Recipe: Beef Breakfast Pizza Ole with Homemade Beef Breakfast Sausage

BEEF BREAKFAST PIZZA OLE

"Layer homemade breakfast sausage, tomatoes and cheese on pizza crust and top with eggs."

1 recipe Basic Country Beef Breakfast Sausage (recipe follows)
1/2 cup salsa verde
1 (11 ounce) package thin-crust refrigerated pizza dough
3/4 cup diced seeded tomatoes
1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded Mexican blend cheese
4 eggs
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
Additional salsa verde (for serving)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Prepare Basic Country Beef Breakfast Sausage. Stir in 1/2 cup salsa verde. Set aside.

Meanwhile, unroll dough on greased baking sheet. Pat or roll evenly to 14x10-inch rectangle, pinching together any tears, if necessary.

Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven and top evenly with beef mixture, tomatoes and cheese. Make four "wells" in beef mixture and crack one egg in each "well."

Continue to bake in 425 degrees F oven 13 to 18 minutes or until desired doneness of egg is reached. Remove from oven; sprinkle with green onion. Cut into four wedges.

Serve with additional salsa, as desired.

BASIC COUNTRY BEEF BREAKFAST SAUSAGE
Makes 2 1/2 cups crumbles

1 pound Ground Beef (96% lean)
2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage or 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Combine ground beef, sage, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and crushed red pepper in large bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly.

Heat large nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add beef mixture; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. (Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Ground Beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F. Color is not a reliable indicator of Ground Beef doneness.)

Makes 4 servings
Source: Cattlemen's Beef Board