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Homemade sauce makes pizza night easy and delicious
Homemade pizza is a winning choice as a weeknight dinner for the family. Everyone gets to choose their favorite toppings, which means no compromises or complaints. And whoever is playing pizza chef for the night can lighten the workload by combining ready-made elements, such as refrigerated dough and grated cheese, with homemade ones, such as from-scratch pizza sauce. A simmered assembly of just a few canned and fresh ingredients, homemade pizza sauce is as easy to make as it is tasty. Your DIY pizzas will be too.
Total Time: 20 to 60 minutes | Prep Time: 5 minutes | Serves: 8
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed or chopped tomatoes
- 1 (12-ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- Pinch of sugar, optional
Directions:
- Place a saucepan over medium heat, and add the olive oil and diced onions.
- Cook the onions, stirring often, until they are translucent, approximately 5 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic, and cook it with the onions for a minute or two, stirring often.
- Add the canned tomatoes, tomato paste and Italian seasoning to the pan. Stir the sauce to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
- Adjust the heat to gently simmer the pizza sauce. Let it simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour. The longer you simmer the sauce, the thicker it will get.
- Taste the sauce; add salt and pepper, and optionally a pinch of sugar, to taste.
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Joanne Thomas has worked as a writer and editor for print and online publications since 2004. One of her specialties is parenting, and Thomas has penned pieces about craft projects for Disney, pregnancy and motherhood for Working Mother and Modern Mom, and after-school activities for Personal Creations, among others. Thomas resides in California where she is a working mother of two young boys. She holds a bachelor’s degree in politics from the University of Bristol, U.K.