The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. Pizza night just got better!

How to Make The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce! This pizza sauce is so easy to make, with just one can of organic diced tomatoes or tomato sauce. Plus you get to choose the style of sauce you prefer, chunky or smooth. But each is perfect for pizza night...

As I continue to speak about the convenience of a well-stocked pantry (and it's all true, by the way!).

I feel it is also my duty to provide you with recipes to see you through, for all your basic household needs. So if your family likes pizza, you will appreciate this recipe for The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. Made from ingredients from your own pantry, with no thickeners or corn syrup sweetener. Just tomatoes, a few herbs, and a spoonful of natural cane sugar crystals. Which you could leave out, but for our family that little touch of sweetness livens up the whole pizza. The gentle cooking reduces the ingredients to a bright and flavorful sauce.  

Do you like your sauce chunky or smooth?

Simply by switching out the tomatoes, you can make a chunky version or a smooth sauce, like most pizzerias use. Either way, this pizza sauce comes together quickly, with minimal ingredients, and makes for a delicious pizza! This is real food, simmered into a real sauce, for a really good pizza! Feel free to adjust the herbs to your own liking, but this is our favorite blend of herbs. Each sauce has a slightly different cooking method and length of time needed to reach the thickness desired. The chunky style sauce takes 30 minutes, while the smooth sauce only takes 15. 

No worries however, most of the cooking needed is hands-off!

While this sauce does take a of bit of simmering, it is mostly hands off, so feel free to work on other ingredients while the sauce is simmering. Or if you have already had a busy day, pour something cold and refreshing, and sip it between stirs! The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce also makes a great dipping sauce for breadsticks or roasted spears of zucchini. AT our house in the summertime, we also enjoy baking pizza out on the grill, but no matter how or where you bake your pie, this sauce is just the ticket...I hope you give it a try. 

Ingredients needed for this recipe:

• 15 oz. tomatoes or tomato sauce
• sugar
• dried oregano leaves
• dried basil leaves
• dried marjoram
• garlic salt
• olive oil

You will also need the following:

• measuring spoons
• medium saucepan
• potato masher
• stirring spoon

Now we are ready to begin!

The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce, chunky sauce style
by the seat of my pants!

UPDATED: 08.28.2024

1 15 oz. can "diced" or crushed organic tomatoes - do not drain
1 T sugar
1/2 t oregano leaves
1t basil leaves

1/4 t marjoram leaves

1/4 t garlic salt
1 T olive oil

Empty the canned tomatoes into a medium-sized saucepan. Mash the tomatoes with a potato masher, to break them down into a chunky mass. Leave some texture (tiny chunks).   

Add remaining ingredients, and then bring to a boil. 

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thick, 30-40 minutes.

This is what your sauce will look like after cooking for 15 minutes, the sauce is beginning to thicken slightly.

Here is the reduced sauce after cooking for 30 minutes, the sauce has thickened and is ready to spread on a pizza crust.

The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce, smooth sauce style 
by the seat of my pants!

UPDATED: 08.28.2024

1 15 oz. can organic tomato sauce
1 T sugar
1/2 t oregano leaves
1t basil leaves

1/4 t marjoram leaves

1/4 t garlic salt
1 T olive oil

Place the tomato sauce into a medium-sized saucepan. Add remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil. 

Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring constantly for five to ten minutes or until the mixture has thickened slightly, or to your preferred thickness.  

You are now ready to make pizza!

Storage options for The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. Leftover sauce may be stored covered in the refrigerator for up to three days. For longer storage, store covered in the freezer. Thaw in the refrigerator before using. 

UPDATE:  For your convenience, a "copy and paste" version of The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce has been included below. 

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Printable "copy and paste" version:

The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce, chunky sauce style 
by the seat of my pants!

UPDATED: 08.28.2024

1 15 oz. can "diced" or crushed organic tomatoes - do not drain
1 T sugar
1/2 t oregano leaves
1t basil leaves

1/4 t marjoram leaves

1/4 t garlic salt
1 T olive oil

Empty the canned tomatoes into a medium-sized saucepan. Mash the tomatoes with a potato masher, to break them down into a chunky mass.  Leave some texture (tiny chunks).   

Add remaining ingredients, and then bring to a boil. 

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thick, 30-40 minutes. The sauce will have thickened, almost becoming spreadable.

The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce, smooth sauce style 
by the seat of my pants!

UPDATED: 08.28.2024

1 15 oz. can organic tomato sauce
1 T sugar
1/2 t oregano leaves
1t basil leaves

1/4 t marjoram leaves

1/4 t garlic salt
1 T olive oil

Place the tomato sauce into a medium-sized saucepan. Add remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil. 

Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring constantly for five to ten minutes or until the mixture has thickened slightly, or to your preferred thickness.  

You are now ready to make pizza!

Storage options for The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. Leftover sauce may be stored covered in the refrigerator for up to three days. For longer storage, store covered in the freezer. Thaw in the refrigerator before using. 

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