Easy Pizza Sauce
This warming, herb-scented, garlicky pizza sauce has that slightly sweet, always fragrant flavor you look for in a pizza sauce. Easy to make from pantry ingredients. Vegan.
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 6oz can organic tomato paste, no salt added
- 1 ½ cups water
- 2-3 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ½ tsp sugar (I used coconut sugar)
- 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced or crushed
- 1 tsp Italian dried herb blend**
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ - ½ tsp sea salt, or to taste
OPTIONAL ADD-INS
- 1-2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 2-3 fresh basil leaves, whole or chopped
Instructions
- Add the tomato paste, olive oil, sugar, garlic, herb blend and onion powder to a small sauce pot. Add in about half of the water.
- Turn heat to low and slowly warm to medium, stirring the mixture as it bubbles and combines. When the bubbling gets intense, almost to a boil, turn the heat down to low. simmer for a few minutes then add in the remaining water. Continue to stir and let the sauce simmer for a few minutes.
- Add in ¼ teaspoon salt to start. stir well. Do a quick taste test. Add another ¼ teaspoon of salt (or more) as desired. You want your sauce to be bold in flavor - and salt helps bring out those flavors - but not overly salty to where it overpowers the other flavors of sweet and herb and warmth from the garlic.
- Continue stirring, allowing your sauce to thicken. You want it to be about the same thickness as a marinara sauce, only just slightly thicker so it spreads over the dough well and stays in place.
- Lastly, add in the optional nutritional yeast, pepper flakes and basil. I love the heat the pepper flakes add and the cheesiness and thickening power of the hint of nutritional yeast.
- When the sauce is to your desired thickness level, turn off the heat. Pour the sauce into a side container and allow to cool slightly before using on your pizza dough. You can also seal the sauce in a jar and use it the next day. Use your fresh sauce within a few days for best flavor and texture.
Nutrition Estimate
Calories: 67kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 886mg | Potassium: 97mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 48IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg