Deep Dish Breakfast Pizza
Please bear with me as this is my first ever Instructable! I won't go into much detail in the preparation of ingredients, consider it more like a guide of how to put one of these pizzas together. That is kind of how I do things when I cook anyway, I do some research and mash up different recipes to come out with something of my own. This pizza came about after brainstorming with some co-workers as well as my love for my original hometown Chicago style deep dish. I had never seen one made as a breakfast pizza...so here it goes!
"Ingredients"
Ok, this is where some may consider this a little vague. But to be honest I don't want to step on anyone's toes and publish any recipes I used as inspiration so get creative here!
Prior to making the pizza, I had a debate about pre-cooking things. When I make a regular Chicago style I never cook the ingredients due to the long bake time. Well, I should have listened to the breakfast pizza connoisseur I was dealing with because my first pizza came out like he said it would...breakfast soup. I quickly made another one, and pre-cooked ingredients are nearly a must.
Ingredients:
Deep Dish Pizza Dough - use your favorite, I went with a flaky laminated dough that has butter in between the layers
Cheese Blend - I used mozzarella and cheddar, freshly shredded
Bacon - I live in Iowa now so we have some good options
Breakfast Sausage - again, the Iowa thing comes in to play here...every small town has their own meat locker
Sausage Gravy - did you think I was going to put tomato sauce on this thing?!
Pre-heated Oven - 425 to 450 degrees, and I consider this an ingredient because you cannot cook this thing in an oven that is not thoroughly heated!
Prior to making the pizza, I had a debate about pre-cooking things. When I make a regular Chicago style I never cook the ingredients due to the long bake time. Well, I should have listened to the breakfast pizza connoisseur I was dealing with because my first pizza came out like he said it would...breakfast soup. I quickly made another one, and pre-cooked ingredients are nearly a must.
Ingredients:
Deep Dish Pizza Dough - use your favorite, I went with a flaky laminated dough that has butter in between the layers
Cheese Blend - I used mozzarella and cheddar, freshly shredded
Bacon - I live in Iowa now so we have some good options
Breakfast Sausage - again, the Iowa thing comes in to play here...every small town has their own meat locker
Sausage Gravy - did you think I was going to put tomato sauce on this thing?!
Pre-heated Oven - 425 to 450 degrees, and I consider this an ingredient because you cannot cook this thing in an oven that is not thoroughly heated!
Prepping the Dough
You had your oven on already, right? Good.
Roll out your prepared dough to a diameter larger than your pizza pan. I used to make large 14" pizzas but I have since been converted to the 9" variety. They are so much easier to work with and I make enough dough to have two different pizzas!
Once the dough is rolled, treat it like a pie crust and roll it around your rolling pin...or wooden dowel.
Let's not forget, you will need to grease this pan. I usually use olive oil here, but I did just cook a pound of bacon so I used bacon grease instead. I'm just saying, but it wasn't a bad idea.
Unroll the dough over the pan and press it up the sides.
Roll out your prepared dough to a diameter larger than your pizza pan. I used to make large 14" pizzas but I have since been converted to the 9" variety. They are so much easier to work with and I make enough dough to have two different pizzas!
Once the dough is rolled, treat it like a pie crust and roll it around your rolling pin...or wooden dowel.
Let's not forget, you will need to grease this pan. I usually use olive oil here, but I did just cook a pound of bacon so I used bacon grease instead. I'm just saying, but it wasn't a bad idea.
Unroll the dough over the pan and press it up the sides.
Toppings!
Layer in the shredded cheese first. Then go with a mixture of crumbled bacon, sausage and the scrambled eggs. Next top the whole thing with your sausage gravy.
Put it in the pre-heated oven at 450 degrees on the lower rack for about 20-30 minutes. This will vary, but the good thing is the pizza is completely cooked with the exception of the crust!
One thing to note about the gravy, I let mine get a little too thick for my liking. I think I should have left it just a bit thinner with the upcoming baking time!
Put it in the pre-heated oven at 450 degrees on the lower rack for about 20-30 minutes. This will vary, but the good thing is the pizza is completely cooked with the exception of the crust!
One thing to note about the gravy, I let mine get a little too thick for my liking. I think I should have left it just a bit thinner with the upcoming baking time!
Finished Product
And there you have it...a deep dish breakfast pizza. Maybe even the first of its kind! This was my initial attempt and I plan on tweaking it here and there, but I can't complain with the results even though the "breakfast soup" ended up in the trash. Let me know what you think, I hope it inspires some people to give it a try!
And thanks to everyone who helped with the original thought process!
And thanks to everyone who helped with the original thought process!