This recipe for homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes will add freshness and more deliciousness to your pizza. Nothing can beat the freshly made sauce.
Last week I shared with you all a whole wheat pizza dough recipe. Now it's time to make some homemade pizza sauce, the second most important ingredient for making good pizzas. I think it is going to become a series for making homemade pizza from scratch as next time I am going to share an Indian Italian fusion pizza recipe.
This pizza sauce is made using fresh tomatoes instead of canned ones, and fresh spices like basil. Therefore, it takes slightly more time to cook the sauce and imbibe flavors from the spices. Believe me, the final taste of the sauce and thus the pizza is worth this extra cooking time.
How this homemade pizza sauce is healthy?
This pizza sauce
- contains no butter, thus low in saturated fat
- contains fresh ingredients like tomatoes as opposed to canned ones
- does not contain any added sugar
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Homemade Pizza Sauce With Fresh Tomatoes
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Ingredients
- 8-10 medium ripe red tomatoes puried
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano (or use 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano)
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil (or use 1 teaspoon dried basil)
- ½ teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet or pan on medium heat.
- Add garlic and saute until fragrant for about 30-45 sec
- Add onion and saute until translucent
- Add tomato puree, water and let it boil
- Season with remaining ingredients i.e spices, salt and pepper
- Simmer the mixture on very low heat for about 1 to 1.15 hrs or until desired consistency is reached. It does not require frequent stirring unless heat is high.
- Let it cool and store in airtight container in refrigerator or use immediately
Notes
- You can alter the spices according to your taste
Glenn Charlie Adams says
haven't tried it yet, but it sounds good
Leigh says
I love to make homemade pizza! This looks like a fantastic version of sauce, I can't wait to try it :-).
Mehak Sarla says
Will definitely try this out !