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Homemade Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe
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Homemade Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe

Homemade Pizza sauce recipe from scratch using fresh tomatoes. Enjoy pizza nights with preservative free sauce recipe using pantry staples.
Course Condiments
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pizza sauce recipe, pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 pizza
Author Vidya Narayan

Ingredients

  • 8 nos Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Garlic (finely chopped)
  • ¼ cup Onions (finely chopped)
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil Read Notes below
  • 1 tsp Oregano (dried)
  • 2 tbsp Fresh Basil (roughly torn) Read Notes below
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri Red chilli powder Read Notes below
  • 1 tsp Sugar Read Notes Below
  • 1 tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry, 8 nos. ripe red tomatoes.
    Tomatoes for pizza sauce
  • Roughly chop them and add to a mixer grinder jar. Grind until smooth. Do not add any water while grinding.
    tomato puree
  • Heat a pan, add olive oil and finely chopped garlic.
    sauteeing the garlic in olive oil
  • Once the garlic has roasted slightly, add the finely chopped onions.
    Chopped Onions and garlic
  • Saute the onion and garlic until the onions have turned translucent and there is no raw smell.
    Onion and garlic cooking in olive oil
  • Now pour the tomato puree and mix well.
    tomato puree cooking with olive oil, garlic and onion
  • Add kashmiri red chilli powder, dried oregano, salt to taste and roughly torn fresh basil leaves.
    Ingredients for pizza sauce
  • Mix well, reduce the flame to low heat and cook it until the mixture thickens. Keep stirring at regular intervals to avoid sticking or burning at the bottom.
    Pizza sauce recipe
  • Once the sauce thickens (you will notice oil on the sides of the pan), add a tsp of sugar and mix well. Switch off the flame.
    Adding sugar to pizza sauce
  • The Pizza sauce is ready. Cool it completely before transferring to a clean, dry and airtight jar.
    Pizza sauce is ready

Notes

  1. Please note that there is no peeling of the skin or sieving the puree involved in making the pizza sauce.
  2. Ensure you finely chop the onions. Do not use garlic paste for this recipe. Use fresh chopped garlic for great flavor experience.
  3. If you don't prefer the garlic pieces, use garlic powder. 1 tsp can be added.
  4. This recipe yields 300 ml sauce. You can easily make 4 nos. 10 inch pizza.
  5. If you plan to make bread pizza using this recipe, you can easily make atleast 20 slices (standard Indian Square bread slice)
  6. Do not skimp out on the oil mentioned in the recipe. It is required to preserve the sauce under refrigeration.
  7. If you do not have olive oil in stock, please use any neutral flavour oil. Avocado Oil, Sunflower oil, rice bran oil are alternate choices.
  8. You can use dry basil instead of fresh. Add 1 tsp for the below mentioned recipe measurements. 
  9. This sauce stays fresh under refrigeration for 15 days. In the freezer, this stays fresh for atleast a couple of months.