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Whether you eat it for breakfast or dinner this Sausage, Apple, and Thyme Breakfast Pizza is sure to cure that pizza craving!
Happy pizza Friday friends! It’s been too long since we celebrated Friday with a pizza recipe. Today’s Sausage, Apple, and Thyme Breakfast Pizza is pretty special because it’s one you can eat for breakfast or dinner!
Confession time. I am totally one of those people that will just eat a piece of pizza cold right out of the fridge. Half the time I don’t even have the patience to get a plate out. I just stand there with the refrigerator door open stuffing my face with a cold slice from the night before.
Usually I get the craving for cold pizza after I do a long run. I think it’s the mix of carbs, salt, and protein that appeals to me after a sweaty run. Are you guys cold pizza lovers like me or are you more civilized like my husband and properly heat yours up and eat it off a plate?
So, breakfast pizza. It makes sense, right? I’m sure many of you have eaten leftover pizza for breakfast, so why not make a pizza full of all the things you love about breakfast? For me breakfast is all about the eggs. A morning without eggs is one that messes my day up completely.
Along with my eggs I sometimes like either meat or cheese. After eating all of those savory things, I’ve gotta have a little something sweet to balance everything out. Fruit it is! Do you see where I’m going with all of this? This pizza has everything you might want for breakfast all in one delicious slice!
I made the pizza using a multi-grain pizza dough, but whole wheat or regular dough works just as well. Next I made a sauce out of dijon mustard and low-fat mayo. The sauce is just a thin coating to give a little bit of zippy mustard flavor and moisture to the crust.
On top of that is the cheese and of course scrambled eggs. Then it was all about the toppings! I used a thinly sliced chicken apple sausage along with sautéed apple slices and caramelized onions. After another sprinkle of cheese the breakfast pizza went into the oven and baked until the cheese was melted and the crust was golden.
Fresh chopped thyme leaves are sprinkled on top of the baked pizza and then it’s ready to devour. And devour we did! Sadly there were no leftovers the next morning for me to stand and eat cold after my run, but that should indicate just how good it was!
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Sausage, Apple, and Thyme Breakfast Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough
- 1 cup shredded part skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded smoked gouda cheese
- 1 link cooked chicken apple sausage sliced thin
Apple and Onion Sauté
- 1 gala or similar apple sliced thin
- 1 small yellow onion sliced thin
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Scrambled Eggs
- 3 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
Dijon Mustard Sauce
- 2 teaspoons low fat mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F. Roll or stretch the pizza dough onto a pizza stone of baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake the pizza dough for 10 minutes then remove it from the oven.
- In a small bowl whisk together the dijon mustard sauce, set aside.
- Heat a medium sized skillet over medium high heat and spray it generously with cooking spray. Add in the thinly sliced onion along with a pinch of salt and sauté for about 4 minutes stirring the onions a couple times. After 4 minutes add in the thinly sliced apple and sauté another 3 minutes until the apple has softened slightly and the onions are soft and golden. Remove the cooked onion and apple from the pan onto a plate, set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, egg whites, salt, pepper, and thyme. In the same skillet over medium heat spray again with more cooking spray. Pour the egg mixture into the prepared skillet and scramble the eggs just until they are set, about 3 minutes.
- Assembling the Pizza
- Once the pizza dough has baked for 10 minutes remove it from the oven and spread the dijon mustard sauce all over the top.
- Take half of the shredded cheese and sprinkle it over the baked pizza dough. Spread the scrambled eggs, apple and onion mixture, sliced sausage, and remaining cheese all over the top of the pizza.
- Place the pizza back in the oven and bake for an additional 6-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove the pizza from the oven and sprinkle with chopped fresh thyme.
I always see eggs and bacon on breakfast pizza. I like seeing apples and sausage, something different!
Thanks Jenna! I really liked the combination of the sausage and apples, great flavors for breakfast!
Danae, I totally eat pizza straight out of the fridge, too!! I’m SO glad I’m not the only one who does that! Even microwaving it for 30 seconds seems like too much effort! I love the apple slices in this pizza!
Microwaving for 30 seconds is totally to long when you’ve got a mad hankering for pizza! ;-) Thanks Lisa!
I am definitely a fan of cold pizza! There are some pizzas I actually prefer cold! I love this idea! Plus the apple and sausage combo is great!
Thanks Shelby! I totally agree that some kinds of pizza are better cold than hot!
Love this flavor combo for pizza! It looks so good!
Thanks Jessica!
Cold pizza right out of the fridge is totally acceptable. In fact it is green. No water and soap going out into the environment washing those pesky dishes!
Haha! I like the way you think Carlee!
I love breakfast for dinner — and this is the perfect way to do it! Nicely done.
Brinner is one of my favorites Julianne! :-)