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Homemade Pizza Sauce With Fresh Tomatoes

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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.

Homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes in bowl with spoon on the side and raw garlic and tomato in the background.

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.

Homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes in bowl.

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.

An image with a thin layer of fresh tomato pizza sauce over the rolled pizza base.

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

Make this easy and healthy homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes. Loaded with fresh flavors and taste.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings :4
Calories :60kcal
Author:Swati Kadam Gulati

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Equipment

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

Nutrition

Calories: 60kcal
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  1. Glenn Charlie Adams says

    haven't tried it yet, but it sounds good

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  2. Leigh says

    I love to make homemade pizza! This looks like a fantastic version of sauce, I can't wait to try it :-).

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