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Homemade Pizza Sauce

Easy pizza sauce from canned tomatoes

Keyword pizza, pizza sauce
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 Small Shallot peeled and finely diced
  • 1 Cup Diced Canned Tomatoes with Juice
  • 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon Crushed red pepper flakes depending on taste
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 Teaspoon kosher Salt unless Italian seasoning is heavily salted
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a small sauce pan over medium heat.
  2. Add in finely diced shallots and red pepper flakes, sauté until softened, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add Italian Seasoning and cook additional 30 seconds.
  4. Add in diced tomatoes and juices, pepper and salt if needed.
  5. Stir and allow to come to a gentle simmer.
  6. Simmer for 15 minutes on low, stirring and mashing down tomato chunks with a wooden spoon, until desired thickness.
  7. Use immediately or store covered in the fridge.

Recipe Notes

Makes enough for 2 pizzas.
Double recipe to use a 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes. Extra sauce is stores well covered in the fridge for a week.
My Italian Seasoning has salt and so I generally do not add more.