Perfect Pizza Sauce
When making a pizza from scratch, the ingredients will always be the most important factor. Skimming on low-quality ingredients tend to create a lackluster pizza. So to help you out, here is our homemade Perfect Pizza Sauce. It'll pack the type of flavor that will enhance your pizza to the next level. After this, you can officially say your pizza was indeed made from scratch.
Ingredients
- 56 oz. tomato puree or can crushed tomato, 2-28 oz. cans
- 3 tbsp. garlic powder
- 1½ tbsp. onion powder
- 5 tsp. sea salt
- 5 tsp. black pepper
- 2 tsp. red crushed peppers
- 2 tsp. oregano
- 1½ tsp. basil
- 1½ tsp. sugar optional, see notes
Instructions
- In a large, preferable tall pot, pour the 2-28/29 oz. cans of tomato puree or crushed tomato into the pan. Turn heat on medium. Wait for sauce to start boiling. Keep pot lidless.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low and start adding your seasonings. If you're experimenting with flavor, add your seasonings or herbs in stages throughout the cooking process, as the goal is to reduce the water in the sauce.
- Stir the herbs in well, and continue to let boil again, while stirring occasionally. If you're planning to hover over sauce, you can keep the temperature at medium-low, or increase to medium. If you have to do something or walk away, lower the temperature to low.
- In all processes, stir occasionally and keep pot uncovered throughout the cooking process. Keep adding your seasoning if experimenting.
- Keep stirring until sauce gets reduced by about half. Then it's up to you if you want to reduce all the water out, or leave some in. If sauce is the most important part of your pizza, reduce water as much as possible. If it's not the biggest factor, keep some in.
- One complete, let cool before using or storing. Enjoy!
Notes
Sugar adds in cutting out any acidity in the tomato sauce. It's not a requirement for this recipe, and up to the cooks discretion.
Sauce can make up to 4-12" pizzas comfortably.
Nutrition
Calories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 10gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 2514mgPotassium: 2094mgFiber: 13gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 2850IUVitamin C: 45mgCalcium: 174mgIron: 10mg
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