Pizza Sauce Recipe - How to Make Pizza Sauce at Home
For an amazing pizza recipe, you need a nice and flavorful pizza sauce and some rich toppings; that is why I want to show you how to make pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes and tomato paste. For any pizza sauce recipe, tomatoes are used for making the base of the sauce; other ingredients such as herbs, spices, or some seasoning can be altered to your taste. In my own pizza sauce recipe, I can't do without onion powder and minced garlic; these two ingredients fill your pizza with the right flavor.
Servings 10 pizzas
Calories 25kcal
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 5 whole fresh tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 whole red bell pepper
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp red chili pepper flakes - to add a little spicy taste to the sauce.
- 1 tsp white sugar - reduces tanginess caused by tomatoes.
Instructions
- Blanch the tomatoes in hot water for 5 mins and then peel off the skin to get rid of the streaks of the tomato skin in the pizza sauce.
- Blend the peel tomatoes with the pepper into a smooth consistency.
- Place a saucepan on the stovetop and add 2 tbsp of olive oil, allow it to heat up, and add 3 minced garlic cloves and saute for 30 seconds.
- Add the blended tomatoes and the tomato paste, stir and cook for 5 minutes and then season with oregano, salt, sugar, onion powder, and chili flakes. Stir and cook further for 10 minutes to help thicken the pizza sauce, and your easy homemade pizza sauce is ready.
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Notes
If you like the fresh pizza sauce, then make use of fresh tomatoes all through. You have to first blend a large number of tomatoes and then boil until the what is greatly reduced. While boiling to reduce the water content, you need to stir intermittently to prevent the tomatoes from getting burnt. Making fresh pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes takes time, uses more cooking fuel, and requires many fresh tomatoes.
The main ingredient for pizza sauce is the tomato, other spices and herbs or seasonings can be added as needed.