Make the easiest pizza sauce at home with fresh tomatoes and herbs. Packed with flavors and comes together under 20 minutes.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 2 minutes
- Cook time: 13 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 1 · 1 cup
- Category: Condiment
- Cuisine: world
Ingredients
- 500 grams (1.1 pounds) grams tomatoes ((ripe or 2 cups fresh tomato puree))
- ½ to 1 teaspoon red chili flakes ((adjust to taste))
- ¾ tablespoon garlic (fine chopped or minced)
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- ⅓ to ½ teaspoon salt ((adjust to taste))
- 1 teaspoon sugar ((to balance the flavors))
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ to ¾ teaspoon dried basil ((or 2 tbsps fine chopped fresh basil))
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon crushed black pepper
Method
How to Make Pizza Sauce
- Rinse tomatoes under running water and dice them. Puree them in a blender.
- Heat oil in a pot and add finely chopped garlic. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes until garlic becomes aromatic.
- Then add red chilli flakes if using and give a quick mix.
- Pour the tomato puree and stir. Cover immediately and cook on a medium to low heat until the sauce thickens slightly. This takes about 15 mins.
- Stir in between to prevent the tomatoes from burning. Be careful as the sauce splashes. You may turn down the heat and stir.
- Then add salt, sugar, oregano, black pepper and basil. Mix and continue to cook for another 5 mins, until the sauce becomes thick. When it is done you will see traces of oil on the sides and top.
- Turn off and add more salt if needed. Cool this completely and store in an air tight glass jar.
- Pizza sauce keeps good in the refrigerator for 2 weeks and for 3 months when frozen.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.