, the dough will pull away completely from the side of the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise in a warm area for about 30 minutes.
- Gently flour a clean surface. Place the dough in the center of the floured surface and lightly flour the top.
- Using either your hands or a rolling pin, stretch out the dough to your desired thickness.
Eggs, Pancetta, Parmigiano
Eggs, Pancetta, Parmigiano
This is how many Italians will eat their fried eggs: simply with diced pancetta and shaved parmesan. The eggs get cracked into the cooked pancetta with shaved parmesan immediately added to the whites. They’re served sunny side up with some crusty bread.
Servings: 1
Equipment
- cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 2 tbsp pancetta diced
- 2 large eggs
- parmigiano-regiano shaved
- cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small cast iron pan, heat up the olive oil over medium heat. Add in the pancetta and brown until crispy; about 4-5 minutes.
- Crack in the 2 eggs. Immediately add the shaved parmesan to the whites of the eggs.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes. Season with cracked black pepper.
Savory Steel Cut Oatmeal
Savory Steel Cut Oatmeal
This concept of “savory” oatmeal was brought to my attention by my coworker Adam. Instead of eating your oatmeal sweet like everyone else, why not add some breakfast meats, parmesan cheese, and top it with a fried egg. This has become my absolute favorite way to prepare steel cut oats and is now my favorite breakfast food. I like the combination of breakfast sausage sautéed with garlic and shallots mixed in with mine, but you can substitute with bacon, ham, leftover pot roast, andouille sausage; just about any type of meat you like.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats
- 2 cups water plus an additional cup, if needed
- 1 dash salt
- 1 tbsp butter
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp shallots finely chopped
- 6 oz pork breakfast sausage
- 3 tbsp parmesan cheese
- 2 large eggs or 1 duck egg; fried sunny-side up
- 1 green onion chopped
Instructions
- Bring the oats, salt, and water to a simmer over low heat in a pot. Occasionally stir. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- While the oatmeal is cooking, melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add in the garlic and shallots; sautéing for 2 minutes.
- Add in the sausage. Crumble and cook for 8-10 minutes until browned. Turn off the heat.
- Once the oatmeal is cooked, stir in the sausage mixture and the parmesan cheese. Turn off the heat. And place in a bowl.
- Top the oatmeal with fried eggs, chopped green onions, and more parmesan cheese.
