Pizza sauce recipe | how to make homemade pizza sauce
The taste of a Pizza depends largely on the Sauce which is applied on it. A perfect sauce make a pizza taste great.
You can easily make this yummy Pizza Sauce at home without any big effort. All the ingredients for pizza sauce are readily available at your kitchen.This pizza sauce recipe will give you a perfect Italian pizza sauce that you can use in making pasta as well.
You can make best pizza sauce at home without any great efforts just follow the steps and tips. Make restaurant style pizza sauce and store them in freezer for upto 10 - 12 days in a air tight container.
How to blanch tomato for pizza sauce
It is important to blanch tomatoes in a professional way so that you can make a perfect pizza sauce. There are few things you need to do before blanching the tomatoes.
- First de-eyed the tomatoes using a sharp knife.
- Cut the tomatoes slightly on its tips using Cross method. This will help to remove the skin easily.
- Add them in boiling water for 30 - 40 seconds to blanch.
- Remove and cool down completely.
Steps to make pizza sauce
I am making little more sauce in one time and will refrigerated in a air tight jar for 6-7 days.
Blanch tomato for the sauce
First take the tomatoes , clean and de-eyed them using a knife and cut them using Cross method to it's tips slightly. See the photo below for that.
Blanched the tomatoes in boiling water for around 30-40 seconds and remove. Keep them to cool down.
After that remove the skin of the tomatoes from the tips where we cut it using Cross method.
Cut them into halves and de-seed the tomatoes. Now roughly chopped them.
First take the tomatoes , clean and de-eyed them using a knife and cut them using Cross method to it's tips slightly. See the photo below for that.
| De-eyed Tomato |
| Cross method |
After that remove the skin of the tomatoes from the tips where we cut it using Cross method.
| Skin removed |
| Chopped Tomato |
Pizza sauce making
Now heat olive oil in a pan or in a deep skillet depending on the amount of sauce you are making.
Add chopped garlic and saute for a while or till it get light brown. Add chopped onions, celery and roughly chopped carrots Saute for some time till the onions get tender and brown.
Add the blanched chopped tomatoes to the above mixture and continue stirring.Now add Pillow the Tomato, it is basically a hollow seedless semi boiled tomatoes comes ready-made from market in a Tin packed.
If you don't have the pillow the tomato, don't worry about that. You can skip and use tomato puree instead of it.
Pillow the Tomato can give you an extra authentic taste to your sauce and most of the sauce maker prefer it instead of tomato puree.Continue stirring the mixture for 5 - 6 minutes after mixing tomato puree.
Add salt, red chilly flakes and chopped fresh basil leave to the above mixture.Keep the mixture under slow flame for around 90 minutes to cook.
Stirring occasionally to prevent the sauce getting stuck at the bottom.
After the said time, check the seasoning of the sauce and remove cool down. The pizza sauce is ready to use and make your favorite pizza like classic Margherita pizza, veg pizza and pasta. If you love this recipe then you can read the recipe of homemade pizza base recipe as well.
Now heat olive oil in a pan or in a deep skillet depending on the amount of sauce you are making.
Add chopped garlic and saute for a while or till it get light brown. Add chopped onions, celery and roughly chopped carrots Saute for some time till the onions get tender and brown.
Add the blanched chopped tomatoes to the above mixture and continue stirring.Now add Pillow the Tomato, it is basically a hollow seedless semi boiled tomatoes comes ready-made from market in a Tin packed.
If you don't have the pillow the tomato, don't worry about that. You can skip and use tomato puree instead of it.
Pillow the Tomato can give you an extra authentic taste to your sauce and most of the sauce maker prefer it instead of tomato puree.Continue stirring the mixture for 5 - 6 minutes after mixing tomato puree.
Add salt, red chilly flakes and chopped fresh basil leave to the above mixture.Keep the mixture under slow flame for around 90 minutes to cook.
Stirring occasionally to prevent the sauce getting stuck at the bottom.
After the said time, check the seasoning of the sauce and remove cool down. The pizza sauce is ready to use and make your favorite pizza like classic Margherita pizza, veg pizza and pasta. If you love this recipe then you can read the recipe of homemade pizza base recipe as well.
Pizza sauce recipe
Make Italian pizza sauce at home from scratch with this easy pizza sauce recipe. Use them to make your favorite pasta recipes as well.
Prep time cooking time yields
10 min 90 min 500 g
Author Mobasir hassan
Ingredients for the sauce
• Fresh tomatoes 2-3 kg
• 1 medium size carrot( roughly chopped)
• 1 large size onion (chopped)
• 1/3 cup celery chopped
• 8 - 10 garlic cloves chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon herbs preferably oregano
• 1 teaspoon chilly flakes
• 1 cup pillow the tomato or tomato puree
• Salt as required
• olive oil
• Fresh tomatoes 2-3 kg
• 1 medium size carrot( roughly chopped)
• 1 large size onion (chopped)
• 1/3 cup celery chopped
• 8 - 10 garlic cloves chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon herbs preferably oregano
• 1 teaspoon chilly flakes
• 1 cup pillow the tomato or tomato puree
• Salt as required
• olive oil
How to make the sauce
- De-eyed the tomatoes and cut slightly on its tips using cross method.
- Blanched them in hot water for around 30 - 40 seconds. Remove and cool down completely.
- Peel the skin from the tip where we cut them using cross method.
- Deseed the tomatoes and roughly chopped them.
Making pizza sauce
- Heat oil in a deep vessel pan and saute the chopped garlic till light brown.
- Add the chopped onions, carrots and celery and saute till the onions become translucent and soft.
- Now add the blanched chopped tomatoes and stir nicely.
- Pour pillow the tomato or tomato puree and cook for 5 - 6 minutes.
- Add red chilly flakes, salt , oregano and chopped basil leaves. Mix well and let them cook on slow flame for about 90 minutes.
- Stir occasionally so that the sauce don't get burnt at the bottom.
- Remove the sauce and cool down.
- Apply the sauce to make pizza or pasta.
Nutritional value
( 1 cup = 252 g)
Calories : 136
Fats : 2.9 g
Protein : 5.6 g
Carbohydrate : 22 g
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