Eggs not just for Breakfast - Spring Pizza Recipe!

Eggs are offered on pizza more often in Europe and delicious!  Think eggs, bacon with toast or Quiche Lorraine.  Have you ever had an egg on a burger?  Even better!  The golden egg yolk adds  tasty, rich flavour.

Pictorial of a spring recipe for pizza with asparagus below. I used quail eggs, but any fresh eggs will do.  Try it and you will love it!

Ingredients 
Pizza dough, fresh baguette or ciabatta bread (gluten-free pizza mixes and pizza crusts sold at stores)
1/2 bunch fresh asparagus, washed and peeled into strips (see below photo)
6-8 pieces high quality Serrano ham, hard salami or any cured meat, sliced very thin if possible.
2 fresh eggs or 4 smaller quail eggs
1.5 cups shredded mozzarella cheese or a shredded Italian blend.  I also use the small balls of fresh mozzarella.

Instructions
Preheat oven to 475-500 F

DOUGH
**Cooking times may vary depending upon what dough you use.  Fresh dough will take longer to cook vs a crust already made.  If you do not have time to make your own dough, you can buy it from your local pizza parlor.  Many grocery stores have fresh dough in refrigerator section as well.  My favorite gluten-free brand is Udi's!  Baguette or ciabatta bread work well too!  Pinch some of the bread out with you fingers to make space for the toppings or you can make bruschetta style.

-Plan to place pan on lower rack, closest to the heat source, the oven floor.  I remove lower rack all together and place the pan directly on the oven floor.  I then move it up to middle rack last 5 minutes.
**I prefer using Lodge brand cast iron pizza pan.  "Pizza stones" crack at some point and are hard to clean.

Lodge brand cast iron pizza pan

-Place pan you are using in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes so it gets as hot as possible.
**If you are using a baking sheet, turn it over and use opposite side. This makes it easier to slide the pizza off pan similar to using a pizza peel.

Prep toppings:

FRESH QUAIL EGGS

FRESH ASPARAGUS

PEELED ASPARAGUS

SERRANO HAM

-While you wait for pan to heat, shape your pizza dough on a floured cookie sheet again opposite side.
-Carefully take HOT pan out of oven, spray with olive oil and slide your pizza dough onto hot pan.  Use hands to lift dough as necessary. You may have to reshape dough a bit once on the hot pan.
-Add toppings - shredded cheese first, meat, asparagus and finish with Parmesan cheese and place in oven for 10 min.  Cooking times may vary.

PREP PIZZA

-After 10 min, carefully take pizza out of oven and crack eggs near center of pie and add any fresh mozzarella.

ADD FRESH EGGS & FRESH MOZZARELLA



-Place pizza back in oven for 8-10 more minutes.

-When pizza is finished, take out of oven and let rest for 2-5 minutes before serving.

FINI!

SERVE & ENJOY!