This Pizza Sauce Recipe is another one of those family recipes that my dad came up with. I haven’t made this in years, but since I’m trying to get all my recipes organized on this blog, makes me want to revisit this one.
Furthermore. Given my daughter and son-in-law just gifted us a pizza oven for Christmas, there’s some urgency in trying this recipe out again.
Now there’s a lot of debate if pizza sauce should be cooked or uncooked. Uncooked or raw sauce provides more of a fresh tomato flavor, while cooked sauce develops a deeper concentrated taste. Personally I prefer the richness of a cooked sauce, and that’s what you’ll get in this recipe.
Pizza Sauce Recipe
My dad’s pizza sauce recipe consists of 8 simple ingredients, and is more than enough to sauce 2 large pizzas.
- Crushed Tomatoes
- Olive Oil
- Minced Onion
- Minced Garlic
- Tomato Paste
- Basil
- Sugar
- Salt
A word on the tomatoes. Using canned crushed tomatoes keeps this recipe simple, but don’t cheap out. Using a high quality canned tomato will make a difference. I prefer using San Marzano tomatoes for this pizza sauce.
Preparation is simple. Mince up the onion and garlic and saute over very low heat. Add the remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes. When I say simmer, you want a very low heat simmer. Be sure to stir frequently.
You’ll want this sauce to be completely cool before using it on any pizza dough, otherwise you risk precooking the dough.
Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Mince Onion and Garlic and set aside
- Heat Sauce Pan over low heat and add Olive Oil. Add Onion, saute lightly, stirring frequently for 5 minutes. DO NOT BROWN.
- Add Garlic and saute for 1 minute.
- Add remaining ingredients and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat and simmer on very low heat for 30 minutes stirring frequently.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Notes
- For a slightly spicy pizza sauce add 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes