The Best Pizza Sauce We've Made
- PREP 10min
- COOK 1hrs
- TOTAL 1hrs 10min
This flavorful homemade pizza sauce is made with fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, and oregano, and it’s completely free of any added sugar. You can use this light and garlicky sauce to make your own homemade pizza or try it with pasta (it’s delicious).
You Will Need
4 cups (760g) chopped fresh tomatoes, 5 to 6 medium
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced or finely grated
3/4 cup (100g) chopped onion
Pinch red pepper flakes or gochugaru (Korean pepper flakes)
1 teaspoon dried oregano
4 twists black pepper
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more to taste
Directions
Over low heat, combine olive oil, garlic, onion, and pepper flakes in a medium saucepan. Cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, oregano, and black pepper. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
Uncover, and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes, stirring every once and a while.
Season with salt — start with 1/4 teaspoon and add from there. Use an immersion blender or stand blender to puree the sauce.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Canned tomatoes: We love fresh tomatoes for this sauce and have even found that the more lackluster winter tomatoes in stores work perfectly well for this pizza sauce. That said, you can use canned tomatoes. We recommend using drained whole peeled tomatoes.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.