Homemade Pizza Sauce From Scratch - Ready in 5 Min

If you ever ask kids what they want for dinner 8/10 chances are that you get pizza as an answer and truthfully it is okay and fun to get a high street pizza once in a while. It is expensive but most importantly it is not the healthiest pizza option either. This is why this pizza sauce is a must-make.

Knowing how to make homemade pizza from scratch is essential to enjoy a good pizza every time we fancy it - it cuts the costs, it is healthier and we can customize the pizza toppings as we wish and fancy. You can keep it super simple, you can make your pizza a vegan, a vegetarian, or a meat feast one.

Pizza toppings are important but for me the pizza sauce it's what makes it a yummy or a not-so-yummy pizza. It is as simple as that. The sauce acidity balance it's very important - if it's too sour or too sweet - no, thanks! Yes, I am fussy when it comes to homemade pizzas and pizza in general.

Jump to:

• Ingredients you will need to make pizza sauce
• How to make authentic Italian pizza sauce
• Variations
• The difference between pizza and pasta sauce?
• Tips
• Recipe FAQs
• Recipes you may like to use this pizza sauce for
• Pair this tomato sauce with
• Homemade Pizza Sauce From Scratch - ready in 5 min
• Cook's Extra Notes

This is the thing. I've been making this sauce for a very long time and sometimes we add some weird things to it ( Sriracha sauce, cajun powder, chopped lovage) but the base it's always the same. Nothing really beats an authentic Italian homemade pizza sauce recipe or that sauce made with fresh tomatoes, mmmm! I will come to this a bit later on.

Ingredients you will need to make pizza sauce

• dry mixed Italian herbs
• fresh herbs ( thyme, parsley, bay leaf, flat-leaf parsley, basil and chives)
• chilli flakes
• shallot ( I like adding some but you can leave this out)
• fresh garlic
• tomato sauce (you can use blended chopped tomatoes too)
• tomato paste
• seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)
• olive oil (optional)

How to make authentic Italian pizza sauce

Step 1

• Add oil to a pan, place this on fire, and add the finely chopped shallot as well as the garlic

Step 2

• Add the tomato paste, tomato sauce, mixed dry herbs, bay leaves, and chili flakes.

Step 3

• Cook for 5 minutes to blend in the flavors and to reduce the sauce

Step 4

• Use as desired in your desired dish or of course spread a good layer on your favorite pizza recipe

Variations

• The uncooked homemade pizza sauce version

It takes 5 minutes or even less once you have gathered all the ingredients

This pizza sauce recipe will be the uncooked version but I will tell you all about the cooked pizza sauce recipe here too. Not a biggie, still super easy, quick, and absolutely delicious. See the recipe card for details.

• Homemade pizza sauce with fresh tomatoes

Like I said earlier, nothing beats a homemade pizza sauce made from scratch. Especially when made with fresh tomatoes harvested from your garden.

You will need to grate these, add them to a pan, add the desired seasoning, and cook it a little - only 10 minutes or so until the bubbles are beginning to sound like little puffs.

The difference between pizza and pasta sauce?

This is a common dilemma and a question I often get asked. Here are some distinctions between the two

• Pasta sauce needs higher water content - This is why I don't recommend using jar sauce when making homemade pizza, you could end up with a bit of a mess!
• Pizza sauce is and needs to be thicker -  Pizza sauce contains tomato paste, which makes it smoother and spread evenly and a lot easier!
• Pizza sauce has more flavor -  we like to add a lot more spices in our pizza sauce than we do in our spaghetti sauce for instance.

Tips

This super-easy homemade pizza sauce recipe makes enough sauce for two medium pizzas or one super large pizza!

Recipe FAQs

Recipes you may like to use this pizza sauce for

• Pizza on ciabatta bread
• Pizza biscuits by Pillsbury
• Breakfast pizza slices with quail eggs
• Dough-free pizza
• Potato base pizza in one pan

Pair this tomato sauce with

Cook's Extra Notes

How to To store pizza sauce

• Refrigerated: Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. The sauce will become thicker once refrigerated, so before using, make sure to let it come to room temperature or gently warm it in the microwave before using! It will be easier to handle it too.
• Freeze. Store in an airtight container in the freezer for 2-2.5 months.

Ingredient Substitutions

• Tomato Sauce. If you run out of tomato sauce can, bottle or jar do not worry at all, just use a can of diced tomatoes that can be blended quickly or tossed in a blender to turn into the sauce you need! You can also use fresh blended tomatoes as well but these will have a lot more juice and will need other draining or cooked slightly - see recipe for the cooked version above
• Oregano or the Italian seasoning -  I always have dried spices, but if I do run out, just using fresh ones will be great too.
• Celery salt - If you don't keep or you are allergic to celery, use garlic salt or just regular pink Himalayan or kosher salt.
• Maple syrup - You can use coconut sugar or honey instead or even granulated sugar. You may also skip this altogether. I have also used dates sweetener or date syrup in the past roo.