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Quick Tomato Pizza Sauce

I’ve been having a hard time finding just the right sauce for pizza.  Recently I had my family over for dinner and I wanted to make pizza for the kids.  I found this recipe in Cook’s Illustrated.  It used crushed tomatoes….personally I don’t like crushed tomatoes.  There is this taste in them that I really don’t like.  When I was grocery shopping I found a can of organic chunky crushed tomatoes with basil by Western Family (available at Longo’s).  This is the best canned crushed tomatoes I have found.  The pizza sauce turned out really well and it is super quick to make as well!  I used it on my Easy Thin Crust Pizza.  Do you use crushed tomatoes?  What is your favorite brand?

Quick Tomato Pizza Sauce
Adapted from Cook’s Illustrated

1 tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tin chunky crushed tomatoes with basil (28 oz)
salt, to taste

In pan, heat olive oil and garlic in a pan over medium heat.  Once fragrant and sizzling (about 1 1/2 minutes), stir in tomato paste, oregano and red pepper flakes.  Cook until the mixture starts to brown, stirring often, about 2 minutes.  Add the crushed tomatoes and stir.  Bring to a simmer and cook until sauce is thick, about 10 minutes.  Take off heat and stir in salt to taste.

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27 thoughts on “Quick Tomato Pizza Sauce

  1. Having tasted this….all I have to say is "AWESOME SAUCE" (as quoted by Batmite!!!!) πŸ™‚ I stopped using canned tomatoes for the same reason!!!

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