Mother's Day Breakfast Pizza Recipe

This Breakfast Pizza recipe is packed with tasty goodies, perfect for a Mother's Day breakfast or brunch.

The internet is in full bloom with Mother's Day posts these days, and rightly so. We baby mamas spend our days striving to find the perfect balance, to make the bed, excel at work or home or both, to negotiate getting dressed and mealtime and bedtime with terrorists toddlers and to still make time to feel like good wives and the individuals we were pre-motherhood.  (You can check out my "What I Want for Mother's Day" gift guide, too!).

How To Make This Breakfast Pizza Recipe - Step by Step

1. Begin with your pizza crust.  I always like to cook it about halfway through before adding toppings despite what the crust directions might say.  Also, I like to cook it at 450 degrees if baking in the oven for a crispier crust. Just reduce the cooking time and keep an eye on it.

2. Remove both crusts from the oven and add pesto, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, bacon, and crushed red pepper flakes, splitting the amounts between each crust. Place back into the oven and bake until edges begin to brown and cheese is slightly golden.

3. Meanwhile, cook your four sunny side up eggs, seasoning with salt and pepper, and set aside.

4. Remove pizzas from the oven. Top each with two eggs, half of the mixed greens, a pinch of lemon juice, and a sprinkle or two of salt and pepper. Serve immediately!

What Is Breakfast Pizza?

It’s basically a pizza topped with everything you would like for breakfast! There are tonnes of topping combinations! I used bacon, eggs and mozzarella, among other delicious ingredients.  But it’s also great with ham, sausage, or make it meatless and just add more veggies like bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, etc.

Feel free to play around with different cheese combinations. The egg yolks are pretty firm, if you want them runny I suggest baking the crust a few minutes ahead before adding the egg. Or if you prefer scrambled eggs, cook them on the stove first before adding to the dough.

A Breakfast Recipe Perfect For Mother's Day

We hosted an early Mother's Day brunch last week for some of my favorite mamas and these pizzas were such a hit that I thought I would share the recipe, should you want to pass it along to your partners or age-appropriate kids for cooking!  It's really so simple, especially if you pre-buy the pizza dough and so, so delicious!  Serve immediately or refrigerate and cut into slices to tote along for a Mother's Day picnic.  (I promise there will be no complaints either way!)

Do I Cook Bacon Before Putting It On Pizza?

Pizzas usually don't take very long to bake, and the bake time is really to crisp the dough and melt the cheese. Raw meats — like sausage, chicken, or bacon — usually won't cook through in the short baking time, so they should be precooked.

For this recipe, cook the bacon to about 80% done then finish off on the pizza.

Top Tips For This Breakfast Pizza

• Cook the bacon 80% through before cooking on the pizza.
• Eggs are best sunny side up and a touch runny.
• Serve Immediately!

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Have you tried this Breakfast Pizza? Feel free to leave a star rating and I'd love to hear from you in the comments below!

Bacon, Pesto, and Ricotta Breakfast Pizza Recipe with Mixed Greens and Sunny Egg

Jen Pinkston

(makes 2 pizzas)

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings 2 pizzas

Calories 1905 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pizza crusts we found a great, fresh option at Central Market here in Austin or you can make this recipe which I've done in the past and is delish!
• ¼ c. pesto
• ½ c. shredded mozzerella cheese
• ½ c. ricotta cheese
• 6 slices of nitrate free black forest bacon cut into thirds (cooked about 80% through since it will continue to cook once on the pizza)
• ½ Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 eggs
• 1 c. mixed greens
• 2 pinches of lemon juice
• a couple pinches of salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• Begin with your pizza crust. I always like to cook it about halfway through before adding toppings despite what the crust directions might say. Also, I like to cook it at 450 degrees if baking in the oven for a crispier crust. Just reduce the cooking time and keep an eye on it.
• Remove both crusts from the oven and add pesto, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, bacon, and crushed red pepper flakes, splitting the amounts between each crust. Place back into the oven and bake until edges begin to brown and cheese is slightly golden.
• Meanwhile, cook your four sunny side up eggs, seasoning with salt and pepper, and set aside.
• Remove pizzas from the oven. Top each with two eggs, half of the mixed greens, a pinch of lemon juice, and a sprinkle or two of salt and pepper. Serve immediately!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Bacon, Pesto, and Ricotta Breakfast Pizza Recipe with Mixed Greens and Sunny Egg

Amount per Serving

Calories

1905

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

85

g

131

%

Saturated Fat

 

35

g

219

%

Cholesterol

 

450

mg

150

%

Sodium

 

3596

mg

156

%

Potassium

 

635

mg

18

%

Carbohydrates

 

205

g

68

%

Fiber

 

8

g

33

%

Sugar

 

8

g

9

%

Protein

 

79

g

158

%

Vitamin A

 

4174

IU

83

%

Vitamin C

 

27

mg

33

%

Calcium

 

906

mg

91

%

Iron

 

15

mg

83

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword bacon pizza, breakfast pizza, ricotta pizza

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