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Bacon and Egg Pizza

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups canned diced tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp dried basil
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 cups thick cut bacon cut into thin 1/4 inch strips
  • Handful of cornstarch or flour
  • 8 oz frozen pizza dough
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 2 cups shredded Italian cheese
  • 4 large eggs

Instructions

  • Follow directions for thawing pizza dough and once thawed remove from fridge and allow it to rise to room temperature (approx. 30 minutes)
  • Place canned tomatoes, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar garlic powder and basil into a small saucepan and place on a high heat.
  • Stir to combine ingredients until it begins to bubble, then lower heat to medium and continue to stir for 5-10 mins to allow flavors to combine.
  • Add a pinch of salt, according to taste.
  • Taste test your sauce to ensure you have the right balance, add a little more of any ingredient to adjust to palate.
  • Give the sauce a final stir for 1-2 minutes and remove from heat.
  • Blend sauce with hand held blender to create a smooth sauce consistency and set aside to allow to cool. If you don't have a hand held blender, transfer to a counter top blender and blend on a medium speed until smooth.
  • Scatter bacon on a parchment lined cooking tray and place in a preheated oven at 400.
  • Allow bacon to cook but not brown and remove from the oven.
  • Turn oven up to 500.
  • Scoop bacon up with a slotted spoon and transfer to a paper towel lined plate and allow excess oil to drain away.
  • Once tomato sauce is cooled scatter cornmeal or flour onto a clean and dry surface to roll out your pizza dough.
  • Carefully roll out dough until you have it at approx. 12 inches in diameter, then place on a pizza stone or parchment lined cooking tray and brush pizza dough with olive oil.
  • With a spoon spread the tomato sauce onto the pizza base, leaving approx. 1 inch of crust tomato sauce free around the edge.
  • Sprinkle cheese on top of tomato sauce.
  • Sprinkle Bacon in a cross or X formation, to create four bacon-free areas for the eggs to be placed.
  • For wheat pizza dough lower oven to 475 and place pizza into the oven. Check packaging for cooking instructions and use judgment.
  • Cook until edge of pizza is light golden in color and remove from oven.
  • Set oven to broil on a high heat.
  • Carefully crack eggs onto pizza, being careful not to break the yokes, into the bacon-free areas.
  • Return to oven until whites of eggs are cooked then remove from oven.
  • Allow to rest for 2 minutes then serve.

Notes

Follow the thawing and cooking instructions provided with the pizza dough and make sure the pizza is placed in the center of the oven when cooking and broiling.