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Pizza Sauce
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Skip the stuff in a jar and make your own tasty pizza sauce at home. It's easier than you think. This sauce is made with a combination of tomato sauce and tomato paste, sauteed onion and garlic, and seasoned with basil and oregano. Freezes well too.
serves/makes:
ready in:
under 30 minutes
under 30 minutes
18 reviews
1 comment
ingredients
2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil (more if needed)
1/2 onion, minced
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 can (16 ounce size) tomato sauce
1 can (6 ounce size) tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
directions
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. When hot, add the onion and garlic and saute until the onion is tender. Do not let the garlic burn.
Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, basil, oregano, and salt (and sugar if using). Combine well and then let simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes.
Recipe makes enough sauce for 2 pizzas and can also be used as a dipping sauce for breadsticks and calzones.
nutrition data
290 calories, 14 grams fat, 41 grams carbohydrates, 7 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
October 8, 2013
Great pizza sauce. I've also doubled the recipe and froze it. Just thaw and spread on the pizza.
November 28, 2009
very easy, very good
February 23, 2009
Great basic pizza sauce recipe! I used a chunky tomato sauce and would go with something smoother next time.
September 13, 2008
This is a lovely sauce, made even lovelier by the ease of making it. As the first reviewer stated, it is much better than store-bought sauce. It costs pennies to make and is simple enough to include additional favorite flavors without overdoing the flavor.
July 14, 2008
Very easy, better than store brand!
June 7, 2008
This sauce is amazing! I didn't have any basil :( so I substituted Italian Seasoning. It have the sauce a little kick. This sauce was so good, I think I may make a huge batch and can it.
April 21, 2008
Good basic recipe, to which I added extra tomato sauce, less onion, extra garlic, and lots of extra spices. Oh, and I added honey! Yum!
February 5, 2008
This sauce recipe was OK. I made it last night. I had to spice it up a bit as I found that the recipe recommended amounts of spices were not enough. It wasn't great, but it was pretty decent. Would I make it again? Yes, but I will experiment further with spicing it up a bit.
January 5, 2008
Super Easy - and the tough critics (kids) approve! I agreed and added half the sugar at the end for a perfect balance! I won't buy jarred again!
Question 1: Do I have to use red or white onion? Question 2: Do I use rock or iodized salt? Thank you.
November 20, 2007
Tried this sauce for the first time today and WOW! It is very good. I will definitely be using this recipe again.
October 13, 2007
This was the best sauce recipe I have ever tried. Followed as written and would not change a thing! Have passed this on to others to use.
July 9, 2007
Very good pizza sauce recipe. Only variations I made was to use light brown sugar instead of regular sugar and I used 4 garlic cloves - I like a spicy sauce.
June 26, 2007
Great recipe,I dont think im ever going to use another recipe for my pizza's.I cant thank you enough.I finally found the right flavor.;-}
May 26, 2007
Great sauce-family loved it! My wife thought it tasted like the sauce from Pizza Hut.
May 7, 2007
Also, I added a bit more sugar (I like it a bit sweeter).
May 7, 2007
This is a great pizza sauce recipe! It probably would have been even better had I read the instructions BEFORE I put the minced onion in the sauce pan rather than sautéing it! DOH! Ah, well. Next time I use it, I'll remember!
March 24, 2007
The recipe came out perfect and made a great pizza sauce. Will definitely use again.
January 31, 2007
This sauce was great... I used less sugar, and added it all at the end so I could make it a little less sweet. Great job!