Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce
A very simple, tangy, fresh and flavorful recipe of the delicious easy homemade pizza sauce. Perfect for your homemade pizza and even pasta.
Equipment
- Blender, Mixer or a food processor to puree the tomatoes, large holed strainer if needed and a sauce pan.
Ingredients
- 8 Large Tomatoes Puree them in a blender. Strain if needed.
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 7-8 Cloves Peeled Garlic Crushed
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Ground Pepper
- 1 tbsp Seasoning mix Dried Italian herbs or pizza seasoning from stores
Instructions
- Puree the tomatoes and strain if needed. We need it pulpy, not juicy. Use big holed strainer.
- In a sauce pan heat the olive oil and add the crushed garlic and fry for a minute. When you see it changing color, add the tomato puree.
- Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the salt and ground pepper.
- Cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Add the herbs and the pizza seasoning if using and mix well.
- Continue cooking for 3-4 minutes.
- Easy homemade pizza sauce is ready. Store it in a glass jar. Close the jar only when the sauce is completely cooled.
- Enjoy with your homemade pizza and pasta.
Notes
- Use fresh herbs if you have them - but the shelf life will be very less.
- You can store this pizza sauce in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.