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Best Easy Pizza Sauce

Servings 3 -4 large pizzas (pizza sauce)
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • ⅛ cup white onion, finely minced
  • 3 - 4 garlic cloves, crushed or finely minced
  • 2 - 6 oz. cans unsalted, no sugar, tomato paste
  • ¾ - 1 cup water
  • ½ teaspoon of dried basil, gf
  • ½- ¾ teaspoon of dried oregano, gf
  • 5 - 6 basil leaves, torn
  • Salt to taste ¼- ½ teaspoon

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a medium 3 or 4 quart saucepan over high heat. Add the onion and a ¼ teaspoon of salt and lower the heat and stir often to keep from browning. Cook until the onion is very soft. Add the garlic and stir for 30 seconds.
  • Add in the tomato paste, 1/2 cup of water, dried basil and oregano. Simmer over very low heat for 8-10 minutes, stirring often. Add an additional 1/4-1/2 cup of water for the desired sauce thickness. Stir in the torn basil leaves and cook for 3-5 more minutes. Add additional salt to taste.
  • Let the sauce cool to room temperature before topping your pizza. Or refrigerate up to a week or freeze for several months. When ready to use, after refrigeration or from the freezer, always bring to room temperature before topping your pizza. Never top pizza dough with cold or hot pizza sauce as it can make your dough soggy and affect the yeast from rising properly. The sauce can be kept for 4 days in the refrigerator or several months in the freezer. Enough sauce for 3-4 large pizzas.

Notes

Try this pizza sauce on a few of our gluten free pizza doughs. You won't be disappointed. It has such amazing flavor! I often will double or triple the recipe when we have family and friend pizza nights or sometimes will keep several pint sized jars in the freezer for a very easy pizza night. 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: best easy pizza sauce, best ever pizza sauce, pizza sauce