Description
This easy homemade sauce uses simple ingredients and can be made in a matter of minutes while giving you the depth of flavor of a sauce that took hours to make. The perfect red sauce for any pizza all in a simple recipe.
Ingredients
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- 8 oz plain tomato sauce with no salt added
- 2 tbsp plain tomato paste with no salt added
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp basil (dried or fresh)
- 1 1/2 tsp oregano (dried or fresh)
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
- garlic powder (optional to taste)
Instructions
- In a small to medium sized bowl, whisk together tomato sauce and tomato paste.
- Add sugar, basil, and oregano and whisk again until combined.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and whisk again until combined.
- If desired, add garlic powder to taste and whisk again until combined.
- Spoon sauce onto the top of the pizza dough in a thin layer, using the back of a spoon to spread it evenly on the pizza crust.
Notes
- You can use fresh herbs if you have them on hand but dried herbs from your spice cabinet is what I usually use. Italian seasoning would work too in a pinch.
- I do not usually use garlic in my sauce but it definitely won’t hurt it. Just don’t add too much or it will overpower the sauce. Using fresh garlic cloves is ok too.
- You do not need to cook the pizza sauce. It will cook on the pizza.
- If you like a spicier sauce, feel free to add red pepper flakes to taste.
- If you prefer a thicker sauce add another tablespoon of tomato paste.
- If you prefer a thinner sauce add less tomato paste.
- Makes about a cup of sauce.
- This is a sweeter tomato based pizza sauce. If you are not a fan of a sweet sauce, see my notes above on the sugar.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Pizza, Sauce
- Cuisine: Italian
