Breakfast French Bread Pizza Boats
I don’t know if you’ve noticed by now, but I have a thing for breakfast. I post a lot of breakfast recipes on the blog because it’s actually one of the easiest meals to make. Don’t even get me started with breakfast for dinner. For some reason, pancakes just taste better in the evening. Whenever I brainstorm recipe ideas for posts I always try to think of different ways to mash-up two distinct dishes into one, and then I try to fix everything by putting breakfast in the title. If I made this into breakfast, will it work? Most times the answer is yes. Even when you think the answer might be no, something like this Breakfast Ice Cream comes out of my mind. This time around, I was thinking of french bread pizzas and wanted to come up with new and exciting ways to reinvent this old classic.
I never need an excuse to eat pizza for breakfast so transforming french bread pizza into breakfast french bread pizza boats didn’t take much convincing. Lucky for us all we can get our weekend started by making these for either breakfast or brunch. These french bread pizza boats are best when eaten the day you make them, but any leftovers can be stored in the fridge and rewarmed in a preheated 350 degree oven. To rewarm, wrap the leftovers in foil and bake for about 5 to 8 minutes.
Breakfast French Bread Pizza Boats
Equipment
- Skillet
- Baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 pound turkey breakfast sausage
- 4 slices bacon chopped
- 6 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- couple dashes hot sauce
- 2 mini baguettes
- 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 ripe avocado diced
- 2 tablespoons store-bought salsa verde
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Brown the sausage in a skillet over high heat with the olive oil, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until crispy and fully cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to plate and set aside. Add the bacon and cook until crispy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to the plate with the sausage.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, pepper and hot sauce until well combined.
- Using a sharp pairing knife cut an opening on the top of each baguette, and then scoop out most of the filling, creating a boat. Sprinkle the inside of the bread boats with sausage and bacon. Pour the whisked eggs into each boat, and sprinkle with cheese on top.
- Bake until the bread has toasted and the eggs have puffed up and are set, about 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. Top with chives, avocado, and salsa verde. Cut and serve warm. Enjoy!
