Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
This is my easy, homemade pizza sauce recipe. Learn how to make multi-purpose, gluten-free tomato sauce in a few simple steps.
Servings: 1 Cup
Calories: 677kcal
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 Can crushed tomato (1 Cup crushed tomato)
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste or ketchup
- 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt to taste
- ¼ Cup fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan.
- Add chopped garlic. Saute for 10 - 20 seconds to release the aroma and infuse the flavor in the oil. Add chopped onion at this stage and saute.
- Add crushed tomato, tomato paste, salt, seasoning, and cook the sauce for 5 - 10 minutes or till thick with a spreading consistency. Turn off the heat.
- Add fresh basil. Allow the sauce to cool down completely.
- Store pizza sauce in a clean, dry container or use immediately.
Video
Notes
- I highly recommend using canned crushed tomatoes for making this sauce.
- You can substitute tomato paste with tomato ketchup as well.
- Adjust the quantity of garlic and other seasonings as per your taste preference.
- Optional Ingredients: Butter, Chopped Onion, Black Pepper, Fresh Basil. Many of these ingredients are not added to an authentic pizza sauce. hence, you can happily skip them.
- Store pizza sauce for a week in the refrigerator or freeze it.
- To make vegan pizza sauce, do not add butter.
Nutrition
Calories: 677kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 58g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 799mg | Potassium: 1579mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 1756IU | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 8mg