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Elevate your homemade pizza with our Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe. It is the perfect pairing for your favorite crust and toppings!
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Mama Mia, that’s a an easy Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe! Impress friends and family with flavorful and delicious homemade sauce. It isn’t hard, and prep time is only 5 minutes! With pantry ingredients that you likely already have, you can make this classic recipe. Your sauce will simmer and bubble on the stove, getting infused with herb and tomato flavor. You’ll love how easy this sauce is to make and enjoy how it breathes new life into your pizza nights. This easy pizza sauce recipe is delicious, fully vegan, and gluten free, making it great for those with special diets. The best pizza needs the best pizza sauce. Here it is!
Ingredients in Homemade Pizza Sauce
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Tomato Paste
- Tomato Sauce
- Roma Tomato
- Basil
- Oregano
- Salt and Pepper
Pizza Sauce vs Marinara
Pizza sauce and marinara are like sisters, but not twins. Though they share the familial similarity of being made of tomatoes, pizza sauce tends to be thicker because the tomatoes inside are fully pureed instead of just lightly crushed in the blender or food processor like a marinara. Another difference, while pizza sauce typically goes on pizza, marinara is usually used as a topping like a pasta sauce or for dipping things into, like bread.
Uses for Pizza Sauce
Mix it up and try pizza sauce in different recipes:
- Calzones
- Eggplant parmesan
- Chicken parmesan
- Dipping sauce for breadsticks
- Tomato soup
- Chili
- Pasta with meatballs
Frequently Asked Questions
You can keep simmering your sauce to try and boil out some water. You can also add a bit more tomato paste. These will help to thicken up your sauce.
If keeping in the refrigerator, know that it will only last about 4 days. The best thing to do is put your sauce in a resealable container and use within the 4 days.
A better option is saving your sauce in the freezer where it will last up to 6 months. You can freeze your sauce in individual portions in bags, and when you are ready to use one at a time, either let it come to room temperature, or reheat it.
Make a large batch and keep it in the freezer for a rainy day.
People usually use pizza sauce because it is a thicker, yet less chunky sauce. Other sauces that use crushed tomatoes and don’t blend the ingredients together are delicious and can be used, but are less favored.
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How to Make Homemade Pizza Sauce
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 1 Roma tomato lightly blended
- 2 teaspoons basil
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until golden brown and fragrant.
- Add the rest of the ingredients except the salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- Add a bit of spice with red pepper flakes.
- Make ahead and store in the fridge in an airtight container.
- Use fresh herbs for even more flavor!
