Pizza for Breakfast!
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
9
ingredients
- 226.79 g frozen spinach
- 198.44 g can diced tomatoes
- 1-2 shallot, minced
- 4 sun-dried tomatoes, minced
- 28.34 g sliced pepperoni or 1 Italian sausage, cooked
- 59.14 ml sliced mushrooms (optional)
- 118.29 ml shredded mozzarella cheese
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Crust
- 354.88 ml flour
- 7.39 ml baking powder
- 0.25 ml salt
- 14.79 ml butter, melted
- 177.44 ml milk
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Egg Mix
- 6 eggs
- 59.14 ml milk
- 2.46 ml oregano
- 2.46 ml basil
- 0.25 ml garlic powder
- 59.14 ml asiago cheese
- 0.25 ml cayenne chili pepper flakes (optional)
directions
- Grease 9x9 pan lightly and preheat oven to 350°F.
- Thaw frozen spinach and squeeze ALL the juice out of it.
- Drain the tomatoes and squeeze out as much juice as possible. (This is critical. Wet tomatoes will result in soggy eggs).
- Chop pepperoni, reserving 9 slices OR chop sausage and reserve 1/4 of the chopped meat.
- Mix flour with baking powder. Add melted butter and work in well.
- Add the 3/4 cup milk and mix to make a soft dough.
- Flour your fingers then pat crust into the pan in an even layer that extends about an inch up the side.
- Spread spinach, tomatoes, shallots, chopped meat, and sun-dried tomatoes in layers over the crust.
- Put all the egg mix ingredients into a bowl and beat together.
- Pour egg mix evenly over the veggie and meat layers.
- Top with shredded mozzarella, the reserved pepperoni slices or reserved chopped sausage, and the optional sliced mushrooms.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until eggs are set in the center and cheese is browned.
- Any leftovers are good cold or briefly reheated in the microwave.
- Note: Prep goes more smoothly on a sleepy, weekend morning if you drain the spinach and tomatoes and assemble all dry ingredients the night before. Then you need only mix and assemble before baking.
- Note: If your family is larger or if you do OAMC the recipe can be doubled and made in a 13x9 pan or a deep-dish pizza pan if you increase cooking time appropriately.
- FOR OAMC – Freeze in individually wrapped squares. Thaw 60-90 seconds on half-power. Heat 45-60 seconds on full power, turn, and repeat. Heat an additional 20-30 seconds if necessary.
- Note: This is a forgiving recipe. If you prefer broccoli over spinach or you’d like to add a little anchovy or some green pepper go ahead. I’m not sure about the ham and pineapple though – it would be hard to drain the pineapple well enough to not get the eggs soggy.
- Note: Yes, you can use fresh spinach and tomatoes. Deseed the tomatoes to remove the excess juice.
- Note: if you save the juice from the tomatoes and the spinach along with the remaining tomatoes from the can you have the start of a nice soup later on.
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Reviews
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RSC 11 . This is very good. I made this on a sleepy Saturdy morning. DH was fishing so I had the kitchen to myself to bang pots and pans, blast some music and do the cha cha if I wanted. I settled for some wonderful coffee and this recipe. I liked it very much even though I am not an egg person for mornings. DH had a reheated version and liked it as well. I will make this again on one of those sleepy mornings that everyone is home and serve with a juicer juice. Your #19 option sounds fantastic but I chose to use it for juicer instead. I wil use it for a soup recipe next time as I love spinach and tomatoes in many of mmy soups. Thank you.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
3KillerBs
Pinebluff, North Carolina