Sunny Side Egg + Avocado Breakfast Pizza
Lately I have been involved in a fairly serious love affair with eggs. Poached, scrambled, hard-boiled, soft-boiled with dippy soldiers, baked, and fried. What’s so wonderful about these perfectly packaged little nutrient-bombs is that they manage to be both filling and exactly what you’d want for a quick, simple, satisfying meal – breakfast, lunch or dinner.
I’d like to share with you a take on eggs on toast that is brighter, prettier and more interesting than old-hat white bread and fried eggs.
My Sunny Side Egg + Avocado Breakfast Pizza stars a perfectly golden-bottomed fried egg, lime-spiked avocado, snow peas shoots and pink peppercorns. A seedy, wholemeal flatbread serves as the vehicle that allows easy eating and very little washing up. Good morning!
1 wholemeal flatbread – I used a beautiful house-made soy, linseed and pumpkin flatbread from my favourite market stall, but any wholemeal flatbread is fine
Juice of one freshly squeezed lime
1 ripe avocado
1 organic free-range egg
Sea salt
Pink peppercorns
Snow pea shoots
Extra virgin olive oil
Preheat grill to 200C
Brush flatbread with a little olive oil, season with salt and pop under the grill to crisp up. Remove from oven.
Scoop out the flesh of the avocado and spread onto the flatbread – I used a fork to mash the avocado roughly as I like a few bigger chunks of avocado here and there.
In a frypan heat a little olive oil over medium heat. Crack the egg into the pan and cook to your liking.
Using a spatula, place the cooked egg on top of the avocado flatbread. Squeeze over the juice of a fresh lime, season with salt, sprinkle over some pink peppercorns and finish with a pile of crisp snow pea shoots.
For something a little more filling try adding some slices of smoked salmon, a crumbling of feta or some slow-roasted cherry tomatoes.
Makes 1 pizza
YUM. Anything with avocado in it is great in my book, anything with egg in (or, on) it is great in my book. Anything with BOTH avocado and an egg is amazing no matter what else it involves and a winner. Love the salmon idea too, bacon would be another awesome option but would negate the healthy aspect of this dish. Now you’ve got my thinking about breakfast tomorrow morning!
Love both avocado and eggs – what a great idea. It really does look and sound like something you could have for either breakfast, lunch or dinner. And it’s a photogenic dish, too
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Thank you Kiki. Kx
Oh my God, this looks delicious! We have chickens, so I bet this will be extra yummy with a fresh egg
Oh, what I would give to have my own supply of happy fresh eggs! Delicious! Kx
Such a great idea avocado in the pizza! I have to try it
A lovely combination! Kx
OH I love eggs, but definitely don’t eat enough! This looks like an incredible pizza, truly brilliant. Yummy!
That first photo up there? It makes me want to shove that whole breakfast pizza right into my face. No lie.
My job here is done. Glad to hear you like the ff&k take on as breaky pizza! Bon appetit. Kx
Gorgeous recipe and photo – what an inspired idea!
Thank you Christina. Kx
Oh wow – I love eggs and I love Avocado. I need to try this!
p.s. – I nominated you for the Inspiring Blog Award!
http://omnomnombakedgoods.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/inspiring-blog-award/
Thank you, thank you Vezinak. Your support is truly appreciated. Happy cooking, baking and eating! Kx
That is what I’m having for brunch next weekend. It looks amazing!