Homemade Pizza Sauce is so easy and SO much more flavorful, you will never go back to store-bought again.
“Clean eating” is the catch phrase of the day. If you haven’t heard of clean eating it’s the very correct notion of avoiding processed foods. Purchased pizza sauce is a processed food. Not as bad as, say, mac ‘n cheese from a box, certainly, but anything with “natural flavors” listed in the ingredient list could contain….anything.
Eating healthier was the impetus for me here in making up my own pizza sauce. But now that I’ve done it, from now on forever, flavor will be the motivator. It just tastes so much better! This sauce is thicker than a marinara but not as tomato pasty thick as purchased pizza sauce. And the flavor is light and fresh but with depth of flavor at the same time that doesn’t happen with purchased sauce. I credit the wine.
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 c red wine
- 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 2 T tomato paste
- 1/2 t kosher salt
- 1 t honey
- 1 1/2 t Italian seasoning
- 1/4 t crushed red pepper
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil on medium-high heat. Add the garlic and saute very briefly (~1 minute) until very lightly golden. Add the wine and cook another 30 seconds. Reduce heat to medium-low, add remaining ingredients, and simmer gently for an hour stirring occasionally to blend flavors and thicken the sauce.
- Taste and adjust for salt and sweetness, adding a little sugar if necessary if the sauce is too acidic. Use immediately or chill and keep up to a week. Or freeze for future use. Yields enough sauce for 3-4 large pizzas.
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Sounds delicious Erica!! Looking up your crust recipe next 🙂
Looks delicious Erica. Looking up your crust recipe now 🙂
Thanks for this recipe! I’ve been eating clean for over a year, and I always make my own spaghetti sauce, so I’m glad I found a pizza sauce recipe too!
I don’t often have red wine in the house, is there anything I could use to substitute?
I just made this pizza sauce, I love it (as do my children) but I would like to add a little more ‘kick’ to it. I’m not exactly the adventurous type and really have no idea what to add more of to kick it up. I was thinking more garlic? I don’t know if adding more red pepper flakes would help or not either, any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 😀