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If You Crave Pizza For Breakfast, This Easy Italian Egg Dish Is Just For You By Nikki Munoz Sept. 25, 2025 11:39 am EST
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If you're a fan of both pizza and breakfast foods, then you need to know about this Italian egg dish that combines the two: eggs alla pizzaiola. Essentially, the dish consists of fried eggs cooked in tomatoes and cheese. It's a bit different from what you may know of as a breakfast pizza , which typically includes a traditional pizza crust, which eggs alla pizzaiola does not. If anything, the Italian dish more closely resembles shakshuka, the classic North African dish consisting of poached eggs cooked in a spicy tomato sauce. But, even with some similarities, eggs alla pizzaiola is very much its own unique