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Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce

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This easy homemade pizza sauce recipe is made from a handful of store cupboard ingredients, and is ready in 15 minutes. Thick and full of flavour, it is perfect for making the best homemade pizzas!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dips | Sauces
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people (2 large pizzas)
Calories 72 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 400g (14 oz) tin chopped/diced tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste (tomato puree)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary optional
  • salt
  • black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in a non stick frying pan over a low-medium heat and add the crushed garlic clove.
  • Heat for 1-2 minutes (don't brown), stirring.
  • Add the tomato paste/puree and stir.
  • Tip in the tomatoes, add the bay leaf, oregano, rosemary, a pinch of salt and black pepper.
  • Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick - when you drag a wooden spoon across the pan the gap it leaves shouldn't fill with sauce.
  • Cool slightly before adding to your pizza dough, or cool completely and store in fridge, covered, for up to 3 days, or freeze.

Notes

Tomatoes - Diced tinned/canned tomatoes make a thicker sauce than fresh tomatoes. You can use whole tomatoes if that's all you have - just break them with a spoon during cooking.
Garlic - If you don't want to use fresh garlic, then use ⅓ teaspoon garlic powder.
Herbs - You could use 1.5 teaspoons of your favourite Italian seasoning blend rather than the herbs used if you prefer.
To Freeze: Cool completely then divide into portions (½ or ¼) and place in containers or, for easier defrosting, in a plastic bag. Lay the bag flat and freeze - this makes the sauce take less time to defrost.

Nutrition

Calories: 72kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 196mgPotassium: 384mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 348IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg
Keyword easy pizza sauce, pasta tomato sauce, pizza sauce

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