Sausage and Red Bell Pepper Breakfast Pizza

Name: Sausage and Red Bell Pepper Breakfast Pizza
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling; 6 ounces, bulk breakfast sausage; 1 , red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped; 1 , onion, chopped; , Salt and pepper; 8 ounces, extra-sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups); 1 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (1/2 cup); 4 ounces (1/2 cup) small-curd, cottage cheese; 1/4 teaspoon, dried oregano; Pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 pound store-bought, pizza dough, room temperature; 6 , large eggs; 2 , scallions, sliced thin; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh chives

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2015

Main Courses

Eggs

Pizza

Eggs and sausage on a cheese pizza? Sounds like an excellent breakfast to us. If only we could get the crust to crisp and the eggs to cooperate.

SERVES6

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Sausage and Red Bell Pepper Breakfast Pizza is an easy, unexpected crowd favorite for a Sunday brunch, but it comes with a challenge: achieving a crisp, golden-brown crust without overcooking the eggs. To get there, we press room-temperatur...

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