Meet your new favorite red pizza sauce! The secret is out and this is how the pros make red sauce for pizza. It’s ridiculously easy and since there is no cooking required, this red sauce has beautiful tomato flavor similar to what you’d enjoy in a fancy Italian pizzeria!
Pizza sauce made from scratch is so much better than store-bought pizza sauces. Pre-cooked and canned sauces tend to dry out on a pizza and the true flavor of the tomatoes becomes dull, while this uncooked sauce keeps it’s vibrant tomato flavor and color.
Authentic pizza sauce is not cooked until it is put into the oven on pizza. I learned how to make the best red sauce from the pizza masters at Bon Appetit and Baking Steal.
The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe (ready In Two Mins!)
Start with your favorite crushed tomatoes. We love Italian San Marzano tomatoes and a single 28 oz can is all you need to make about 3 cups of tomato sauce. Simple flavorings are all you need: garlic, extra virgin olive oil, fine sea salt, and dried oregano.
You might be tempted to add more than 1/2 Tbsp salt but after the flavors meld, the sauce will be perfect. Also, remember your toppings (like cheese) will also add saltiness to your pizza.
To make this easy tomato sauce for pizza, all you need is a blender or food processor and there is no cooking required – seriously!
Ingredient & 3 Minute Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
We love this red sauce because it is a make-ahead recipe. It keeps really well for at least a week in the refrigerator and just gets better with time as the flavors meld together. We love it best the next day which is perfect with our overnight pizza dough.
P.S. If you prefer a white sauce for pizza, make sure to try our homemade garlic-parmesan White Pizza Sauce. It is our children’s favorite and the one they always request for homemade pizza.
This is how the pros make pizza sauce. It's easy with no cooking required. This red sauce has rich tomato flavor. It's also perfect as a dip for breadsticks or pizza crust.
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Welcome to my kitchen! I am Natasha, the blogger behind Natasha's Kitchen (since 2009). My husband and I run this blog together and share only our best, family approved and tested recipes with YOU. Thanks for stopping by! We are so happy you're here.The best Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe! It takes just a few minutes to throw together from scratch. I love this quick and easy recipe because it is rich and thick; the perfect compliment to your cheesy slice. You can whir it in the blender in 5 minutes, or cook it on the stove for a little more impact.
The other day I made pizza for dinner and I noticed that my 4-year-old daughter Valentine was beginning to nibble all the cheese off of her slice, leaving behind the sauce and crust. I told her, “Valentine, you still need to eat the rest of your pizza because that’s dinner. It tastes better with cheese on top.”
Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe
She noticed me noticing and started proclaiming, while taking huge bites, “I LOVE this saucy crust without cheese. It’s SO good. I love not having cheese on my pizza right now. This sauce is SO GOOD.” The kid was literally reverse psychology-ing herself!
Although maybe she wasn’t. This pizza sauce IS really good. You might not even need the cheese. (Lies. You always need the cheese. ‘Merica.) But it’s true what they say:
Pizza sauce should be thick. It should have tons of flavor. It should not be bitter or acidic. It should also not be overly sweet (I’m lookin’ at you, store-bought pizza sauce. You’re the sugary worst.) It should also not be thin and watery. (Sorry, all of Italy 😬)
The Best Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe
The easiest way to get the best tomato flavor from your pizza sauce is to use the best canned tomatoes. Here’s what you probably have available in your store:
Some people swear by San Marzano canned tomatoes because they are from Italy, and Americans think anything from Europe has got to be better ;)
San Marzano Italian tomatoes: I tasted these right out of the can. They are sweet and a little dull? Not impressed. This can cost me $5.69 (I live in Sacramento)
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American tomatoes: Right out of the can, these tomatoes are more acidic and sharp. They taste more tomato-y and flavorful to me (probably because this is the kind of tomato I’ve been eating all my life!) This Pacific Coast brand cost me about $1.50.
I cooked both of them into today’s pizza sauce recipe: Once cooked, I really enjoyed both types of tomato. I think I even preferred the Italian tomatoes a little more. (They are so sweet that you don’t need to add any sugar at all.) But do I like it $5 more? Maybe not, ha.
If you are really into it, try doing your own taste test. But since most of you reading this are American, and have eaten American tomatoes on basically every pizza you’ve ever had, I think the cheaper tomatoes are going to taste great to you!
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I promise it is easy! You can make it in the amount of time it takes your pizza dough to rise 20 minutes (the minimum amount of rising time in my opinion).
Start by sautéing some onions in olive oil. If you are feeling too lazy for onions (this is me half the time!) Then just start with the garlic. Make sure you don’t burn or even brown the garlic.
Add the spices: oregano, basil, garlic powder, salt, crushed red pepper. Toss in some dried minced onions if you skipped fresh onions.
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Add the tomato paste to the garlic and spices and swirl it around to heat it up. Just as we’re toasting the spices first, heating up the tomato paste brings out it’s beautiful tomato-y flavor!
Use a wooden spoon to break up the tomatoes as much as you can. Bring the mixture to a simmer and let bubble for 5 minutes or up to 30 minutes! The longer the better, to give the flavors a chance to meld.
After several minutes of simmering, give the sauce a taste and decide if you want to add any sugar. This ingredient is optional! Every can of tomatoes is different, some are going to be sweeter than others naturally. If you taste it and notice an acidic or bitter aftertaste, add in a half teaspoon sugar (or more) to offset that flavor. Don’t go crazy. Pizza sauce should not be sweet. Usually 1/2 teaspoon or up to 1 and 1/2 teaspoons will do ya.
The Best Thick Homemade Pizza Sauce
At this point if you are a really good wooden-spoon-breaker-upper, you might be done. If you like a smoother sauce that is not thick and chunky, bust out your immersion blender and puree it! Or you can use a blender if you don’t have one (but it’s so much easier with an immersion blender!)
On this one my friends. Have you tasted the stuff?? It’s super concentrated. It’s made of tomatoes that have been cooked, strained, and cooked again to remove all the liquid. It is meant to be used as a flavorful thickener, like for adding to soup or sauce. It’s a great
In pizza sauce (it’s in today’s recipe!) to bring a richer, thicker texture. But no, you really should not slather it straight up on your pizza dough. Don’t be like that.
No Cook Homemade Pizza Sauce
You can! I have a quick and Easy No Cook Pizza Sauce that requires no blending or cooking. Just open the cans, dump in a bowl, and mix. Is it as delicious as today’s cooked pizza sauce recipe? In my opinion, no. You get the best tomato flavor from using canned whole tomatoes rather than tomato sauce, which is cooked and processed. That said, pizza is pizza: even when it’s bad, it’s good. So don’t stress too much if you are in a hurry. Use the no cook sauce.
Ask an Italian and they will tell you pizza sauce is raw. Straight from the can, high quality tomatoes, crushed with a little salt and pepper.
Ask a New Yorker what goes in their pizza sauce and they will tell you it’s a complicated blend of tomato-y ingredients, simmered for hours using their own grandmother’s blood sweat and tears.
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So really, this issue comes down to personal preference! And personally? I prefer American style cooked pizza sauce. Don’t hate me, Italy, I know we’ve ruined things for you. (No regrets though. I mean have you
Technically people like to define this by saying that pizza sauce is uncooked and spaghetti sauce is cooked, but I beg to differ. There is something magical that happens to tomatoes when they are heated up. You only need a few minutes: my pizza sauce recipe calls for anywhere from a 5 to 30 minute simmer, whatever you have time for. Marinara or spaghetti sauce tends to have more ingredients and an even longer cook time to really bring out the natural sweetness and
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