The Best 5-minute Pizza Sauce (Insanely easy to make!)
Quick, easy and with no cooking required, this 5-minute pizza sauce is bursting with flavor from the fire-roasted tomatoes and fresh herbs that will blow you away. With a few extra add ins, all your flavor senses will awaken.
Servings: 3
Calories: 99kcal
Ingredients
- 15 oz crushed tomatoes fire-roasted (diced or whole tomatoes can also be used, see notes*)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp Himalayan salt (to taste)
- 1 clove roasted garlic (or ¼ clove fresh grated garlic) (optional)
- 3 leaves fresh basil (or 1 tsp dried) (optional)
- 2 tsp fresh oregano (or 1 tsp dried) (optional)
- 1 tsp honey or raw cane sugar (to taste) (optional)
Instructions
Making your sauce: Blender Method
- For a smooth and silky sauce: Add all ingredients into a blender and blend for 5-10 seconds until smooth.
- For a fuller-bodied sauce: Reserve half of your tomato sauce.Add remaining ingredients into a blender and blend for a few seconds until smooth. Once blended, add the reserved crushed tomatoes back into the sauce and mix to combine.
Making your sauce: Quick Simmer Method
- Finely dice and crush all herbs (if using roasted garlic crush it into a paste or if using raw garlic, finely grate it) and add to your crushed tomatoes and other seasonings in a saucepan. Bring to a low simmer for 2-4 minutes on the stovetop or until your sauce has thickened up and lost some of it's moisture. Allow to cool before using.*this method is especially recommended if you're using a tomato blend that doesn't have tomato paste in it, or if you think your sauce is too thin.
Making your sauce: Hand Mix Method
- Finely chop and dice all herbs and seasoning, if using roasted garlic crush it into a paste or if using raw garlic, finely grate it. Add your crushed or finely diced tomatoes along with all other ingredients and mix together thoroughly. Allow your sauce to rest for a few hours for the flavors to fully develop before using.
Storage and Use:
- Use as needed. Store your tomato sauce in an airtight non-reactive jar or container for up to a week in the refrigerator or freeze for up to 4 months.
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Notes
- If you're using a brand of tomatoes that doesn't have tomato paste in it, I recommend using half the amount and replacing the other half with pure tomato paste, this ensures that your sauce will not be too watery. If you prefer to use the tomatoes and not the paste, and you think your sauce is too thin, then I recommend using the saucepan method.
- San Marzano tomatoes are coveted as being the best tomatoes for cooking and making sauces with. If you can get your hands on them then don't hesitate to use them.
- This sauce is even better the next day when the flavors have melded and bled together so don't hesitate to make it in advance!
- All ingredients can be adjusted to suit your personal taste so feel free to experiment with the intensity of each one.
- The sauce portions in this recipe was enough for three 12"-pizzas. The nutritional value has been calculated to reflect the nutritional information of sauce used on one pizza.
Nutrition
Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 575mg | Potassium: 432mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 345IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg