'Ode to the Pig' Breakfast Pizza
I love breakfast. I also love what a pig can provide for breakfast, as well as any meal.
I made a breakfast pizza using home made sausage gravy as my "sauce".
Sausage gravy:
3/4 lb of sausage
4 tbs of flour
3 cups of whole milk
1/2 tsp garlic powder
kosher salt and pepper to taste.
First you brown the sausage in your pot. Then add the flour, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the sausage and let it brown. You don't want the flour to go uncooked or the whole gravy will taste like flour (no good). After about 5 mins simmering, add the milk and simmer to the desired thickness.
The dough:
1 yeast packet
2 tbs of my fresh grinded malt powder
1 cup of warm water
3 cups of flour
2 tbs of olive oil
1 1/4 tsp of salt
First, I put the yeast in a small bowl with 2 tbs of the water and let it sit for about 10-15 mins. In a bowl I mixed the flour, olive oil, malt powder, and the salt, then mixed in the yeast and the water. I stirred until thoroughly mixed and then kneaded by hand. I let it sit out for about 45 mins, kneaded it a little more then put in a bowl in the fridge to sit. I pulled the dough out of the fridge about 2 hrs before I was going to use it. I once again kneaded the dough then rolled it out and folded it a few times until smooth. Then applied the toppings.
The toppings:
I fried up a slice of country ham, and 3 slices of applewood smoked bacon. After they were fried up I made the hash browns in the drippings.
The potatoes:
about 2 cups of potatoes
1/4 of a yellow onion
yellow superhot powder
3 unknown brazilian peppers (These are about jalapeno heat with a great flavor, especially once red. Somewhat sweet)
2 poblano peppers
In the ham and bacon drippings I cooked the potatoes along with onions and peppers. Once the potatoes had cooked for a little bit I put of couple pinches of the powder on the potatoes, and cooked until desired tenderness.
The eggs:
3 eggs
1/4 cup whole milk
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbs of bacon grease
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
I mixed the eggs and milk in a bowl while the bacon grease melted. I then poured the eggs in the skillet and stirred around to cook. Once halfway cooked i put the shredded cheese in to melt and mix together.
Construction:
I spooned the gravy onto the dough and spread evenly. I then spread potatoes evenly over the gravy, followed by the ham and bacon that I diced up. Then came the eggs, followed by about a 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese, and 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese.
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. The spice was even and warmed your mouth without burning. The country ham really shined out of all the flavors in the pizza. The gravy kept a wet texture just as tomato sauce would. I can't stand dried up pizza. I'm also glad I went with a thicker crust on this pizza too. It somewhat simulated having a biscuit with the gravy. I would like to thank the pig that delivered such a delicious meal.
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