Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Pizza Sauce Recipe from Fresh Tomatoes is a world condiment made with simple everyday ingredients in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
