Description
Every good pizza needs a good base: the perfect pizza sauce!
Ingredients
Scale
- 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. ground black pepper
Instructions
- 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.