Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 28 oz can tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes (or 2 15-oz cans will also work)
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- ½ Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp basil
- 2 tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp black pepper, optional
- ⅛ tsp red pepper, optional
Instructions
- Add the olive oil and garlic to a sauce pot, and cook over medium heat for 1-2 minutes, until the garlic is soft and fragrant.
- Add the tomato sauce (or crushed tomatoes), tomato paste, sugar, salt, basil, oregano, and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Cover the pot (leave the cover slightly askew) and allow the sauce to come to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, and let simmer for 15-30 minutes.
- Be sure to taste the sauce as you are making it- add more (or less) spices, salt, etc to your taste.
Notes
- If the spices listed in the recipe sound like a lot to you, then it's probably spicier than you like your sauces. It's easier to add more spices during the simmer process, then it is to fix a too spicy sauce- so start out slow with the spices, tasting it as it simmers- adding more spices until it reaches how you want the sauce to taste.
- This makes enough for 2 batches (i.e. 4 pizzas), but the leftovers can be frozen to use the next time you make pizza.
- To freeze the sauce:
- Cool it completely in the refrigerator.
- Pour it into mason jar or quart-sized freezer bags, or another freezer-safe container, and freeze until solid.
- When ready to use, reheat over low heat in a sauce pot, with a lid. Stir often, until heated through.
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