Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
This Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe is ridiculously easy and having very few ingredients. And It literally takes few minutes to whip up and will make the best Pizza/Pasta you’ve ever had.
Looking for a Quick and Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe? Then friends meet this delicious and flavorful Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe! This Pizza Sauce Recipe is ridiculously easy and having very few easily available ingredients. This Pizza sauce has beautiful fresh tomato flavor, similar to what you’d enjoy in a pizza restaurants.
I love making pizza at home because it’s crazy easy, super fun, way healthier than delivery and easy on the wallet. Today I am sharing my go-to Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe. It literally takes ten to fifteen minutes to whip up and will make the best pizza/pasta you’ve ever had.
Why it is the Best Red Pizza Sauce?
I strongly believe that Homemade Pizza Sauce is so much better than store-bought pizza sauces. Readymade Pizza sauce tend to dry out on a pizza and the true flavor of the tomatoes becomes dull, while this fresh and Homemade Pizza Sauce keeps its vibrant tomato flavor and color. This Homemade Pizza Sauce is bursting with fresh tomatoes, oregano and torn basil leaves.
This is a favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe of mine, and a handy one which is best complement with delicious Pizza or Pasta.
Ingredients for Homemade Pizza Sauce:
Tomatoes: Start with fresh and favorite crushed tomatoes. I love Desi tomatoes because they are pulpier and more flavorful. Star ingredient of this recipe.
Fresh Garlic: Finely chopped or crushed. Garlic adds more flavour in this sauce.
Butter & Oil: I used both for caramelization of sugar.
Sugar: I caramelized sugar in this recipe which gives a prominent color and buttery caramelized flavor.
Basil leaves: Fresh and torned
Oregano: I used dry Oregano here.
Salt: This is the must have ingredient.
How to Make Pizza Sauce:
To make this Easy & Quick Homemade Pizza Sauce, all you need is a few ingredients and your magical hands – seriously!
Caramelization of Sugar in Butter and oil is the first step of this Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe and this gives a prominent color and buttery caramelized flavor.
Pour Pulsed Tomatoes in a caramelized sugar. Combine well and cook till it resembles a sauce. Finish with fresh basil leaves.
Cool it and store and refrigerate.
Watch How to Make Homemade Pizza Sauce: Video Tutorial
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Best way to Store Red Pizza Sauce:
I love this Pizza Sauce because it is a make-ahead recipe. It keeps really well for at least a week in the refrigerator and just gets better with time as the flavors meld together. We love it best the next day which is perfect with our overnight pizza dough.
TO REFRIGERATE: Pour this Red sauce into airtight glass jar, cover tightly and refrigerate for a week.
TO FREEZE: You can also freeze this homemade pizza sauce by portioning into freezer-safe zip bags, remove any extra air and seal. Lay flat in the freezer and it will be quicker to thaw.
This Easy and Quick Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe is really nice to have on hand, year-round. After all, it holds well at room temperature, is super flexible and complement with pizza or pasta. The star of the show in this Homemade Red Sauce recipe is ripe, flavorful desi tomatoes.
Tips for making Fresh Homemade Pizza Sauce:
Get the freshest tomatoes you can find. Local vegetable markets and well-stocked grocery stores are a good place to start. Any variety will work, and the more red the tomatoes, the better! Dont make fine puree of tomatoes, just Pulse in intervals for some seconds so it has chunky consistency.
Add Butter and oil together in a large pan and then add sugar and caramelized it. The flame of Gas is low or the sugar will burn.
Once the caramelization done then only add Pulsed Tomatoes.
It doesn’t look like there’s ANY WAY this will turn into sauce at this point, but it will – I promise.
Cook the tomatoes on medium-low heat, and be patient – they’ll slowly break down and get much juicier.
Season with salt, dry Oregano and fresh Basil leaves – don’t skip this part, it makes a huge difference in the final flavor.
More Ways to use this Homemade Pizza Sauce:
In addition to pizza, the sauce also works well with pasta. Just toss some cooked pasta, along with some sautéed veggies, in the sauce. Then top with some cheese and bake or grill the pasta till until the cheese melts.
I also make pizza toasts, pizza loaves, calzone, pizza puffs and grilled sandwiches with this pizza sauce recipe.
These are few examples, the possibilities increase with your imaginations.
If you love a White Sauce for pizza or Pasta, make sure to try this Homemade White Pizza/Pasta Sauce. It is my husband’s favorite and the one he always requests for homemade pizza.
What can I use instead of fresh basil?
You can use 1 to 2 tablespoons dried basil in this pizza sauce recipe. If you even do not have dried basil then use Italian seasoning. You can add 1 to 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning.
Are Basil and Tulsi the same?
No, they are not the same. Though they both come from the same family of plant kingdom, but both are different.
Good news! This is a highly forgiving recipe, I mean to say we do not have to measure every little thing perfectly for this Pizza Sauce Recipe.
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Looking for a Quick and Easy homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe? This Homemade Pizza Sauce is bursting with fresh tomatoes, oregano and torn basil leaves. This is a favorite Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe of mine, and a handy one which is best complement for delicious Pizza or Pasta.
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Heat a pan, add butter and oil, add the sugar, give it a stir and wait till it caramelizes.
Once the sugar melts and caramelized it gives a nice golden brown color. At this stage add crushed Garlic and saute for few seconds.
Now add Pulsed Tomatoes and cook on medium low flame for 10-15 minutes or untill it resembles a sauce. Wait for the raw taste of tomatoes to go.
Add salt and Oregano and mix properly.
Turn off the gas and finish with torn basil leaves.
When the sauce has cooled, you can use it right away as a pizza topping. Or else store the sauce in clean or sterilized glass jar in the refrigerator or in the freezer.
Ingredients
Directions
Heat a pan, add butter and oil, add the sugar, give it a stir and wait till it caramelizes.
Once the sugar melts and caramelized it gives a nice golden brown color. At this stage add crushed Garlic and saute for few seconds.
Now add Pulsed Tomatoes and cook on medium low flame for 10-15 minutes or untill it resembles a sauce. Wait for the raw taste of tomatoes to go.
Add salt and Oregano and mix properly.
Turn off the gas and finish with torn basil leaves.
When the sauce has cooled, you can use it right away as a pizza topping. Or else store the sauce in clean or sterilized glass jar in the refrigerator or in the freezer.
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