Homemade Pizza Sauce
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Homemade Pizza Sauce
I love to make my own homemade pizza sauce. Not only is it super easy, it feels good to know you can make all parts of a pizza and know the ingredients. Unfortunately, it is so convenient to run to the store for an already prepared frozen pizza. I’m hoping that now more than ever, people are waking up to finding ways to making at least some of their food from scratch. Homemade pizza sauce is a great place to start. There are a variety of different ways I like to create the crust so I’ll dig into that in another blog post.
As mentioned in a previous blog, making your own paste is really easy with fresh tomatoes, it just takes a little time. The process is really simple, so I will list it here as well as on my other blog page.
For Homemade Paste:
Instructions for Homemade Pizza Sauce:
- In a medium pot, heat the olive oil to medium low.
- Saute garlic gently for 3 or 4 minutes.
- Add fresh tomatoes, salt, basil, paste and oregano to pan and simmer slowly for 30 minutes.
- Add sugar halfway through cooking, to taste.
- Use a hand blender or immersion blender to mix.
You can get these amazing wooden spoons as well as other kitchen supplies here. This recipe makes enough sauce for four (ish) – 12 inch pizzas.
Equipment and shopping list:
Other gardening and shopping ideas:
Try these seeds that are non-GMO, heirloom and organic!
Seed pods if you do not want to start in loose dirt
Another fun garden organizational tool!
Gardening gloves (these are awesome)
Other Equipment possibilities
Julieanned vegetables are easy with this
Spiralizer (love this option for my vegetables)
Pampered Chef Blender with the smoothie attachment that I used in the video
Seeds from High Mowing to grow herbs to put in your sauce!
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I love to make my own homemade pizza sauce. Not only is it super easy, it feels good to know you can make all parts of a pizza and know the ingredients.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 minced fresh garlic cloves
5 cups of fresh tomatoes (seeded and cubed small or roughly chopped) or 2 cans of fire roasted tomatoes
2 T of powdered dried tomatoes (link) or 2 T of tomato paste
5 fresh basil leaves chopped into small pieces
1/2 teaspoon dried or 3 T fresh oregano
pinch or tsp of maple syrup (or sugar of choice)
sea salt to taste
Instructions
In a medium pot, heat the olive oil to medium low.
Saute garlic gently for 3 or 4 minutes.
Add fresh tomatoes (or canned), salt, basil, paste and oregano to pan and simmer slowly on low to medium low for 30 minutes.
Add syrup (or sugar) halfway through cooking, to taste.
Allow to cool, and blend for a fine thick sauce.
Prep time: 10
Cook time: 30
Total time: 40
Servings: 4
Serving size: sauce for a whole pizza
Meal type: Lunch, Dinner
Special Equipment needed: Blender or hand mixer