Homemade Pizza Sauce – super simple sauce from scratch that takes only a few minutes to whip up in the blender. It’s delicious and takes your pizza to a whole new level!
If you like to make pizza at home, you will love my Homemade Pizza Dough recipe. It’s the best!
HOMEMADE PIZZA SAUCE
Just in time for Pizza Friday!!! My secret to a fantastic pizza at home: a homemade sauce that takes only 5 minutes to make. And you have to try it! A few years ago, when we started making our own pizza at home we focused on getting the most important part of it perfect: the dough. Now that we have mastered that, it’s time for the second most important ingredient of a homemade pizza: the sauce! If Friday night is pizza night in your house, I highly encourage you to make the dough and this sauce, top it with your favorite pizza toppings (pepperoni, mushrooms, red peppers and onions are mine!) and of course lots of cheese! Keep the sauce leftovers for pasta night. Talk about time and money saver!
Ingredients Needed:
- crushed tomatoes
- fresh garlic
- Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper
How to make Pizza Sauce?
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Place all ingredients in a blender.
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Blend until smooth.
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Store in a jar with lid in the fridge for up to 7 to 9 days.
How does it taste?
It’s perfect when it comes to texture and flavor. It’s not runny or watery, but thick just right. It has the desired tomato-garlic flavor with a touch of Italian herbs. So good – I love if for dipping flatbread slices in it!
How to use this sauce?
This sauce has not only made it onto our pizza but I also used it in this Pizza Bread and saucy pasta casseroles. It’s so good you will want to use it beyond pizza! Good thing that this recipe makes 3,5 cups – you can use it for your pizza night and for pasta dinner! You can also use it on a yeast-free 2-ingredient Pizza Dough! It’s fantastic!
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Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 24 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 2-3 teaspoons minced garlic or 2 to 3 garlic cloves see note
- 3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Store in a jar with lid in the fridge for up to 7 to 9 days.
Notes
- I use minced garlic in olive oil that you can buy in a small jar but you can use fresh garlic, pressed. Start with two teaspoons (or cloves) and taste the sauce. If you want even more garlic flavor, add another teaspoon or clove.
- This recipe can be divided in half if you want to use the sauce only for pizza night.
- I use one cup of sauce per 12" pizza. We always make two pizzas for pizza night.
- Please note, that the nutrition value can vary depending on what product you use. The information below is an estimate. Always use calorie counter you are familiar with.
lynette clark says
can you freeze and for how long? also could you can this recipe? thanks
Terri W says
I thought this was very good, and very easy to put together. I won’t be buying pizza sauce anymore! Thank you!
Jamie Light says
I was wondering, can the homemade pizza sauce be canned?
Thank you
Cookin Canuck says
We make something similar to this for our pizzas, too. Let me tell you, it beats anything store-bought by a mile. Beautiful photos!
heather says
I love how simple and fresh this sauce is – a definite must-have for homemade pizza!
Jennie says
I’ve been scouring the interweb for the perfect pizza sauce. Whoa, did I just find it. Pinned.
Deanna Segrave-Daly says
I’m all over this recipe as I often make homemade pizzas with homemade dough but the tomato sauce is always store bought!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
You will love this sauce, Deanna!
Isabelle @ Crumb says
Love how fresh and vibrant this sauce looks on the pizza. Definitely worth the extra five minutes it takes to make your own.
I’d totally add some fresh chopped basil at the end, but that’s just because I put fresh basil in everything. (OK, maybe not everything everything… but most things.)
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
I love fresh basil on my pizza! Thanks, Isabelle!
Lauren Kelly Nutrition says
This sauce looks so fresh and delicious! Love the color!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Thank you, Lauren!
The Food Hunter says
Friday night is always pizza night at our house too!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Yay for pizza nights!
Martha says
My husband makes a similar sauce…yours looks delicious! And so much better than any jarred version…
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Yes! Thank you, Martha!
Senika @ Foodie Blog Stalker says
This pizza sauce looks like absolute PERFECTION!!! I’ve never made my own but that changes asap!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Yay! Thank you, Senika!