The Best Pizza Sauce
Homemade pizza sauce is actually very easy to make and the taste is far superior to anything you can buy in a jar. Follow my tips and I promise you will end up with the best pizza sauce you have ever tasted.
Servings: 6
Calories: 87kcal
Ingredients
- 40 ml (2 Tablespoons) olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 750 ml (3 cups) tomato sauce*
- 1 scant teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon sugar optional
- Handful of fresh basil, chopped optional
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a medium fry pan. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Do not allow it to colour.
- Add the tomato sauce, oregano and sugar.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Bring the sauce to the boil, then reduce the heat to low. The sauce should be simmering gently.
- Simmer for about 25 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened to your preferred consistency.
- Remove from the fry pan from the heat. Stir in the chopped basil if using.
- The sauce can be used immediately, or allow to cool then refrigerate or freeze until required.
Notes
*Tomato sauce is also known as tomato puree or tomato passata.