Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce
How to make an Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe that will make pizza taste so much better? This sauce is quick and easy to make, freezes easily, and has great ingredients! If you love making pizza at home because it’s easy, fun, and definitely cheaper than delivery. Then this is the pizza sauce recipe for you. It takes ten minutes to make and the results are the best pizza you’ve ever had.
INGREDIENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE IT:
- Olive Oil
- Butter
- Onion
- Garlic
- Celery
- Tomato Sauce
- Tomato Paste
- Water
- Parmesan Cheese
- Dried Basil
- Dried Oregano
- Bay Leaf
- Fennel Seeds (secret ingredient)
- Salt and Pepper
HOW TO MAKE PIZZA SAUCE FROM SCRATCH?
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Melt the butter and add the olive oil. Add the onion, celery, and garlic and saute until soft. I used my Cuisinart Mini-Prep to mince these ingredients and make them smooth.
Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water and combine well. Add all the remaining ingredients.
Turn the heat to low and cover. Simmer on low for 30 minutes. Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Don’t forget to remove the bay leaf. Enjoy!
To learn how to make awesome pizza dough check out my “How to make Homemade Pizza?” in this post, I go into step-by-step detail on how to make the perfect homemade pizza.
CAN YOU FREEZE HOMEMADE PIZZA SAUCE?
Yes, you absolutely can! I usually make a double batch and freeze half, just to have on hand when the kids out of nowhere say “We want pizza Dad!”. Once cooled, pop the rest into zip bags and freeze it flat. That way you can stack your bags. You can keep the sauce in the refrigerator for about a week, and it lasts for 3 months in the freezer.
Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Onion (small)(minced)
- 2 Tsp Garlic (minced)
- 1/2 Cup Celery (minced)
- 1 (8oz) Tomato Sauce
- 1 (6oz) Tomato Paste
- 8oz Water
- 2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
- 1 Tsp Dried Basil
- 1 Tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1/2 Tsp Fennel Seeds (secret ingredient)
- Salt and Pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Melt the butter and add the olive oil.
- Add the onion, celery, and garlic and saute until soft. I used my Cuisinart Mini-Prep to mince these ingredients and make them smooth.
- Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water and combine well.
- Add all the remaining ingredients.
- Turn the heat to low and cover. Simmer on low for 30 minutes.
- Taste for seasoning. Add more salt and pepper if necessary.
- Don't forget to remove the bay leaf. Enjoy!