Description
Every good pizza needs a good base: the perfect pizza sauce! Let me introduce you to the (only) sauce you will use from now on… ;)
Ingredients
2 tbsp. olive oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
3.5 oz. (100g) tomato paste*
25 oz. (700g) tomato passata*
1 tsp. brown sugar
6-8 fresh basil leaves, chopped finely
2 tsp. dried oregano*
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper, ground
Instructions
1. Add the oil and chopped garlic to a medium sized pot and fry until browned and fragrant (but not burned). Add the tomato paste and fry as well for a moment. Add the tomato passata, sugar, herbs, and spices and mix. Let simmer over medium-low heat for about 30 minutes. Take off the heat and let cool down. Use as pizza topping or dipping sauce. Store in the fridge or freeze up to 3 months.
Notes
If you are not a big fan of garlic, just peel it, crush it with the palm of your hand or the back of a spoon and add it to the pot, fry until brown and fragrant. Continue with the recipe, but remove the garlic cloves when the sauce is done cooking.
