Homemade Pizza Sauce

Easy homemade pizza sauce recipe that's made with just a few simple pantry ingredients.

Course Pantry Staple

Cuisine American, Italian

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 17

Total Time 19

Servings servings

Calories 45kcal

Author Kate @ I Heart Eating

Equipment

Saucepan

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic minced
15 ounce can crushed tomatoes
3 ounces tomato paste
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Pinch red pepper flakes optional

Instructions

Heat a saucepan over medium-low heat.
When hot, add olive oil and reduce heat to low.
1 tablespoon olive oil
Stir in garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1-2 minutes, or just until the garlic is soft and fragrant. You don't want the garlic to brown, or it can get bitter.
2 cloves garlic
Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and a pinch of red pepper flakes, if using. Stir to combine.
15 ounce can crushed tomatoes, 3 ounces tomato paste, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, Pinch red pepper flakes
Cover the saucepan.
Let simmer for 20-30 minutes over low, stirring occasionally.
Let the sauce cool for at least 10 minutes before using.

Notes

Garlic: Feel free to add more garlic if you like a stronger garlic flavor to your sauce.

Sugar: The sugar helps to balance out the sauce. However, you can omit the sugar if you prefer and use a pinch or so of baking soda instead.

Salt: The salt can be adjusted to taste.

Italian seasoning: If you don't have Italian seasoning, you can use a combination of dried basil, dried oregano, dried thyme, dried marjoram, and dried rosemary.

I use this recipe with my homemade pizza dough recipe.

Nutrition values are estimates.

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