Recipe: Homemade Pizza Sauce
This no-cook pizza sauce is easy to make and puts those spices on your spice rack to excellent use.
Wed, Feb 22 2012 at 2:11 PM EST
Photo: Rebecca Siegel/Flickr I decided to add one item to what I’m taking to tonight’s food swap. Yesterday, I gave you 10 easy items to make for a food swap, and divulged that one of the items I was making for tonight is caramelized onions. In addition to that, I’m taking jars of taco seasoning mix, but I wanted one more thing.
My whole family loves the Exquisite Pizza Sauce from Allrecipes.com with the few minor changes I make to it, so I thought that would be something great to whip up for tonight, too. And, of course, I need to share the recipe with all of you.
When we make homemade pizza, I usually use the pizza dough recipe from Simply Recipes. It turns out well every time. We top it with this pizza sauce and whatever else happens to be in the refrigerator at the time — cheese, vegetables, left over chicken. It’s great for using up odds and ends.
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
- 6 fluid ounces warm water (Just fill the empty tomato paste can)
- 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (jarred garlic works just fine)
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
Time estimates
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 10 minutes
Directions
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In a bowl, combine all ingredients and stir until well combined.
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Allow to sit for at least a half hour for flavors to blend. Refrigerate if it will be sitting for more than 30 minutes.
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Use anywhere you would use pizza sauce.
My notes
- The original recipe called for 3 times the amount of honey I used, but I cut it considerably because it was too sweet for my family’s taste.
- It also called for 1 teaspoon anchovy paste. I may try that sometime, but since I don’t keep it around the house, I left it out. Leaving it out also makes this vegetarian.
- Double or triple (or more this recipe) and freeze some for future use.
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05/09/2012 19:30 PM
I found this recipe googling pizza sauce and I'm glad I did. Super easy and yummy!
foodinjars
02/28/2012 14:10 PM
Is that seriously all there was to the pizza sauce you brought? Because I thought it was phenomenal and was all ready to ask for the recipe. I will be making this on regularly! Thanks Robin!
